Meoncross School

Meoncross School was opened by a Mr Watson as a boys' preparatory school in 1953. In 1964, now with Mr Meredith as principal it relocated to Catisfield House. In 1969, the school opened a girls’ department in Burnt House Lane in the village of Stubbington, near Fareham. This larger property became the home of the entire school in 1983 and extended to pupils up to 16 years old. In 1991 it added a Nursery. Meoncross is now a fully co-educational school.

In 1991, Meoncross joined the Asquith Court Schools group, a private company founded by entrepreneur David Soskin (with membership of the Independent Schools Association). In 2004, the preparatory schools owned by the Asquith Court group were purchased by the Cognita Group. Cognita posts losses annually, though it is unclear whether Meoncross School was part of the group turns a profit.

In 2012 a teacher (Mr Nicholas Brooks) was found to have committed misconduct by admitting to hugging a student and giving her a kiss on the cheek. This was agreed it gave "great discomfort and stress to the pupil". In another incident Brooks sent text messages to a pupil which failed to "maintain professional boundaries" by the tribunal. The tribunal found that Brooks "failed to ensure the maintenance of appropriate professional boundaries which is fundamental to a teacher's role given the position of trust, responsibility and authority in which teachers are placed".[2]

In 2013, Meoncross celebrated its Diamond Jubilee.

The school opened a sixth form in September 2015, expanding the age range of pupils to 18.[3] There are 19 A-level subjects offered at sixth form.[4]

Meoncross consists of a nursery, a Lower School from Reception to Year 6 and an Upper School from Year 7 to Year 13, under the leadership of the headmaster, Mark Cripps, since September 2018.

• Meoncross School website