Brambletye was founded at Sidcup Place,
Kent in 1919. It moved to its present location in the
Sussex countryside on the southern outskirts of
East Grinstead in 1933. The main school building, which is in its own wooded estate of 140 acres, overlooks the
Ashdown Forest and
Weir Wood Reservoir. Brambletye was built in 1896 by
Donald Larnach, former director of the
Bank of New South Wales, as his country retreat. The school became a charitable trust in 1969 a purpose-built arts centre including a 270-seat theatre, a sports hall, a pre-prep building and the redevelopment of the science laboratories. The Blencowe Centre won the Downland Prize for Architecture, Education, (joint winner) in 2010. The Brambletye School Trust, a registered charity, created legal precedent in the UK with a
value-added tax ruling. In 2018, former teacher Jeremy Malim was convicted of sexual offences committed against pupils of the school between 1977 and 1999. ==Notable alumni==