The Haileybury campus originally belonged to, and was occupied by, the
East India College, the training establishment founded in 1806 for administrators of the
East India Company. The East India College was initially based at
Hertford Castle, but substantial grounds in Hertford Heath were acquired for future development.
William Wilkins, the architect of
Downing College, Cambridge, and the
National Gallery in London, was appointed principal architect. The buildings comprise four ranges which enclose an area known as Quad, the second-largest academic
quadrangle in Britain after that of
Christ Church, Oxford. The East India College closed in 1858 and, four years later, Haileybury College was set up as a boarding school for boys on the site. The first headmaster was
Arthur Gray Butler. In 1942, Haileybury and the
Imperial Service College (which had itself subsumed the
United Services College) merged to become Haileybury and Imperial Service College, now referred to simply as Haileybury. In the late 20th century, reforming headmaster
David Jewell took charge of Haileybury, bringing it out of its post–Cold War austerity.
Stuart Westley, Master of Haileybury until July 2009, was responsible for making the school fully co-educational. ==Related schools==