It’s Hogwarts a half hour from the Hamptons.
A prestigious British boarding school with alums including Winston Churchill, Lord Byron, and Benedict Cumberbatch is launching an American satellite location that promises to bring the UK upper-crust academy experience to the US.
The Harrow School, a 450-year-old London institution charging $75K per year for full board at its US site, is opening this fall at the Bourne Mansion — an event and wedding hall in Oakdale that boasts 170 acres of property, Newsday reported.
Students will don uniforms that include straw hats and blazers as they attend classes that begin at 7 a.m. sharp and extend as late as 5:30 p.m.
In another striking similarity to “Harry Potter,” students at Harrow’s London campus literally have their own “house masters,” a space observatory, and an art gallery.
The British school’s ski team recently traveled to the mountains of Switzerland and Canada to compete, and the polo squad visited Argentina for matches.
The posh LI campus — Harrow boasts it is “midway between New York City and The Hamptons” — is undergoing a $100M renovation ahead of welcoming students from the US and abroad. It sits on the former site of La Salle Military Academy, which closed in 2001.
“We will have everything that we need to open in September,” vice principal Matt Sipple said of the facility that recently installed squash courts.
This year, the school is anticipating a class of 80 students from sixth to 10th grade, and it will grow a grade per year to include upperclassmen of 11th and 12th grade, with a total capacity for 400 students. While the tuition to live there is $75,000 a year, locals who want to commute by day can get in for a measly $61,700.
Despite the influx of posh students, Lessing’s, the high-end catering company that operates Bourne Mansion, will still have events at the location.
Eforts will supposedly be made to ensure that weddings and other weekend galas won’t conflict with student life.
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