Rookwood School

"'Nothing is heavy for those who have wings.'""- Rookwood School Motto"""Rookwood School is a location in the Scarlet and Ivy series, and is mentioned in the Violet Veil Mysteries.

History
Rookwood school was once a grand house belonging to a well-off family called the Wottons. The last known living relative was Eliza Mary Wotton, the last lady of Rookwood. Eliza Wotton was married to Marcus James Wotton, a wealthy man, and one point, they both had three children. Isabella Wotton, the only child we know of, died in infancy. It is not said what happened to the other 2 children, but they died before either of them could inherit the house. Whilst not much is known about the life of the Wottons, we know that they started to run out of money. Slowly they started letting the staff of their house go. Eventually they began to run the house as a school, and the Wottons employed Edgar Bartholomew to help run it, whilst Eliza lived in what we now know as matron's apartment. It seems that by this time, Marcus Wotton had passed away, and Eliza was left by herself. At some point, a woman called Emily Stone is employed for 2 years, before getting fired for suspicious acts, and for stealing things from the school for her daughter,.

When Eliza died, Henry Bartholomew replaced Lady Wotton's original will with a fake one, and claimed that his father had founded the school to provide an education for his daughters, and the daughters of his influential friends, a lie he would continue to tell his students for decades. But Eliza Wotton had thought this would happen. She hid another copy of the will in an iron safe behind her portrait, in the hopes that Mr Bartholomew wouldn't find it.

During his time as headmaster, Mr Bartholomew is responsible for drowning a student, whilst enforcing a punishment on her. The girl's name was Emmeline Adel, and she was a prefect for the school, who had witnessed how Mr Bartholomew was punishing his students. She started the Whispers in the Walls, a club where students devoted their lives to revealing the truth about Mr Bartholomew, and what really went on at Rookwood.

A few decades later, Headmaster Bartholomew fell ill, and needed to take a leave of absence. He left the school in the care of Guinevere Fox. Whilst working as Headmistress, Miss Fox is reunited with her daughter, Rebecca Finch. Wanting to keep the fact that she has a daughter, Guinevere gives Rebecca a job teaching ballet at the school so she will stay quiet.

Miss Fox is eventually outed by Ivy Grey and Ariadne Flitworth for stealing funds from the school. She goes on the run and Mr Bartholomew returns to his position as headmaster.

After only a term back in the position, Mr Bartholomew is finally arrested for the murder of Emmeline Adel. Scarlet Grey and Ivy Grey trick him into confessing, and the police take him away. After Mr Bartholoew's arrest, Mrs Knight takes over as Headmistress for the school.

Houses
Rookwood has three houses: Richmond, Evergreen and Mayhew.

Headteachers

 * Edgar Bartholomew (deceased)
 * Guienevere Fox (fired)
 * Mrs Knight (current)

Teachers

 * Miss Finch
 * Madame Zelda
 * Miss Bowler
 * Miss Lovelace
 * Miss Caulfield
 * Miss Jones

Other Staff

 * Matron
 * Caretaker

Known Students

 * Sara Louise Smith
 * Ida Jane Grey
 * Emmeline Adel
 * Alice Jefferson
 * Elizabeth Fitzgerald
 * Katy Morwen
 * Talia Yahalom
 * Bronwyn Jones
 * Catastrophe Jones
 * Violet Adams
 * Penny Winchester
 * Scarlet Grey
 * Nadia Sayani


 * Ivy Grey
 * Ariadne Flitworth
 * Rose Fitzwarren
 * Ebony McCloud
 * Muriel Witherspoon
 * Dot Campbell
 * Josephine Wilcox
 * Meena Sayani

Trivia

 * The appearance of the school was inspired by the school Sophie Cleverly attended as a child.

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