including: a sports field, swimming pool, astroturf and sports hall. High March School is a private preparatory day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 11 with a few boys in the Nursery. Butlers Court School is a primary school for girls and boys. St Mary's and All Saints is a CofE primary school for girls and boys. Holtspur School & Pre-School is a pre-school and primary school for boys and girls Demography The population in 1841 was 1,732. Notable residents Zoe Ball (born 1970) – TV and radio presenter, grew up in Beaconsfield. Enid Blyton (1897–1968) – writer who lived for most of her life in Green Hedges—a large house that has since been demolished but there is an Enid Blyton Room nearby at The Red Lion pub in Knotty Green, where there is a gallery of pictures and a library of books, donated by The Enid Blyton Society. There is a model of her house at Bekonscot Model Village. In 2014 a plaque recording her time as a resident in the town from 1938 until her death in 1968 was unveiled in the Beaconsfield Town Hall gardens, next to small iron figures of Noddy and Big Ears. Edmund Burke (1729–1797) – statesman and the founder of political conservatism, lived in the Gregories estate just outside Beaconsfield. G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) – writer, is buried in Beaconsfield. There is a blue plaque on his former home in Burkes Road. James Corden (born 1978) – actor and TV presenter, lived in Beaconsfield until 2009. Beverley Craven (born 1963) – singer, has lived in Beaconsfield since 2003. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice between 1868 and 1880 was created Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria in 1876. Robert Frost (1874–1963) poet, moved to Beaconsfield with his family in 1912. Barry Gibb (born 1946) singer with the Bee Gees. Romain Grosjean (born 1986) – Former Formula 1 driver lived here whilst driving for Haas F1 Team until his departure in 2020. Chris Harris (born 1975) – automotive journalist and automotive racing driver, was born in Beaconsfield. Dame Wendy Hiller (1912–2003) – actress, died at her Beaconsfield home. Peter Jones (born 1966) – entrepreneur and star of Dragon's Den lived in Beaconsfield with his wife and children. Albert Kitson (1868–1937) – geologist and naturalist, moved to Beaconsfield in 1930 and died there in 1937. Anne Main