The site where the school buildings now stand was once mostly fields ("meads", from Old English ) surrounding the then small village of Bushey.
ðə sˈaɪt wˌɛɹ ðə skˈuːl bˈɪldɪŋz nˈaʊ stˈænd wʌz wˈʌns mˈoʊstli fˈiːldz"mˈiːdz", fɹʌm ˈoʊld ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ sɚɹˈaʊndɪŋ ðə ðˈɛn smˈɔːl vˈɪlɪdʒ ʌv bˈʊʃi.