St Hugh's School, Faringdon
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History
St Hugh's was established at Morland House, Chislehurst, Kent, in 1906,[1] before moving to Lamas House (which became a hospital during the First World War) and then Widmore Court in nearby Bickley, then in Kent. During the Second World War the school was evacuated to Malvern Wells in Worcestershire.[2]
During the school's absence from Kent, its buildings became the temporary wartime offices of Hodder & Stoughton. However, these were destroyed by a V-1 "Doodlebug" in the early morning of 27 June 1944.[3] The school did not, therefore, return to Kent after the war but relocated to Carswell Manor then in Berkshire,[4] a Jacobean country house with grounds.[5]
The school bears the name of Hugh of Avalon, Bishop of Lincoln from 1181 to 1200. It is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools and is administered as a charitable educational trust by a board of governors. For many years St Hugh's was solely a boys' full boarding school but since 1977 it has also taught girls.[6]
In 2011, St Hugh's was a co-educational boarding school for children between the ages of three and thirteen. It had some children who were being taught to overcome dyslexia.[7]
Notable former pupils
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Notes
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- ↑ "ST. HUGH’S SCHOOL, CHISLEHURST", Eltham & District Times, 22 May 1908, p. 4
- ↑ ST. HUGH'S SCHOOL TRANSFERRED TO MALVERN WELLS", Bromley & West Kent Mercury, 8 September 1939, p. 4
- ↑ "ST. HUGH'S SCHOOL SITE", Bromley & West Kent Mercury, 8 February 1946, p. 5
- ↑ "St. Hugh's School, Carswell Manor, Faringdon", Gloucestershire Echo, 11 May 1948, p. 2
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- ↑ "St Hugh's, Faringdon" in Derek Bingham, ed., Which School? 1989/90 (1990), p. 420
- ↑ Gabbitas, "St Hugh's School, Carswell Manor, Faringdon" in Schools for Special Needs 2011-2012: The Complete Guide to Special Needs Education in the United Kingdom (Kogan Page Publishers, 2011), p. 442
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External links
- "St Hugh's", Tatler.com
- St Hugh's School, Faringdon
- Profile at the Good Schools Guide
- ISI Inspection Reports
- Ofsted Boarding Social Care Inspection Reports
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