St Gabriel's School

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St Gabriel's School
Sandleford Priory (west front), 2014.
Address
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Sandleford Priory Newbury , Berkshire , RG20 9BD England
Coordinates	51°22′39″N 1°19′00″W / 51.3776°N 1.3166°W / 51.3776; -1.3166Coordinates: 51°22′39″N 1°19′00″W / 51.3776°N 1.3166°W / 51.3776; -1.3166
Information
Type	Independent day school
Motto	Your route to success.
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1929
Local authority	West Berkshire
Department for Education URN	110128 Tables
Chair of Governors	Nigel Garland
Principal	Richard Smith[1]
Gender	Mixed[2]
Age	6 months to 18
Enrolment	500+
Houses	Bede (blue), Chad (green), Alban (red), Aidan (yellow)
Colour(s)	Yellow and blue
Website	http://www.stgabriels.co.uk/

St Gabriel's School is an independent day school located at Sandleford Priory in Sandleford, two miles (3 km) south of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire.

Pupils and Staff[]

Boys attend the nursery and junior school, up to age 11 (Year 6). Girls attend the nursery, junior school, secondary school and the sixth form, up to age 18 (Year 13). There is now a school community of over 460 pupils, 60 teaching staff and 20 support staff. It is associated with traditional Church of England values.

History[]

St Gabriel's School was founded in 1929 in Mill Hill in London. In 1939 the school was evacuated to West Ogwell Manor^[3] in Devon for the safety of the pupils and because their Mill Hill, London site was requisitioned. The school remained in the West Country until 1943 when it relocated to Ormonde House, Newbury. After Easter in 1948 the school moved to Sandleford Priory.^[4]

Present building[]

The present Sandleford Priory is a Grade I listed building in 54 acres (22 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown. It was erected around the chapel of an old priory between 1780 and 1786 by James Wyatt, for Elizabeth Montagu, the social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic and writer who helped organise and lead the Blue Stockings Society.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• School Website
• Profile on the ISC website