St Hugh's School, Faringdon

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St Hugh's School
Location
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Carswell , Oxfordshire , SN7 8PT England
Information
Type	Preparatory School day and boarding
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1906
Local authority	Oxfordshire
Department for Education URN	123299 Tables
Headmaster	James Thompson BA (St Mary's) QTS
Gender	Coeducational
Age	3 to 13
Number of students	c. 350
Houses	4
Website	www.st-hughs.co.uk

St Hugh's School is a preparatory school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire. The school is co-educational, day and boarding, offering both weekly and flexi-boarding, and has 350 pupils aged 3 to 13 years.

St Hugh's was established at Morland House in Chislehurst in Kent, South East London in 1906 before moving to Lamas House (which became a hospital during WW1) and then Widmore Court in nearby Bickley. During World War II the students and staff were evacuated to Malvern Wells in Worcestershire. During the school's absence from London, their 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. The school did not, therefore, return to London after the war but relocated to Carswell Manor, Oxfordshire, a Jacobean country house with grounds.^{[citation needed]}

Alongside the original historical buildings the school now has numerous educational and sports facilities within 45 acres of playing fields and woodlands.^{[citation needed]}

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 been co-educational.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 the Good Schools Guide described it as 'an ideal child-centred environment.'

Notable alumni[]

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• Henry Chadwick, theologian
• Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, Chief of the Army Staff (India)
• Anthony Fabian, producer and director
• John Bryan Ward-Perkins, historian and archaeologist
• Alan Watts, Beat Generation guru

External links[]

• St Hugh's School, Faringdon
• Profile at the Good Schools Guide
• ISI Inspection Reports
• Ofsted Boarding Social Care Inspection Reports

Coordinates: 51°40′38″N 1°31′47″W / 51.67722°N 1.52972°W / 51.67722; -1.52972

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