St Hugh's School, Faringdon
| St Hugh's School | |
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| Type | Preparatory and Senior school (day and boarding) |
Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Established | 1906 |
Local authority | Oxfordshire |
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| Headmaster | David W Griffiths |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 3 to 16 |
| Enrollment | c. 350 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Website | www.st-hughs.co.uk |
St Hugh's School is a preparatory school and senior school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire. The school is co-educational and has 350 pupils aged 3–16 years. The school offers day and boarding for children to 13, and day school for children up to 16.[1]
History
St Hugh's was established at Morland House, Chislehurst, Kent, in 1906,[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] The school did not, therefore, return to Kent after the war but relocated to Carswell Manor then in Berkshire,[5] a Jacobean country house with grounds.[6]
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.[7]
In March 2026, St Hugh's announced the purchase of an additional 20 acres of land adjacent to the school. This land will allow for the creation of additional sports spaces and a new school farm to open in the academic year 2026-2027. [8]
Notable former pupils
- Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Chief of the Army Staff (India)
Notes
- ↑ "Oxfordshire prep school to open new senior school". Oxford Mail. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Historic England, "Carswell Manor (St Hugh's School) (1048665)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 November 2023
- ↑ "St Hugh's, Faringdon" in Derek Bingham, ed., Which School? 1989/90 (1990), p. 420
- ↑ https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25952424.oxfordshire-private-prep-school-announces-land-purchase/
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