St Hugh's School, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
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St. Hugh's is a preparatory school
near Faringdon
in Oxfordshire
. The school is co-educational, day and boarding, offering both weekly and flexi-boarding, and has 280 pupils aged 4 to 13 years.
St Hugh's was founded in Kent
in 1906. It moved in 1945 to Carswell Manor
, a fine Jacobean country house with extensive grounds and playing fields and excellent, modern educational facilities. The school sends pupils to Marlborough, St Edward's, Rugby
, Radley, Abingdon
, Oundle, Cheltenham, [Malvern] Malvern College
, Stowe, St Helen's & St Katharine's and many other public schools. Over the last five years, 50 scholarships have been won.
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.
Among its more famous old boys are John Bryan Ward-Perkins
. The current headmaster is Mr Andrew Nott.
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
near Faringdon
Faringdon
Faringdon is a market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. It is on the edge of the Thames Valley, between the River Thames and the Ridgeway...
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
. The school is co-educational, day and boarding, offering both weekly and flexi-boarding, and has 280 pupils aged 4 to 13 years.
St Hugh's was founded in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
in 1906. It moved in 1945 to Carswell Manor
Carswell Manor
Carswell Manor is a Jacobean country house at Carswell in the civil parish of Buckland in the English county of Oxfordshire . It is located just north of the A420 road between Swindon and Oxford.-Original house:...
, a fine Jacobean country house with extensive grounds and playing fields and excellent, modern educational facilities. The school sends pupils to Marlborough, St Edward's, Rugby
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
, Radley, Abingdon
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a British day and boarding independent school for boys situated in Abingdon, Oxfordshire , previously known as Roysse's School. In 1998 a formal merger took place between Abingdon School and Josca's, a preparatory school four miles to the west at Frilford...
, Oundle, Cheltenham, [Malvern] Malvern College
Malvern College
Malvern College is a coeducational independent school located on a 250 acre campus near the town centre of Malvern, Worcestershire in England. Founded on 25 January 1865, until 1992, the College was a secondary school for boys aged 13 to 18...
, Stowe, St Helen's & St Katharine's and many other public schools. Over the last five years, 50 scholarships have been won.
The school bears the name of Hugh of Avalon, Bishop of Lincoln
Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
from 1181 to 1200. It is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools
Independent Association of Preparatory Schools
The Independent Association of Preparatory Schools is a professional association for headteachers of independent preparatory schools in the UK and worldwide. The association is based in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, England...
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.
Among its more famous old boys are John Bryan Ward-Perkins
John Bryan Ward-Perkins
John Bryan Ward-Perkins CMG, CBE, FBA was a British Classical architectural historian and archaeologist, and director of the British School at Rome.-Background:...
. The current headmaster is Mr Andrew Nott.
Houses
There are four houses, whose names refer to the four different locations of the school during the last hundred years:- Bickley - Blue
- Malvern - Red
- Carswell - Yellow
- Chislehurst - Green
Sport
St. Hugh's coaches three main sports for boys and girls during the year and other sports are taught during P.E- Autumn - Boys: Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
Girls: HockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:... - Lent - Boys: FootballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
/HockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
Girls: NetballNetballNetball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ... - Summer - Boys: CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, AthleticsAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
Girls: RoundersRoundersRounders is a game played between two teams of either gender. The game originated in England where it was played in Tudor times. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by...
, SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, AthleticsAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
Notable alumni
- Lucy Boggis, Tempest Gladiator
- John Bryan Ward-PerkinsJohn Bryan Ward-PerkinsJohn Bryan Ward-Perkins CMG, CBE, FBA was a British Classical architectural historian and archaeologist, and director of the British School at Rome.-Background:...
, historian and archaeologist - Henry ChadwickHenry Chadwick (theologian)Henry Chadwick KBE was a British academic and Church of England clergyman. A former Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford — and as such also head of Christ Church, Oxford — he also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, becoming the first person in four centuries to have headed a college at...
, theologian - Anthony FabianAnthony FabianAnthony Fabian is a British producer and director of feature films, shorts, documentaries and classical music programmes made through his company, Elysian Films. His first feature film, Skin, has won 22 international awards...
, producer and director