St Hugh's School, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
- St Hugh's School, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
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, 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.
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 union Girls: Hockey
*Lent - Boys: Football/Hockey Girls: Netball
*Summer - Boys: Cricket, Swimming, Tennis, Athletics Girls: Rounders, Swimming, Tennis, Athletics
Notable Alumni
John Bryan Ward-Perkins
Lucy Boggis
External links
* [http://www.st-hughs.co.uk St Hugh's School, Faringdon]
* [http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/?DIRECT&DNUM=7d210c1 Good Schools Guide]
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