Hill House School, Doncaster
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| Motto | Excellence in Education |
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| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Principal | David Holland |
| Founder | Reginald Master |
| Location | 6th Avenue Doncaster South Yorkshire DN9 3GG England  |
| Staff | 50 (approx.) |
| Students | 500 (approx.) |
| Gender | Co-educational[1] |
| Ages | 3–18 |
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| Website | www.hillhouse.doncaster.sch.uk |
Coordinates: 53°29′11″N 1°00′54″W / 53.486408°N 1.014894°W
Hill House School is a co-educational independent school for pupils from the ages of 3 to 18 in Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It is a member of both the Independent Schools Association and the Independent Schools Council.
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[edit] Introduction
Hill House School was founded in Doncaster as a preparatory school for boys in 1912 by Reginald Master. In the early 1970s under a new head, the school began to accept girls, and by the early 1980s had become fully co-educational.
Notable past pupils include the Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Vicar of Dibley star Emma Chambers, local MP Rosie Winterton, the Earl of Scarborough (13th Earl) Richard Osbert Lumley, Michael Hills (England U21 & Sale Sharks 1st XV Rugby), and England test cricketer Richard Dawson.
[edit] School history
St Mary’s School was founded as a girls' school in the Bessacarr area of Doncaster in 1959 by the wife of the then Headmaster of Hill House School, Mr Hamilton Haigh. Both schools were proprietorial until 1972 when Hill House became a charitable trust run by a board of governors.
To counter the increasingly common problem of retaining pupils beyond the age of eleven, the Governors of Hill House had a business plan to extend the school to teach up to GCSE level. St Mary’s were already doing this and when the proprietors were made aware of the plans in the summer of 2002 they warmed to the idea of a take over. The merger would be mutually beneficial.
Hill House St Mary’s School was born when the two schools merged in August 2002, with primary age children being taught at the Rutland Street site, overlooking Doncaster's Town Fields, and with secondary age children taught at the St.Mary’s site on Bawtry Road.
In September 2008, Hill House, reverting to its former name, relocated to the Officers’ Quarters of former RAF Finningley, previous home to Britain’s Vulcan bombers, adjacent to the modern Robin Hood Airport. In an £8 million pound project, led by Cadman Construction, the school now has numerous purpose built classrooms allied to historic function rooms.
In September 2011, Hill House opens its Sixth Form, which will be housed in a new, purpose built Sixth Form Centre.
Hill House is home to the Robin Hood Music and Drama Festival, which takes place in April each year.
The main catchment area includes Doncaster itself, and outlying towns and villages including Retford, Tickhill, Bawtry, Epworth, Rotherham & Worksop.
[edit] Notable former pupils
- Jeremy Clarkson
- Emma Chambers
- Rosie Winterton
- Earl of Scarborough (13th Earl) Richard Osbert Lumley
