St Dominic's School

St Dominic's School
St Dominic's School
	Nearby Hambledon Hurst or Heath characterises the lightly populated area around the school
Location
	Hambledon; Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4DX; England
Coordinates	51°08′13″N 0°37′37″W / 51.137°N 0.627°W
Information
Type	Special school;; Academy
Established	1929
Local authority	Surrey County Council
Department for Education URN	145384 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Mrs Angela Drayton
Age	8 to 19
Enrolment	90~
Houses	Sahara; Kilimanjaro; Serengeti; Victoria Falls
Website	http://www.stdominicsschool.org.uk/

St. Dominic's School in Hambledon, Surrey, England is a co-educational day school, one of the oldest special schools in the United Kingdom. It specialises in the education of children with various disabilities, such as autism whilst integrating specialised support, including an onsite speech and language, Occupational and physio therapy team. Currently pupils are admitted from over 35 different LEAs. It admits and educates pupils ages 8–19.

Previously a non-maintained independent school, in January 2018 St Dominic's School formally entered the state sector and converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Orchard Hill College Academy Trust.

Admissions

Applications are normally made through the Local Education Authority in whose area a child's family live. Currently pupils are admitted from over 35 different LEAs.

Background

On Mount Oliviet, a hill in the Greensand Ridge, the place was named after St. Dominic Savio, the patron saint of juvenile delinquents. The site was originally property of Charles Watney. It consisted of an observatory and a chapel, the latter of which remains a prominent assembly place and the observatory remaining as the logo for the school. When Watney's wife died in 1929 - some time after Watney himself died - the Roman Catholic nun's congregation known as the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary established the school at her request, and they remain its trustees to this day. The school is one of those supported by the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (in the Roman Catholic church).

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