St Hugh's School, Faringdon

St Hugh's School
Location
Carswell , Oxfordshire , SN7 8PT England
Information
Type	Preparatory School day and boarding
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1906
Local authority	Oxfordshire
Department for Education URN	123299 Tables
Headmaster	Andrew Nott BA (Hons), PGCE
Gender	Coeducational
Age	3 to 13
Enrollment	c. 300
Houses	4
Website	http://www.st-hughs.co.uk/

St Hugh's School is a preparatory school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire. The school is co-educational, day and boarding, offering both weekly and flexi-boarding, and has 300 pupils aged 3 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 modern educational facilities.

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.

In 2011 the Good Schools Guide described it as 'an ideal child-centred environment.'

Notable alumni

• Lucy Boggis, heptathlete and former Gladiator 'Tempest'
• Henry Chadwick, theologian
• Thomas Rhodes Disher, author and inspiration for William Brown
• Anthony Fabian, producer and director
• John Bryan Ward-Perkins, historian and archaeologist
• Alan Watts, Beat Generation guru

External links

• St Hugh's School, Faringdon
• Profile at the Good Schools Guide
• ISI Inspection Reports
• Ofsted Boarding Social Care Inspection Reports