St Hugh's School is a preparatory school and senior school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire. The school is co-educational and has 350 pupils aged 3–16 years. The school offers day and boarding for children to 13, and day school for children up to 16.
History St Hugh's was established at Morland House, Chislehurst, Kent, in 1906,"ST. HUGH’S SCHOOL, CHISLEHURST", Eltham & District Times, 22 May 1908, p. 4 before moving to Lamas House (which became a hospital during the First World War) and then Widmore Court in nearby Bickley, then in Kent. During the Second World War the school was evacuated to Malvern Wells in Worcestershire.ST. HUGH'S SCHOOL TRANSFERRED TO MALVERN WELLS", Bromley & West Kent Mercury, 8 September 1939, p. 4
During the school's absence from Kent, its buildings became the temporary wartime offices of Hodder & Stoughton. However, these were destroyed by a V-1 "Doodlebug" in the early morning of 27 June 1944."ST. HUGH'S SCHOOL SITE", Bromley & West Kent Mercury, 8 February 1946, p. 5 The school did not, therefore, return to Kent after the war but relocated to Carswell Manor then in Berkshire,"St. Hugh's School, Carswell Manor, Faringdon", Gloucestershire Echo, 11 May 1948, p. 2 a Jacobean country house with grounds.
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 also taught girls."St Hugh's, Faringdon" in Derek Bingham, ed., Which School? 1989/90 (1990), p. 420
In March 2026, St Hugh's announced the purchase of an additional 20 acres of land adjacent to the school. This land will allow for the creation of additional sports spaces and a new school farm to open in the academic year 2026-2027. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25952424.oxfordshire-private-prep-school-announces-land-purchase/
Notable former pupils
Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Chief of the Army Staff (India)
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