Abberley Hall School
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| Established | 1878 |
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| Type |
Independent school Preparatory School Day and boarding |
| Headmaster | Will Lockett |
| Chair of Governors | Rhoddy Swire |
| Founder | Miss Mitchell |
| Location |
Abberley Worcestershire WR6 6DD England Coordinates: 52°17′44″N 2°22′32″W / 52.2956°N 2.3756°W |
| DfE number | 885/6005 |
| DfE URN | 117011 Tables |
| Staff | 38 |
| Students | c.300 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 2–13 |
| Website | www |
Abberley Hall School is a coeducational preparatory day and boarding school in the village of Abberley, Worcestershire, England. Straddled between Worcester and Tenbury, it educates around 300 pupils.
The school began in 1878 as the Dame School in Blackheath, Kent. In 1896, it became a private school and was named Lindisfarne. The school was moved to Abberley in 1916, and the property was purchased in 1921 by Gilbert Ashton, a former pupil of Lindisfarne, who took over as headmaster and renamed it Abberley Hall. The school became a trust in 1958, and is now managed by a Board of Governors, as a UK Registered Charity (no. 1088863). Pupils come from a variety of backgrounds, including families and service personnel living and working abroad, professionals from the Birmingham and Worcester areas, and traditional farming families. The pre-prep and nursery serve a more local area.
The campus comprises Abberley Hall, a Grade II* listed building and its gardens and grounds, which are also listed as Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. The grounds also contain the Grade II* listedAbberley Clock Tower which can be seen as far away as Clent hill, and which was the setting for the children's book by Gene Kemp, The Clock Tower Ghost.
Pupils follow a curriculum that prepares them for entrance into public schools (independent schools), taking Common Entrance, Winchester Entrance or Scholarship exams. Class sizes are small, averaging 11 pupils. Most subjects have their own dedicated classrooms and there are two science laboratories and specialist facilities for computing, DT, music and PE. The majority of pupils continue their education at Malvern College, Shrewsbury School, Kings Worcester, Cheltenham College, Rugby School and Malvern St James. The school also provides for individual pupils with special needs including: Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD), and Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD).
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