| St Hugh's School | |
| Established: | 1906 |
| Type: | Preparatory school (day and boarding) |
| Religious Affiliation: | Church of England |
| City: | Carswell |
| County: | Oxfordshire |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | SN7 8PT |
| Local Authority: | Oxfordshire |
| Urn: | 123299 |
| Dfeno: | 931/6078 |
| Students: | c. 350 |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Lower Age: | 3 |
| Upper Age: | 13 |
| Houses: | 4 |
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 350 pupils aged 3 to 13 years.
St Hugh's was established at Morland House, Chislehurst, Kent, in 1906,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] The school did not, therefore, return to Kent after the war but relocated to Carswell Manor then in Berkshire,[4] 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.[5]
In 2011, St Hugh's was a co-educational boarding school for children between the ages of three and thirteen. It had some children who were being taught to overcome dyslexia.[6]