Tudor Hall School, Banbury Explained

Tudor Hall
Coordinates:52.0391°N -1.3591°W
Motto Translation:I have in order that I may give
Type:Private day and boarding
Religious Affiliation:Church of England
Head Label:Headmistress
Head:Julie Lodrick
Chair Label:Chairman of the Governors
Chair:Debbie Chism
Founder:The Rev. John Wood Todd, D.D., and Mrs. Martha Todd
Address:Wykham Park
City:Banbury
County:Oxfordshire
Country:England
Postcode:OX16 9UR
Local Authority:Oxfordshire
Ofsted:Outstanding
Dfeno:931/6001
Enrolment:330~
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:4
Colours:Pink, yellow, green, blue
Publication:The Tudorian
Free Label 1:Former pupils
Free 1:Old Tudorians
Free Label 2:Badge
Free 2:Tudor rose
Free Label 3:School hymn
Free 3:To Be a Pilgrim

Tudor Hall School is a private day and boarding school for girls in Oxfordshire, situated between Bloxham and Banbury. It was founded by a Baptist Minister and his wife, and moved to several different places before the purchase of its current premises after the Second World War.

History

Tudor Hall was founded in 1850 in Salisbury, by the Rev.John Wood Todd and his wife Martha,[1] and moved to the Forest Hill area of London in around 1854, initially at Perry Hill House, and later at Red Hall, or Tudor House, from which the school's name emerged.

By the 1900s, the school had expanded and was in need of more space. In 1908, it moved to Chislehurst in Kent. The school later went through difficult times and had to be closed down for a term in 1935. Former pupil Nesta Inglis, elder daughter of banker and Marylebone Cricket Club amateur cricketer Alfred Inglis, took over as headmistress and reopened the school.

At the outbreak of World War II, the school relocated to Burnt Norton, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, to escape the air raids. However, it outgrew the property during the war. Inglis came across some land outside Banbury, Oxfordshire, and the purchase was made in February 1944. The school moved to the new location in January 1946.[2]

Boarding

Tudor Hall offers a full boarding programme. Over two thirds of pupils are boarders. New boarders are usually assigned an older girl to assist them with adjustment into boarding life. There are full-time residential staff who live on-campus.[3]

Houses

Upon entry each girl is assigned to a house, each of which is named after one of the Royal Houses that ruled over England.

Traditions

Unlike many schools, Tudor Hall uses an unusual nomenclature for its year groups.

Notable old girls

Former pupils are known as "Old Tudorians"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Independent women in public life in Salisbury in the second half of the nineteenth century . /research.gold.ac.uk . 2024-07-16.
  2. http://www.tudorhallschool.com/page/?title=Tudor+Hall&pid=14 Tudor Hall
  3. http://www.tudorhallschool.com/page/?title=Boarding&pid=57 Boarding
  4. http://www.tudorhallschool.com/page/?title=A+Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Tudorian&pid=152 A Day in the Life of a Tudorian