St Gabriel's School

St Gabriel's School
Sandleford Priory (2018)
Address
Sandleford Priory Newbury , Berkshire , RG20 9BD England
Coordinates	51.3776°N 1.3166°W / 51.3776; -1.3166
Information
Type	Private day school
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1929
Local authority	West Berkshire
Department for Education URN	110128 Tables
Chair of Governors	Nigel Garland
Principal	Richard Smith[1]
Gender	Mixed[2]
Age	6 months to 18
Enrolment	400+
Houses	Bede  , Chad  , Alban  , Aidan
Colour(s)	Navy and Royal Blue

St Gabriel's School is a private co-educational day school (Nursery, Junior School, Senior School & Sixth Form) located at Sandleford Priory in Sandleford, two miles (3 km) south of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire.

Pupils and Staff

In September 2022, St Gabriel's took boys into Year 7 of the Senior School. The Sixth Form, alongside Year 9, will accept boys from September 2024. This incremental approach will ensure a transition to a fully co-educational school in 2026. There are over 400 pupils. It is associated with traditional Church of England values.^{[citation needed]}

History

St Gabriel's School was founded in 1929 in Mill Hill in London. In 1939 the school was evacuated to West Ogwell Manor^[3] in Devon for the safety of the pupils and because their Mill Hill, London site was requisitioned. The school remained in the West Country until 1943 when it relocated to Ormonde House, Newbury. After Easter in 1948 the school moved to Sandleford Priory.^[4]

Present building

Main article: Sandleford Priory (country house)

The present Sandleford Priory is a Grade I listed building in 54 acres (22 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown. It was erected around the chapel of an old priory between 1780 and 1786 by James Wyatt, for Elizabeth Montagu, the social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic and writer who helped organise and lead the Blue Stockings Society.^[5]

References

1. "New principal appointed to St Gabriel's School". Newburytoday.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
2. "Home". Stgabriels.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
3. "The History of the Building". Gaiahouse.co.uk. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
4. "Birthday Celebrations".
5. Climenson, 1906

External links

• Profile on the ISC website