Hoe Bridge School

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Hoe Bridge School
Address
Hoe Bridge School
Hoe Place, Old Woking Road

Woking
,
Surrey
,
GU22 8JE

England
Coordinates 51°18′29″N0°32′12″W / 51.3081°N 0.5368°W / 51.3081; -0.5368
Information
TypeIndependent Pre-prep & prep school
Established1986
Local authoritySurrey
Department for Education URN 125397 Tables
Head teacherChris Webster
Gender Mixed
Age3to 13
Enrolment486 (as of 2014)
Website www.hoebridgeschool.co.uk

Hoe Bridge School is an independent co-educational, pre-prep and prep school in Woking, England. At its last full inspection in 2023 it was rated excellent by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. [1] The school was established in 1986 following the merger of two former proprietorial boys schools, Allen House and St Michael's School. In 1987 it became a charitable trust administered by a board of governors, and developed to include girls up to Year 6 in 1999. The school is based in a seventeenth century house and is set in its own grounds in Woking, Surrey.

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Site and facilities

Hoe Place is a former mansion which is home to the Hoe Bridge Prep department. It dates from 1680 and was a favourite retreat of Lady Castlemaine, a mistress of King Charles II.[ citation needed ]

The chapel, which houses teaching and music rooms, dates back to 1850 and has an original ice house in the gardens. The mansion remained a private residence until the 1920s, when Hoe Place Preparatory School was established in 1928 and in turn, became St. Michael's School in 1964.

Hoe Bridge School itself was formed in 1986 when St Michael's School merged with Allen House Preparatory School which had been founded at Box Grove near Guildford, then on part of the present Royal Grammar School site. [2] In 2019 the school opened a new performing arts facility. [3]

A Senior School building is planned to be opened by 2026 [4] in order to expand the school to accommodate 13-16 year olds throughout GCSEs.

Activities

The school sponsors a girls' field hockey team. [5]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ ISL, Online (17 October 2014). "Hoe Bridge School ISL Inspection Report". isi.net/school. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. ↑ HoeBridge. "School Estate & Facilities". hoebridgeschool.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dermot O’Leary opens new centre at Hoe Bridge School". Woking News and Mail, October 17, 2019
  4. ↑ "Estate Map and Senior School details". hoebridgeschool.co.uk, October 30, 2023
  5. ↑ "Hoe Bridge School's hockey girls reach national finals". "Surrey Live, By Richard Spiller, 12 NOV 2015
  6. ↑ "Comedian Rufus Hound on Surrey school days, theatre and politics". Surrey Life, 02 August 2017
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