Tudor Hall | |
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Address | |
Wykham Park , , OX16 9UR | |
Coordinates | 52°02′21″N1°21′33″W / 52.0391°N 1.3591°W |
Information | |
Type | Private day and boarding |
Motto | Latin: Habeo ut dem (I have in order that I may give) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | 1850 |
Founder | The Rev. John Wood Todd, D.D., and Mrs. Martha Todd |
Local authority | Oxfordshire |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chairman of the Governors | Debbie Chism |
Headmistress | Julie Lodrick |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 330~ |
Houses | 4 |
Colour(s) | Pink, yellow, green, blue |
Publication | The Tudorian |
Former pupils | Old Tudorians |
Badge | Tudor rose |
School hymn | To Be a Pilgrim |
Website | www |
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.
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 re opened 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]
Tudor Hall owned a prep school, Carrdus School, which closed in 2024 after a Labour government imposed VAT on private school fees. [3]
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. [4]
Upon entry each girl is assigned to a house, each of which is named after one of the Royal Houses that ruled over England.
Unlike many schools, Tudor Hall uses an unusual nomenclature for its year groups.
Former pupils are known as "Old Tudorians"
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