Leehurst Swan School is a co-educational independent day school in
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.
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Wiltshire
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England
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, for children between the ages of four and sixteen. It site is near the city centre, about northeast of
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury.
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History
The school was founded in 1914 under the name Leehurst Convent School. In 1953 it was taken over by the
Sisters of La Retraite The Sisters of La Retraite or the Congregation of the Retreat is a Roman Catholic congregation founded as early as 1675 in Vannes and Quimper in Brittany by Catherine de Francheville and Claude-Thérèse de Kerméno under the guidance of the Jesuit ...
and took their name. In 1988, the school became a charitable trust, and in 1996 it merged with The Swan School, an independent preparatory school for boys founded in the 1930s by a Miss Swanton.
The main building, originally a 19th-century family house, occupies a site. It is surrounded by buildings of various dates, the most recent additions being a performing arts centre and a 12-classroom prep school. The school also has access to a pavilion and playing fields in Salisbury Cathedral Close. All together the school and grounds cover 8 acres.
In 2007 the school changed its name from La Retraite Swan to Leehurst Swan School to signify the end of the association with the Sisters of La Retraite.
Assessment
Leehurst Swan achieved the highest grade of Excellent in all areas at their most recent
ISI inspection in 2017.
References
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Inspection Reports
Private schools in Wiltshire
Educational institutions established in 1914
Schools in Salisbury
1914 establishments in England
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