The Kingsley School is an independent girls' day school situated in Leamington Spa,

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

, England, just to the north of the town centre. It educates girls from 3 to 18; the co-educational Preparatory School also takes boys up to the age of 11. The senior school occupies an adapted and extended Victorian manor house. On the opposite side of the road the Junior School can be found. The nearby sixth form centre is self-contained, although retains the friendly atmosphere of the main school. The playing fields occupy a site on the outskirts of the town. It was founded as a Church of England school, and now welcomes pupils of all faiths and of none.

History

The school was founded as ''Leamington High School'' in 1884 by Rose Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley, author of '' The Water Babies''. It moved to its present site in 1922, and took its present name in 1949.

Headteachers

1884 - 1886 Florence Gadesden 1886 - 1909 Mary Huckwell 1909 - 1916 Anne Loveday 1916 - 1932 Lilias Milroy 1932 - 1961 Dorothy Sweet 1961 - 1977 Nesta Jones 1977 - 1988 Cynthia Fairhurst 1988 - 1997 Margaret Webster 1997 - 2010 Christine Mannion-Watson 2010–2020 Heather Owens 2020-2022 Christina McCullough 2022-Present James Mercer-Kelly https://www.thekingsleyschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The-Kingsley-School-Heritage-Leaflet-Web.pdf

References

External links

Official Web Site

Kingsley Gallery
Girls' schools in Warwickshire Private schools in Warwickshire Schools in Leamington Spa Educational institutions established in 1884 1884 establishments in England {{Warwickshire-school-stub