St Gabriel's School is an

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day school located at Sandleford Priory in

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, two miles (3 km) south of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire.

Pupils and Staff

Boys attend the nursery and junior school, up to age 11 (Year 6). Girls attend the nursery, junior school, secondary school and the sixth form, up to age 18 (Year 13). There is now a school community of over 460 pupils, 60 teaching staff and 20 support staff. It is associated with traditional

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values.

History

St Gabriel's School was founded in 1929 in Mill Hill in London. In 1939 the school was evacuated to West Ogwell Manor 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.

Present building

The present Sandleford Priory is a

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in of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown. It was erected around the chapel of an old priory between 1780 and 1786 by

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, for

Elizabeth Montagu Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson; 2 October 1718 – 25 August 1800) was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonnière, literary critic and writer, who helped to organize and lead the Blue Stockings Society. Her parents were both ...

, the social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic and writer who helped organise and lead the

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.Climenson, 1906

References

External links

School WebsiteProfile
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