Gad's Hill School
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| motto = First to thine own self be true
| established = 1924
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| type = Independent school
Co-educational
Day school
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| head = Paul K Savage
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| city = Higham
| county = Kent
| country = England
| postcode = ME3 7PA
| local_authority = Kent
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| enrolment = 315
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 3
| upper_age = 16
| houses = Haig, Wellington, Beatty
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Gad's Hill School in Higham, Kent, England, is an independent school for day pupils, founded in 1924. It is set in the former Gads Hill Place, the country home of Charles Dickens.
School history
Charles Dickens died in what is now the school conservatory, but was formerly the school refectory. Cedric Charles Dickens, the author's great-grandson, was a governor of the school until his death in 2006. Marion Dickens, the author's great-great-granddaughter, is a former pupil of the school{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} and, as of 2019, is a Director of the school company.{{cite web |title=GADS HILL SCHOOL |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02427105/officers |publisher=Companies House |access-date=28 March 2019}}
As of 2013, the school was moving into purpose-built buildings in the grounds of the house.{{cite news |title=Charles Dickens' Kent home to open to the public |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23967105 |access-date=19 September 2018 |work=BBC News|date=4 September 2013}}
Inspection judgements
As of 2018, the school's most recent inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate was in 2017.{{cite web |title=Focused Compliance and Educational Quality Inspection Report: Gad's Hill School |url=https://www.isi.net/school/gad-s-hill-school-6472 |publisher=Independent Schools Inspectorate |access-date=19 September 2018 |date=2017}} The school was judged to meet all the regulatory compliance standards and educational quality was judged as good.
Academic performance
In 2017, the school's Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, compared to 46 for the local authority as a whole and 45 for England.{{cite web |title=Gad's Hill School |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/118944?tab=secondary |website=Find and compare schools in England |publisher=Gov.UK |access-date=19 September 2018}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gadshill.org School website]
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Category:1924 establishments in England
Category:Grade I listed buildings in Kent