St Gabriel's School

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| name = St Gabriel's School

| image = St Gabriel's Grounds, 2018.jpg

| caption = Sandleford Priory (2018)

| coordinates = {{coord|51.3776|-1.3166|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}

| established = 1929

| closed =

| type = Private day school

| religious_affiliation = Church of England

| president =

| head_label = Principal

| head = Richard Smith{{cite web|url=https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/17625/new-principal-appointed-to-st-gabriel-s-school.html|title=New principal appointed to St Gabriel's School|website=Newburytoday.co.uk|accessdate=19 December 2018}}

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| chair_label = Chair of Governors

| chair = Nigel Garland

| founder =

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| address = Sandleford Priory

| city = Newbury

| county = Berkshire

| country = England

| postcode = RG20 9BD

| local_authority = West Berkshire

| ofsted =

| dfeno = 869/6004

| urn = 110128

| staff =

| enrolment = 400+

| gender = Mixed{{cite web|url=https://www.stgabriels.co.uk/|title=Home|website=Stgabriels.co.uk|accessdate=19 December 2018}}

| lower_age = 6 months

| upper_age = 18

| houses = Bede {{colour box|Blue}}, Chad {{color box|Green}}, Alban {{color box|Red}}, Aidan {{color box|Yellow}}

| colours = Navy and Royal Blue {{colour box|Navy}}{{color box|Blue}}

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St Gabriel's School is a private co-educational day school (Nursery, Junior School, Senior School & Sixth Form) located at Sandleford Priory in Sandleford, two miles (3 km) south of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire.

Pupils and Staff

In September 2022, St Gabriel's took boys into Year 7 of the Senior School. The Sixth Form, alongside Year 9, will accept boys from September 2024. This incremental approach will ensure a transition to a fully co-educational school in 2026. There are over 400 pupils. It is associated with traditional Church of England values.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

History

St Gabriel's School was founded in 1929 in Mill Hill in London. In 1939 the school was evacuated to West Ogwell Manor{{cite web|url=https://gaiahouse.co.uk/about/history-building/|title=The History of the Building|date=25 August 2013|website=Gaiahouse.co.uk|accessdate=19 December 2018}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.stgabriels.co.uk/schoolbirthdaycelebrations | title=Birthday Celebrations }}

Present building

The present Sandleford Priory is a Grade I listed building in {{convert|54|acre|ha}} of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown. It was erected around the chapel of an old priory between 1780 and 1786 by James Wyatt, for Elizabeth Montagu, the social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic and writer who helped organise and lead the Blue Stockings Society.Climenson, 1906

References

External links

[http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/berkshire/newbury/st-gabriels-school Profile] on the ISC website

Category:Girls' schools in Berkshire

Category:Schools in Newbury, Berkshire

Category:Preparatory schools in Berkshire

Category:Private schools in West Berkshire District

Category:Educational institutions established in 1929

Category:1929 establishments in England

Category:Church of England private schools in the Diocese of Oxford