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Battle Abbey School

Field	Value
name	Battle Abbey School
image	Balogbw.jpg
coordinates
motto	Foy est tout
(Faith is all)
established	1912
type	Independent day and boarding school
religious_affiliation	C of E / Inter-denominational
head	Hannah Blake
city	Battle
county	East Sussex
country	England
postcode	TN33 0AD
urn	114622
enrolment	360~
gender	Co-educational
lower_age	3 months
upper_age	18 years
houses	St Mary's
St Martin's
St Etheldreda's
St Patrick's
colours	Maroon, White
website

(Faith is all) St Martin's St Etheldreda's St Patrick's

Battle Abbey School is a private coeducational day and boarding school in the small town of Battle, East Sussex, England. The senior school occupies part of the town's ruined abbey complex, and it is from here that the school derives its name. Originally formed as St Etheldreda's, in 1989 Glengorse and Hydneye was merged into the school.

History

Battle Abbey was constructed at the behest of the Norman invader William the Conqueror to commemorate his victory in the Battle of Hastings at the site over the Anglo-Saxon King of England, Harold Godwinson in 1066. The abbey was suppressed during the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII and some of the abbey buildings were destroyed. The 13th-century Abbot’s house was preserved and passed into private hands, and numerous additional structures also survived including the 14th-century gatehouse (which now serves as the main school gate) as well as a ruined monks' dorter (dormitory).

The school was founded in 1912, as St Etheldreda's, Bexhill-on-Sea, by May Jacoby and her sister Helen Sheehan-Dare. It moved into the Abbey in 1922, with an enrolment of 33 girls. Within a year there were 100 girls and the Board of Education officially recognised the school in 1926. There was a major fire in 1931 which caused extensive damage, notably to the Abbot's Hall; restoration was carried out by the architect Harold Brakspear.

The Abbot's Hall now contains the (extremely) large painting of the Battle of Hastings by Francis Wilkin.

The Abbot's house now forms the centrepiece of the senior school, with the preparatory school and nursery situated in the nearby town of Bexhill-on-Sea.

Notable alumni

Tana Ramsey, best-selling author and wife of Gordon Ramsey
Georgina Henry, journalist
George Mallory, Everest mountaineer (attended Glengorse 1896–1900)
Dan Poulter, Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich; defected to Labour in 2024
Clare Torry, singer

References

"About The Battle Abbey School Staff, Governors & Headteacher". Battle Abbey School.
[http://www.isc.co.uk/school_BattleAbbeySchool_Battle.htm Battle Abbey School], [[Independent Schools Council]], UK.
"History – Battle Abbey School".

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