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Encyclopedia > Claires Court School

Claires Court School is a private school situated in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Statistics Population: 58,848 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU889811 Administration District: Windsor and Maidenhead Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: MAIDENHEAD...

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History

Founded in 1960 by David and Josephine Wilding as a day and boarding school for boys aged 7 to 13, Claires Court grew quickly to 200 pupils from the early 1970s. Ridgeway opened as a junior preparatory school for Claires Court, which extended its age range to 16 year olds.


In 1981, their son James was appointed as Master in charge of the Senior School, and shortly afterwards the family business was joined by Hugh as Bursar. In 1993, the Wildings acquired Maidenhead College, a Girls' Independent School, formerly known as the Convent of the Nativity. In January 2005, the school is still thriving. a co-ed Nursery leads to separate single sex boys and girls sections providing education to 16+, the co-ed Sixth form, now in its 12th year with 112 students completes the picture. This article concerns how a man differs from women. ...


Current status

There are some 980 pupils on roll, taught by 120 teachers and supported by a further 120 support staff. The term pupil can also mean student. ...


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External links

  • Claires Court School website
Berkshire Secondary Schools
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Grammar: Herschel Grammar School | Kendrick School | Langley Grammar School | Reading School | Slough Grammar School | St Bernard's Convent School
Independent: The Abbey School | Cheam School | Claires Court School | Crosfields School | Dolphin School | Downe House | Lambrook Haileybury | Leighton Park School | Ludgrove School
Public: Bearwood College | Bradfield College | Eton College | Heathfield St Mary's | Pangbourne College | Reading Blue Coat School | St. George's School, Ascot | St. Piran's | Wellington College, Berkshire


 
 

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