Abbots Bromley School
| Motto | That Our Daughters May Be as the Polished Corners of the Temple |
|---|---|
| Established | 1874 |
| Type | Independent day & boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Founder | Canon Nathaniel Woodard |
| Location |
Abbots Bromley Staffordshire WS15 3BW England Coordinates: 52°49′03″N 1°52′46″W / 52.817438°N 1.879474°W |
| Local authority | Staffordshire |
| DfE number | 860/6013 |
| DfE URN | 124470 Tables |
| Staff | 21 full time, 16 part time |
| Students | 165 |
| Gender | Girls; Boys (3-11) |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Colours | Red & Blue |
| Affiliation | Woodard Corporation |
| Website | www |
Abbots Bromley School (formerly known as the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley before becoming "Abbots Bromley School for Girls") is a boarding and day independent school for girls aged 3–18 and for boys aged 3-11 located in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England. It is one of the original Woodard Schools — and the first Woodard School for girls — and is therefore an Anglican foundation that historically reflected the Anglo-Catholic ethos of the Woodard Foundation. It is affiliated to the Girls' Schools Association.
With the foundation of the School of S. Anne, Nathaniel Woodard's project to provide education for the middle classes was extended to girls. Woodard had been reluctant to start a school for girls, but some of his closest friends strongly disagreed. Edward Clarke Lowe, in particular, believed that university education should be open to women. These friends eventually prevailed upon Woodard and secured his blessing and his enormous fund-raising skills to found the School of S. Anne in 1874. Even after its opening, Woodard continued to express the view that his foundation might be wasting its efforts in promoting the education of women.
The school was established at Abbots Bromley partly because it was near Denstone College, another Woodard school which had been founded a few years before. Its location in the Anglican diocese of Lichfield also helped to secure for it the goodwill of Bishop Selwyn.
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