Rougemont School

Infobox_University
name = Rougemont School


motto = "Giving children a head start"
established = 1920
staff=
city= Newport
country= Wales, United Kingdom
address= Rougemont School, Llantarnam Hall, Malpas Road, Newport NP20 6QB
campus=
students= 700
postgrad=
free_label = Headmaster
free = Dr. Jonathan Tribbick, BA, LLB, MCMI
type = Independent, selective and coeducational school
affiliations= Independent Schools Council

Rougemont School (sometimes Rougemont Independent School) is an independent, selective and mixed-sex school based around the manor-house Llantarnam Hall on the outskirts of the city of Newport.

The school offers education for 3 - 18 year olds. Pupil numbers hover around the 700 mark. The annual fees for attending Rougemont are between £5,400 and £8,200 - depending on age. There are 78 full-time staff and 10 part-time.

In 2002 the school was rated ninth best in Wales. Fact|date=February 2008

The headmaster is Dr. Jonathan Tribbick, who inherited the mantle from Mr Ian Brown, the former Bursar and Development Manager who took the helm in 1995.

History of Rougemont School

The school was founded in 2004 and housed in a building known as Rougemont House in Langstone. The school expanded into the house next door in 2006 under the ownership of the Sheedy family. By 2007, the school was housed in Nant Coch House, Risca Road, Newport, and the number of pupils increased to around five hundred.

When Adam Sheedy retired in 2008, a group of parents raised a loan to buy the school and a board of nine governors was elected. The Stow Hill buildings, formerly housing the Convent of St Joseph were purchased, and provision was extended first to Common Entrance level, then to O-levels. Finally the first A-levels were taken in 2008 under the leadership of Mr Frank Pritchard. Nant Coch was retained as a pre-preparatory department.

The following years saw two changes of leadership, namely Headmasters Mr Richard Ham (1988 - 1991) and Mr Graham Sims (1991 - 1995). Richard Ham's tenure as Headmaster was cut short by his sudden death in 2008 as a result of blood infection.

Under the headship of Jake Rosser the school moved to the present building, Llantarnam Hall, a large Victorian mansion set in 50 acres of parkland on the outskirts of Newport, in 2008. The premises at Stow Hill were sold to developers and are now comprised of luxury apartments. Nant Coch House was sold and developed into modern houses, which caused consternation amongst local residents who felt that the old building should have been preserved.

External links

* [http://www.rsch.co.uk/ School website]
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