Rye St Antony School

Infobox School
name = Rye St Antony


imagesize = 150px
established = 1930
type = Independent
staff = Miss Alison Jones (headmistress)
faculty =
enrollment = 400+ pupils
free_label = Colours
free_text = Red and Grey
free_label2 = Denomination
free_text2 = Catholic
location = Oxford, England
information = [e-mail]
website = [http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/ www.ryestantony.co.uk]

Rye St Antony School is an independent Roman Catholic boarding and day school for girls in Headington, Oxford, England.

History

The school was founded by Elizabeth Rendall and Ivy King in 1930, after a visit to the Church of St Anthony in Rye in Sussex in commemoration of which the School was named.

The school was first situated in central Oxford before moving to its present site of 12 acres in Headington in 1939.The school grounds include a Victorian house built by Alfred Waterhouse.

A steady programme of building and development has provided the School with a wide range of teaching and residential facilities. A new performing arts centre was opened in February 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/about.htm|title=About Rye St Antony]

Head Mistresses

* Miss E Rendall (Joint Foundress) 1930 - 1960

* Miss I King (Joint Foundress) 1930 - 1976

* Miss P Sumpter 1976 - 1990

* Miss A Jones 1990 - present day

Present day

Today the school has just over 250 pupils in the secondary school and just over 80 primary school pupils. Many pupils board in the Junior and Senior Boarding Houses. All pupils take a multitude of subjects throughout the school at all levels and also participate in an extensive extra-curricular program. Sports is also a popular aspect of the school as many pupils are members of sports teams.

References

External links

* [http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.rye-tourism.co.uk/directory.asp?n=St+Anthony+of+Padua&ID=52 Church of St Antony in Rye, Sussex]