St Hugh’s
St Hughs Faringdon
Org 1: IAPS
Carswell Manor
Carswell, Faringdon, Oxfordshire SN7 8PT
Telephone: 01367 870700
Open events: Open Morning: Friday 6 February 2026
Key dates: Autumn term: Wednesday 3 September 2025 to Friday 12 December 2025
Half term: Friday 17 October 2025 to Monday 3 November 2025
Spring term: Wednesday 7 January 2026 to Friday 27 March 2026
Half term: Friday 13 February 2026 to Monday 23 February 2026
Summer term: Wednesday 22 April 2026 to Saturday 4 July 2026
Half term: Friday 22 May 2026 to Monday 1 June 2026
Age Range: Nursery, Pre-Prep/Infants, Prep/Junior to 13
Day or Boarding: Day, Weekly Boarding, Flexi/Occasional Boarding
Gender: Co-ed
Chairman of Governors: Mr Neill Lawson-Smith
Headmaster: David Griffiths, BA Cardiff, PGCE, MEd
Age Range. 3–13. Year 9 opening Sept 2026.
Number of Pupils. 342: 191 Boys (62 Boarders), 151 Girls (51 Boarders).
Fees per term (2025-2026). Upper School: £9,760; Middle School: £8,865; Pre-Prep £5,805-£6,290. (All fees inclusive, with very few compulsory extras.) Weekly boarding (Mon-Fri inclusive): Termly Fee £2,318. Fees include VAT where applicable.
The School’s main building is a fine Jacobean house with extensive grounds. Boys and girls are prepared for Pre-Test, Common Entrance and Scholarship examinations to senior independent schools. The school is organised into four departments: Nursery (3–4), Pre-Prep (4–6), Middle School (7–8), and Upper School (9–13). St Hugh's is opening a Senior School in September 2026, which will go to 16. Careful liaison ensures a strong thread of continuity throughout the school. The main entry points are at 3, 4, 7 and 9.
The School is not academically selective and both welcomes and accepts children from all backgrounds and a range of academic abilities. We aim to foster confidence and a love of learning across this range: an impressive pre-test, scholarship and CE record and the provision of specialist support both bear testimony to our inclusive approach. The arts and sport feature very strongly and pupils are encouraged to develop their talents and interests as broadly as possible. The school delivers academic and pastoral excellence and wellbeing, as well as focussing on success for every child.
St Hugh’s is described by the Good Schools Guide as a school which “personifies what is best in prep school education”.
Charitable status. St Hugh’s is a Registered Charity, number 309640. It exists to provide a centre of excellence for the education of children.