Saint Felix School
| Motto |
Felix Quia Fortis (Happiness Through Strength) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1897 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Headmaster | Mr James Harrison |
| Deputy Head | Ms Annie Hardcastle |
| Chairman of Governors | Dr John Kelly |
| Founder | Margaret Isabella Gardiner |
| Location |
Halesworth Road Reydon Southwold Suffolk IP18 6SD England 52°20′05″N 1°39′18″E / 52.33473°N 1.65489°ECoordinates: 52°20′05″N 1°39′18″E / 52.33473°N 1.65489°E |
| Local authority | Suffolk |
| DfE URN | 124868 Tables |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 1–18 |
| Colours | Green |
| Former pupils | Old Felicians |
| Website | www.stfelix.co.uk |
Saint Felix School is an co-educational independent day and boarding school in Reydon near the town of Southwold in the English county of Suffolk. The school was founded as a girls' school in 1897 by Margaret Isabella Gardiner, whose ambition was 'to make a school where girls are treated like sensible creatures'. By September 1902 the present site of the school had been purchased and the first four boarding houses and teaching block completed. In 1910 the Gardiner Hall, Library, and Clough House were built.
The school accommodates babies and toddlers in the St Felix Nursery, and children up to the age of 18 in the Sixth Form. The school offers boarding throughout the term, weekly, or 'flexi' boarding.[1] The current head is Mr James Harrison.
Notable former pupils
- Jane Benham MBE - played a significant role in preserving Thames sailing barges
- Dorothea Braby - artist and illustrator
- Natalie Caine - woodwind player[2]
- Constance Coltman - the first woman ordained to Christian ministry in Britain[3]
- Baroness David[4]
- Lilias Rider Haggard MBE, daughter of Sir Henry Rider Haggard and an author in her own right[5]
- Norman Heatley - biochemist[6]
- Emily Beatrix Coursolles Jones - novelist
- Nancy Lyle - tennis player
- Violet Helen Millar, later Countess Attlee, wife of Clement Attlee
- Mother Maribel of Wantage - Anglican nun and artist[7]
- Anna Russell - singer and comedian[8]
- Enid Russell-Smith DBE - civil servant[9]
- Mary Snell-Hornby - translation scholar
- Constance Tipper - metallurgist and crystallographer[10]
- Hannah Waterman - actress
- Phyllis Gardner - artist and dog breeder
- Stella Browne - feminist and abortion law reformer
- Katherine Laird Cox - model, magistrate
Notable faculty
- Anne Mustoe, travel author, headmistress 1978–1987[11]
See also
References
- ↑ Saint Felix School
- ↑ Natalie Caine, The Guardian, 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ↑ Elaine Kaye, ‘Coltman , Constance Mary (1889–1969)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ↑ Baroness David, Daily Telegraph, 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ↑ ‘HAGGARD, Lilias Margitson Rider’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 5 Jan 2013
- ↑ Eric Sidebottom, ‘Heatley, Norman George (1911–2004)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2008; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 4 Jan 2013
- ↑ Sister Janet, Mother Maribel of Wantage Published by SPCK, London (1973) ISBN 0281027285 pg 10
- ↑ ‘RUSSELL, Anna’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 5 Jan 2013
- ↑ Jonathan Bradbury, ‘Smith, Dame Enid Mary Russell Russell- (1903–1989)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Jan 2013
- ↑ Anna Leendertz Ford, ‘Tipper , Constance Fligg (1894–1995)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Jan 2013
- ↑ Anne Mustoe - Daily Telegraph obituary, 11 December 2009.
External links
- School Website
- Profile on the ISC website
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