St Dominic's School

St. Dominic's School in Hambledon, Surrey, England is a co-educational weekly boarding and day school, one of the oldest special schools in the United Kingdom. It specialises in the education of children with various disabilities, such as autism whilst integrating specialised support, including an onsite speech and language, Occupational and physio therapy team. While currently independent, it is supported by local government funding as a centre of excellence in an area of disability for which public funding is to a certain extent is variously provided throughout the country. Currently pupils are admitted from over 35 different LEAs. It admits and educates pupils ages 8–19.

For other uses, see St Dominic (disambiguation).

St Dominic's School
Nearby Hambledon Hurst or Heath characterises the lightly populated area around the school
Location
Hambledon
Godalming
,
Surrey
,
GU8 4DX

England
Coordinates51°08′13″N 0°37′37″W
Information
TypeSpecial school
Established1929
Local authoritySurrey
Department for Education URN125455 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMrs Angela Drayton
Age8 to 19
Enrolment90~
Houses     Sahara
     Kilimanjaro
     Serengeti
     Victoria Falls
Websitehttp://www.stdominicsschool.org.uk/

Admissions

Applications are normally made through the Local Education Authority in whose area a child's family live. Currently pupils are admitted from over 35 different LEAs.

Background

On Mount Oliviet, a hill in the Greensand Ridge, the place was named after St. Dominic Savio, the patron saint of juvenile delinquents. The site was originally property of Charles Watney. It consisted of an observatory and a chapel, the latter of which remains a prominent assembly place and the observatory remaining as the logo for the school. When Watney's wife died in 1929 - some time after Watney himself died - the Roman Catholic nun's congregation known as the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary established the school at her request, and they remain its trustees to this day. The school is one of those supported by the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (in the Roman Catholic church).

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