Tudor Hall
Private day and boarding
Coordinates52.0391°N 1.3591°W
Motto translationI have in order that I may give
Established1850 (age 176)
Religious affiliationChurch of England
Head labelHeadmistress
HeadJulie Lodrick
Chair labelChairman of the Governors
ChairJennifer Scarfe
FounderThe Rev. John Wood Todd, D.D., and Mrs. Martha Todd
AddressWykham Park
CityBanbury
CountyOxfordshire
CountryEngland
Postal codeOX16 9UR
Local authorityOxfordshire
OfstedOutstanding
Enrolment330~
GenderGirls
Lower age11
Upper age18
Houses4
ColoursPink, yellow, green, blue
PublicationThe Tudorian
Free label 1Former pupils
Free text 1Old Tudorians
Free label 2Badge
Free text 2Tudor rose
Free label 3School hymn
Free text 3To Be a Pilgrim
Websitewww.tudorhallschool.com

Tudor Hall School is a private day and boarding school for girls in Oxfordshire, situated between Bloxham and Banbury. It was founded by a Baptist Minister and his wife, and moved to several different places before the purchase of its current premises after the Second World War.

History

Tudor Hall was founded in 1850 in Salisbury, by the Rev. John Wood Todd and his wife Martha,[1] and moved to the Forest Hill area of London in around 1854, initially at Perry Hill House, and later at Red Hall, or Tudor House, from which the school's name emerged.

By the 1900s, the school had expanded and was in need of more space. In 1908, it moved to Chislehurst in Kent. The school later went through difficult times and had to be closed for a term in 1935. Former pupil Nesta Inglis, elder daughter of banker and Marylebone Cricket Club amateur cricketer Alfred Inglis, took over as headmistress and reopened the school.

At the outbreak of World War II, the school relocated to Burnt Norton, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, to escape air raids. However, it outgrew the property during the war. Inglis came across some land outside Banbury, Oxfordshire, and the purchase was made in February 1944. The school moved to the new location in January 1946.[2]

Tudor Hall owned a prep school, Carrdus School, which closed in 2025, allegedly because of the Labour government imposition of VAT on private school fees.[3]

Boarding

Tudor Hall offers a full boarding programme. Over two-thirds of pupils are boarders. New boarders are usually assigned an older girl to assist them with adjustment to boarding life. There are full-time residential staff who live on-campus.[4]

Houses

Upon entry each girl is assigned to a house, each of which is named after one of the Royal Houses that ruled over England.

Traditions

Unlike many schools, Tudor Hall uses an unusual nomenclature for its year groups.

  • Todd/Ones - Year 7
  • Twos - Year 8
  • Threes - Year 9
  • Fours - Year 10
  • Fives - Year 11
  • Inglis - Year 12
  • Ashtons - Year 13

Notable old girls

See also:

Former pupils are known as "Old Tudorians"

References

  1. ^ "Independent women in public life in Salisbury in the second half of the nineteenth century". /research.gold.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  2. ^ Tudor Hall
  3. ^ "'Parents were in tears' - Banbury private school announces closure as Labour budget plans blight its future". Archived 2024-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  4. ^ Boarding
  5. ^ A Day in the Life of a Tudorian Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine