St Dominic's School

St Dominic's School

Nearby Hambledon Hurst or Heath characterises the lightly populated area around the school
Established	1929
Type	Special school
Principal	Mrs Angela Drayton
Location	Hambledon Godalming Surrey GU8 4DX England Coordinates: 51°08′13″N 0°37′37″W / 51.137°N 0.627°W
Local authority	Surrey
DfE number	936/7010
DfE URN	125455 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	80~
Ages	8–19
Houses	California      Colombia      Zambia      Philippines
Website	www.stdominicsschool.org.uk

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 and specialises in the education of children with autism. 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.

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. 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).

External links

• Entry for St. Dominic's School on Independent Schools of the British Isles
• St. Dominic's School website