Established 1962 Headmaster Simon Head | Religion Roman Catholic Phone +44 1284 753532 | |
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Motto Magna est Veritas et Praevalet
("Great is truth and mighty above all things") Type Prep day and boarding school Location Mount Rd
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7BJ
England Address Mount Rd, Bury Saint Edmunds IP32, UK | ||
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Moreton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Bury St. Edmund's, a market town in the county of Suffolk, England. It was designed by the Scottish architect Robert Adam and built in 1773 as a country house for John Symonds (1729–1807), a clergyman and Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. The building was originally known as "St. Edmund's Hill". It was later called "The Mount" and from 1890 "Moreton Hall".
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School
Not to be confused with Moreton Hall School in OswestrySince 1962, the building and surrounding 30 acres of parkland have been used by the Moreton Hall Preparatory School, an independent co-educational preparatory school founded by Lady Miriam Fitzalan-Howard (daughter of Lord Howard of Glossop) and her husband Commander Peregrine Hubbard. Hubbard and Geoffrey de Guingand served jointly as the school's first headmasters. The Moreton Hall School Trust acquired the freehold to the building and parklands in 2009. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic church but accepts all pupils regardless of denomination.
Organisation
The school is divided into two sections: pre-prep and prep. The pre-prep takes pupils from aged 2 years and 8 months to 7 years. Prep consists of pupils in Years 3-8.
Boarding
Boarding is offered to pupils aged 8 and above. Older pupils usually choose to board as many go on to independent boarding schools. They are cared for by two resident matrons who are assisted by some teachers and gap year students. The Headmaster Chris Moxon and his wife who is head of boarding reside onsite and are actively involved in the boarding programme.