Bruton School for Girls
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Bruton School for Girls is an independent day and boarding school for girls aged 2 to 18 located near Pitcombe
in Bruton
in south east Somerset
, England.
The school comprises Sunny Hill Nursery and Pre-Preparatory, Sunny Hill Preparatory, a senior school and sixth form with an overall attendance of approximately 315 pupils, of whom a third are boarders. A small number of boys also attend the nursery and pre-prep.
’s Charity and grants from Somerset County Council. After the passing of the 1944 Education Act, Sunny Hill School became fully independent. In 1961, the school changed its name to Bruton School for Girls and in 1997 extended its Junior Department to take students from age 3.
The school Motto is "Follow the Gleam".
The headmaster is Mr John Burrough, with deputy head teachers Mrs Linda Smallwood and Mrs Rachel Robbins.
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Pitcombe
Pitcombe is a village and civil parish south-west of Bruton and from Wincanton in Somerset, England. It has a population of 549. The parish includes the hamlets of Cole and Godminster....
in Bruton
Bruton
Bruton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, ten miles north-west of Gillingham and twelve miles south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town has a...
in south east Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England.
The school comprises Sunny Hill Nursery and Pre-Preparatory, Sunny Hill Preparatory, a senior school and sixth form with an overall attendance of approximately 315 pupils, of whom a third are boarders. A small number of boys also attend the nursery and pre-prep.
History
Bruton School for Girls celebrated its centenary in 2001. The school was originally founded as a private day and boarding school and named Sunny Hill School. In 1911 it became a public secondary school and received an annual endowment from the Hugh SexeyHugh Sexey
Hugh Sexey was born near Bruton, Somerset and attended Bruton Grammar School. By the age of 43 he had been appointed as Royal auditor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I and later King James I...
’s Charity and grants from Somerset County Council. After the passing of the 1944 Education Act, Sunny Hill School became fully independent. In 1961, the school changed its name to Bruton School for Girls and in 1997 extended its Junior Department to take students from age 3.
The school Motto is "Follow the Gleam".
The headmaster is Mr John Burrough, with deputy head teachers Mrs Linda Smallwood and Mrs Rachel Robbins.
Notable former pupils
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, awarded MBE in 2001 for services to eye care in East Africa after setting up a successful eye clinic in Kenya. - Emily EavisEmily EavisEmily Eavis is co-organiser of the annual Glastonbury Festival. She is the youngest daughter of the festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis and his second wife Jean....
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columnist and journalist
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