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The Abbey School is an independent selective day school for girls, in Reading, Berkshire, England. The school has Church of England traditions, although it accepts girls of all faiths. The Abbey School offers education for girls aged 3 to 18.〔 Founded in 1887,〔 〕 the school moved to its present site in 1905〔 under the leadership of headmistress Miss Helen Musson. Notable alumnæ include the novelist and feminist Brigid Brophy, the novelist Elizabeth Taylor and the headmistress Baroness Brigstocke. Around one hundred years before the school was founded in 1887, the novelist Jane Austen attended Reading Ladies' Boarding School within the Abbey Gateway circa 1785,〔(Reading Museum's local information on Jane Austen's school )〕〔 〕 which is commemorated by, and incorporated into, the Abbey School's crest. ==History== The school was founded in 1887, named Reading High School, replacing the privately owned Blenheim House Ladies' School. It was at London Road (in the building which became the Gladstone Club). The Church Schools Company, instrumental in founding the school, felt that Reading, with its growing population reaching 60,000, was in need of a new school. The school aimed to provide high quality education with a Christian ethos at an affordable price. When founded, the school had an enrollment of 40 girls, which steadily increased to 120 by 1902, when Miss Helen Musson MA, the new headmistress, was appointed.〔 In 1905, the school moved to its current Kendrick Road site. On 16 March 1905 William Methuen Gordon Ducat, the Archdeacon of Berkshire, laid the foundation stone of the school, which featured the inscription, "''In aedificationem corporis Christi''". This motto, taken from Ephesians IV:12, can still be seen on the school's crest. The new site was a vast improvement on the old site: there were six classrooms, a hall and space for playing fields.〔 The school changed its name to The Abbey School in 1913,〔 after parting from the Church Schools' Company. The name was chosen to commemorate a former Reading school dating from 1835, which was based in the Abbey gateway. A previous school in the Abbey gateway operating in the 18th-century, named Reading Ladies' Boarding School, included Jane Austen among its pupils.〔〔〔 The Abbey is now a day school, after ceasing to accept boarding pupils in 1946, and was a direct grant (C. of E.) grammar school in the 1950s .〔 The headmistress is Mrs Rachel Dent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Abbey School, Reading」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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