Hill House School, Doncaster
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| Motto | Sapientia et Doctrina |
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| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Headmaster | David Holland |
| Founder | Reginald Master |
| Location | 6th Avenue Doncaster South Yorkshire DN9 3GG England  Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Staff | 80 (approx.) |
| Students | 700 (approx.) |
| Gender | Co-educational[1] |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | www.hillhouse.doncaster.sch.uk |
Hill House School is a co-educational independent school for pupils from the ages of 3 to 18 in Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. In 2012, Hill House was named 'Independent School of the Year' at the independent school awards.[2] It is a member of The Society of Heads, The Independent Association of Preparatory Schools, and the Independent Schools Council.
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Early history
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hill House School was founded in Doncaster as a preparatory school for boys in 1912 by Reginald Master. In 1959, Paula Haigh, the wife of the then Headmaster of Hill House School, Mr Hamilton Haigh, founded St Mary's School on Bawtry Road as a girls' school. In the early 1970s under a new head, Hill House began to accept girls, and by the early 1980s had become fully co-educational.
Hill House St Mary’s School was born when the two schools merged in August 2002, with primary age children being taught at the Rutland Street site, overlooking Doncaster's Town Fields, and with secondary age children taught at the St.Mary's site on Bawtry Road.
Recent history
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In September 2008, Hill House School, reverting to its former name, relocated to the Officers’ Quarters of former RAF Finningley, previous home to Britain’s Vulcan bombers, adjacent to the modern Robin Hood Airport. In an £8 million pound project, led by Cadman Construction, the school now has numerous purpose built classrooms allied to historic function rooms. In September 2011, Hill House opened its new Sixth Form and Music School in a £1.1m development, and was accepted into membership of the Society of Heads.
Since 2010, Hill House has been home to the Robin Hood Music and Drama Festival, which takes place in April each year. In 2012, the school acquired 54 acres of land in nearby Blaxton, which has been developed into sports grounds. Hill House School was named Independent School of the Year 2012-13, having been shortlisted at the Independent School Awards for the Outstanding Strategic Initiative Award and for the Outstanding Governing Body Award.
In September 2015, having acquired 3 further pieces of land adjacent to the main site, the school's new Paver Hockey pitch was opened by Imran Sherwani, Olympic gold medalist, with Hill House becoming the first independent school in the North of England to possess a blue astroturf pitch.
In February 2015, the school renewed its RAF past by becoming the base of 558 Finningley Squadron of the Air Training Corps
Catchment
The main catchment area includes Doncaster itself, and outlying towns and villages including Sprotbrough, Tickhill, Bawtry, Epworth, Rotherham, Howden, Retford & Worksop, all of which are served by school transport.[citation needed]
Houses
The School has 3 Houses, School (Blue), Master (Red), Field (Green).
House Music Champions:
2015 School, 2014 Field, 2013 Field, 2012 Field
House Relay Champions
2016 Field, 2015 Field, 2014 Field
Notable former pupils
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- Jeremy Clarkson, Television journalist
- Emma Chambers, Actress
- Rosie Winterton, Member of Parliament
- Richard Dawson, England cricketer; Gloucestershire Cricket Club head coach
- Michael Hills, rugby player (England U21 + 7s: Sale, London Welsh, & Doncaster)
- Jonathan Wood, Doncaster Councillor 2008 to Present, Leader Doncaster Conservative Group
