- Overlooking the field where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold and changed the course of British history in 1066, the senior school’s momentous setting is hard to beat. Teaching here aims to blend traditional values with new thinking.
- The school was founded in 1912 as the all-girls’ St Ethelreda’s in Bexhill-on-Sea and moved to the Battle Abbey site in 1922. In 1989 it became coeducational and expanded the age range of pupils to 3-18.
- Places are available for weekly or full boarding and the school offers GCSE and A-level courses taught in Russian, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese as well as English as an additional language.
- The school offers scholarships in music, drama, performing arts, sport, art and computing that give 20 per cent off fees.
- Alumni include George Mallory, the Everest mountaineer, who attended Battle Abbey’s predecessor prep school, Glengorse, from 1896-1900, and Tana Ramsey, the cookery author and wife of the chef Gordon Ramsey.
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