St Hugh's School, Woodhall Spa

St Hugh's School is a coeducational, preparatory school in the village of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, founded in 1925. It was originally known as a boarding school, although a significant proportion of its students are now day pupils or flexi-boarders. The current headmaster is Chris Ward, who has been in post since 2013.HistorySt. Hugh's School was founded by Ronnie and Joan Forbes in 1925, initially in a three-storied house on the corner of Iddesleigh Road and Stanhope Avenue. The school expanded rapidly, spreading into another house which later became the offies of Woodhall Spa UDC. In 1929, the school moved to the present site on Cromwell Avenue, with the buildings being extended and enlarged in 1929 and 1933.In 1940, when Lincolnshire airfields became a target for the Luftwaffe and the school buildings were commandeered for military use, St Hugh's was evacuated to Storrs Hall in the Lake District, until it was deemed safe to return in 1944.Fairmead House, a former girls' school, was purchased for use as a senior boys' boarding house in 1946, with the war time huts in the garden being put to various uses, and in 1952, Austral House, renamed "Dominies" was added as the headmaster's house.On the death of the founder in 1960, an advisory council was established to govern the school, chaired by Rt Rev'd Kenneth Riches, Bishop of Lincoln. The school became a charitable trust in 1964 and became co-educational in 1980.