The Abbey School, Reading
in Reading, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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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. The school became an International Baccalaureate World School in 2008.
Founded in 1887, the school moved to its present site in 1905 under the leadership of headmistress Helen Musson.
Notable alumnæ include the novelist and social activist Brigid Brophy, the novelist Elizabeth Taylor
and the educationalist Baroness Brigstocke.Around one hundred years before the school was founded in 1887, the novelist Jane Austen briefly attended Reading Ladies' Boarding School within the Abbey Gateway, which is commemorated by, and incorporated into, the Abbey School's crest.
