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Roedean (/ ˈ r oʊ d iː n /) is a private boarding school governed by royal charter on the outskirts of Brighton, United Kingdom.It was founded in 1885 by three sisters to educate wealthy daughters and heiresses of aristocracy and industrial elites of the 18th century.
Former pupils of Roedean School in Brighton, England are known in some circles as "Old Roedeanians", a term which is also used for alumni of Roedean School (South Africa). The abbreviation OR is sometimes used.
In 1903 her youngest half sister Theresa Lawrence founded a school for the daughters of executives involved in gold mining in South Africa. This school still exists and is called Roedean School (South Africa). [8] Theresa had been one of the first four children taught by Penelope at Wimbledon School when it was founded. [4]
They acted as joint Heads of School during the years 1903–1930. It is a sister school of Roedean School in Brighton, England which was founded by three older sisters of Theresa Lawrence, namely Penelope, Millicent, and Dorothy. The school began with 22 pupils, and was situated in a small house in Jeppestown, Johannesburg.
Rose Owens, 15, a year 11 pupil at Roedean School, near Brighton, Sussex, got one 8 and the rest 9s despite training for the swim during her exams. GCSE student swam Channel during exams to raise ...
The school was established in 1875 by Charles Ingham at Moira House in Surrey. [1] Within a few years it had moved to Eastbourne. [1] On 27 January 2018, the school merged with Roedean School as part of the newly created Roedean Group of Schools and became known as Roedean Moira House.
Roedean School is an independent day and boarding school for girls. In 1879 it moved to its present site on the cliff-top west of Rottingdean. At the time, the land was part of Rottingdean parish and was purchased from the Marquess of Abergavenny.
She led the school in Nuneaton for about a decade and then she moved to Bedford High School where she again joined the education committee in addition to bringing reform to the school. [6] Tanner was poached from Bedford to lead Roedean School in 1924 by Penelope Lawrence, one of Roedean's founders. She joined the education committee in Brighton.