History
During the Crimean War, the renowned philanthropist, Mr Alfred Douglas Hamilton, established the ‘Officers’ Widows and Orphans Fund’. The basis of this fund was to provide practical and religious education for the daughters of army officers who might otherwise be unable to afford it. Following a period of considerable funding, The Royal School was founded in 1840. Her Majesty, Queen Victoria was one of the original patrons of the school as were four other members of the Royal Family and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Vice-Patrons included the Duke of Cambridge, four Duchesses, a Bishop and the Viceroy of India. The school site was purchased in September 1863 and the doors opened to the first cohort of Royal School girls on 24th August 1865. Bath High School for Girls was founded in 1875 by the Girls’ Public Day School Company (now the Girls’ Day School Trust). The school was founded with the aim of providing top quality, affordable education to girls of all social classes. The creation of the school was supported by over 90 local individuals and firms who held a strong belief in promoting girls’ education. The first students to the school were welcomed on 21st September 1875, at its original premises at Portland Place in Lansdown. Over the next fifty years, the profile and size of the school grew to the extent that a new site was required, and in 1926 the school moved to Hope House. In 1998 The Royal High School Bath was established following the merger of Bath High School (day) and the Royal School (day and boarding). The Royal High School is now a leading independent day and boarding school providing an outstanding, contemporary education for girls aged 3-18 years old.
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