Mary Hare Grammar School

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Mary Hare Grammar School
Established	1916
Type	Grammar non-maintained special school
Chief Executive	Dr Ivan Tucker
Principal	Mr. Shaw
Founder	Mary Adelaide Hare (3/11/1865 - 5/11/1945)
Specialism	Sensory and physical (SEN)
Location	Arlington Manor Snelsmore Common Newbury Berkshire RG14 3BQ England
LEA	West Berkshire
Ofsted number	110180
Students	237
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	4 to 19
Website	http://www.maryhare.org.uk/

Mary Hare Grammar School is a residential co-educational grammar special school for deaf pupils in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It consists of around 230 pupils from year 7 (age 11) to year 13 (age 19). It was established in 1916 as Dene Hollow School for the Deaf in Burgess Hill. It was renamed after Mary Adelaide Hare, the school founder on 1 January 1946, after her death on 5th November 1945.

The school bought Arlington Manor and surrounding estates in 1947, and moved from its old site in Burgess Hill to the refurbished premises in 1949. Several building projects have since followed, expanding the school to its current size, including a classroom block, school hall, boarding house for boys, staff flats (now boarding house for year 7 pupils), swimming pool, science block, sixth form campus, arts and design centre, and the latest building Arlington Arts Centre which includes a theatre seating 250, music therapy centre, and recording studio.^[1]

The school teaches a variety of subjects at GCSE and A level, and guarantees a good solid education for deaf children, many of whom go onto university and other further education. The communication policy is oral, that is, sign language is not used in class.

The school itself is now a small part of a company by the name of Mary Hare Limited, consisting of Mary Hare Secondary and Mary Hare Sixth Form. Other divisions are Mary Hare Primary (formely Mill Hall School, Cuckfield, West Sussex), Arlington Labs (earmould manufacturers), Mary Hare Training Services (post graduate courses in deaf education, audiology, and hearing aid dispensing), Mary Hare Foundation (fund raising), Arlington Arts Centre (theatre, music, conferences), and Mary Hare Hearing Centres (hearing aid shops).

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• http://www.maryharehistory.org.uk/

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