St. Hugh's was founded in Kent in 1906 and moved in 1945 to its new home at Carswell Manor, a fine Jacobean country house with extensive, attractive grounds. The school proudly bears the name of Hugh of Avalon, Bishop of Lincoln from 1156 to1200. It is in membership of the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools and is administered as a charitable educational trust by a board of governors.

For many years St. Hugh's was solely a boys' full boarding school. Since 1977 we have been co-educational and we see this as a key element in the family atmosphere which pervades St. Hugh's and which enables our children to grow up in an environment where courtesy and consideration for others are paramount.

A History of the School from its origins in 1906 to the present year has just been written by former history teacher, Nigel Seaton, and is available for purchase from Suzy Robinson.