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Mary Hare School

Mary Hare School

Mary Hare School is a residential co-educational community 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 by Mary Adelaide Hare in 1916 as Dene Hollow School for the Deaf in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. After Mary Hare's death on 5 November 1945, it was redesignated as Mary Hare Grammar School for the Deaf on 1 January 1946.
Hungerford Town F.C.

Hungerford Town F.C.

Hungerford Town F.C. is a football club based in Hungerford, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of the Southern Football League, and play in the Premier Division. The club is affiliated with the Berks & Bucks Football AssociationHistoryHungerford Town was founded in 1886 initially playing friendlies as there was no local league or cup competitions available to join. Their first record of a fully competitive game was when the club in the 1901–02 season reached the final of the Newbury Cup, losing 2–0 to Newbury Town, but they won the competition three seasons later. The club joined the Hungerford League and then became founding members of the Newbury league in 1909. In their first season they won the Newbury Challenge cup, four seasons later they won the league and retained the league title in the 1913–14 season. After the First world War the club reformed in 1919 and went on to win the Newbury league again that season and in the 1921–22 season.After the second world war the club was playing in the Newbury & District League and also the Swindon & District League.At the start of the 1958–59 season the club joined the Hellenic Football League starting in the Premier Division. The club then spent seven seasons in teh top division of the Hellenic league before being relegated to Division one at the end of the 1964–65 season. The club came back in style at the end of the 1970–71 season by winning Division one and the Hellenic league cup. The next seven seasons saw the club remain in the Hellenic Premier Division, during this period the club made its Debut in the FA vase in the 1973–74 season, and the FA cup a season later.
Newbury F.C.

Newbury F.C.

Newbury F.C. are a football club based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. They play in the Hellenic Football League Premier Division.
Park House School

Park House School

Park House School is a secondary school in Newbury, Berkshire in the United Kingdom. It accepts students aged 11–18 and currently has approximately 1,300 students on roll including a sixth form of around 300. On 1 May 2011, Park House School became an independently run Academy. It was formerly a comprehensive school run by the West Berkshire Education AuthorityHouse systemThe school operates a house system, whereby students are divided up into four houses (each of which are in turn split into two), which are named after traditional trees, which are then broken down into 2 tutor groups for each house per year. The tutor groups are named after Greek letters. Each House is led by a member of staff and run by Year 12 and 13 House Presidents & Vice Presidents. They are supported by House Captains from Years 10 and 11. All staff members belong to a house, as do all Sixth Formers:The houses were previously named after rivers and were Kennet, Lambourn, Loddon and Enbourne.FacilitiesThe main library and sixth form library are situated together in a central area of the school. Both include private study areas. The school has a book stock of over 12,000 items, which is supplemented with a regular exchange of books from the Berkshire Education Library Service. The library is currently run by the school librarian and 4-6 students who have been picked to be library monitors. Inside the library there are computers for educational uses. Often students use these during lessons and break times. The school is also a member of Newbury Library which facilitates inter-library loaning.