HMC
THE ABBEY
The Abbey is a highly-rated, girls only selective day school located in Reading, near London. The school offers education from nursery through to Sixth Form and is a member of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference and the Girls’ Schools Association. It is a fee-paying private school (independent school).
ABINGDON SCHOOL
Abingdon School is an ancient, famous public school located just outside of Oxford in the pretty town of Abingdon. The school was founded many hundreds of years ago (at least as early as 1256) and has operated as one of the nation’s leading endowed grammar schools.
THE HEADS’ CONFERENCE (HMC)
The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) is the premier association of prestigious private & independent secondary schools in the United Kingdom. It is widely accepted that membership of the HMC is the best means of determining what constitutes a “Public School” in the English tradition. The HMC was established in 1869 when Edward Thring, then head of Uppingham School, invited the heads of a number of peer schools from across the United Kingdom to come together to discuss a number of shared issues and common concerns. The inaugural HMC event was conceived as a direct response to the proposals brought forward following the Clarendon Commission report into public schools – a Royal Commission whose purpose was to explore the status and financing of such schools at a time when much of the public discourse focussed on the future of secondary education and, ultimately, the role of the state in it’s provision.
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