Claires Court School in Maidenhead has celebrated its 60th anniversary.

The school in College Avenue continues to be family run by the founding family the Wildings and has pupils from Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

Hugh Wilding, administrative principal and one of the 19 founding pupils, said: “We’re incredibly proud of all our pupils, staff and partners, past and present, to have been part of this history and reaching this tremendous milestone.

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"Although we can’t celebrate in quite the way we would have liked due to safety measures and restrictions, we wanted to share the occasion with everyone connected with the school and we’re inviting our alumni to share their stories with us on our facebook page, and we hope to celebrate over the course of the year."

Claires Court was opened on September 21, 1960, by David and Josephine Wilding. They first met in the late 1940s as history undergraduates at King’s College, then part of London University. After marrying, they lived in Ealing where David was Deputy Head of St Benedict’s Middle School while Josephine taught at a school in Greenford.

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While researching where to start a school, they learnt that there was a site in Maidenhead which might meet their needs as it had been a convent school from 1940 to 1947. This was Claires Court.

The new school started with 19 but recently passed 1,100. It has 350 employees.

Claires Court would love to hear from any past pupils and teachers, on marketing@clairescourt.com.