The Founder of Moira House, Charles Ingham - an enlightened Victorian engineer - was determined that girls should have every opportunity to follow challenging careers, fulfilling themselves as individuals in every way. Over one hundred years later, that remains our aim, even though the Founders' school of 30 has grown to over 300. The move to Eastbourne in 1887 was a most wise one. Our grounds open on to the South Downs, and we take advantage of the facilities of this most delightful and caring seaside town which offers so much in terms of sporting, musical and dramatic facilities and performances. Our girls lives have three main strands:- academic, pastoral and social. The academic curriculum offers twenty subjects at both GCSE, A level and A/S level and there are strong Science, Medical and Law entries to University each year. Exchanges with French and German schools are well established.
Individual attention is the key to our pastoral care. Every month each girl's progress is discussed with the whole Common Room and each girl meets with the Headmaster or the Deputy Headmistress at the end of every term to discuss her report in detail. Careers' counselling is part of our pastoral care and is undertaken by our Senior Master, author of 'How to Succeed in A Levels'.
Our extra-curricular life is wide-ranging. The musical life of the school is strong with regular choral and orchestral concerts and our own Choral Society. There are at least five dramatic productions a year, and our girls compete successfully in the local Arts Festival. We have a strong sporting tradition and are currently County Hockey Champions and the Ist XI Hockey side tours every other year to New England in the USA or to Barbados. We also gain County representation in athletics, netball and cricket, and selected girls train as ball-girls for the International Tennis Tournament in Eastbourne. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme flourishes here. Other activities include riding, sailing, skiing, dance, electronics, charity and social work. We are also welcomed warmly by the local churches.
Our first hundred years in Eastbourne have been celebrated by The Development Plan, providing new centres for languages, mathematics, computing, business studies and an indoor heated, 25 metre swimming pool.
