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Former pupil bequeaths funds to independent school

Posted on 29th January 2009

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An independent school in Oxfordshire has received a windfall courtesy of a former teacher.

Nigel Hammond, who was also a pupil at Abingdon School, left £550,000 to the institution in his will, reports the Witney Gazette.

After leaving the school in 1957 to study economics, he returned nine years later to teach economics and politics, remaining in the job until he retired in 1993.

Headteacher of Abingdon Michael Turner spoke fondly of his former colleague, who died in June aged 70.

Mr Turner noted that the money will make a "very significant difference" to the funding of the school's bursary programme.

"We feel it is fitting that, as Nigel himself benefited from the direct grant scheme … his bequest will allow other boys to do the same," he added.

Abingdon is a boys' school that caters for four to 18-year-olds, with boarding facilities for pupils from the age of 11.