Newbury Girls' School
(1910-present)

place and school

Aged 114

Commemorated on 1 plaque

From 1910 until it became Newbury Girls' Grammar School in 1945, this building (later called "Luker Hall") was the premises of Newbury Girls' School, whose first Headmistress from 1904 to 1933 was Esther Jane Luker (1872-1969) Pioneer of girls' secondary education in Newbury to university entrance level. "We stand first for sound mental development with good work for good work's sake. Secondly for consideration for others. We stand too for wide interests and service."

Luker Building, Andover Road, Newbury, United Kingdom where it sited