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Di Bloomfield
Di Bloomfield, who has been a familiar
face about the School for thirty-four years,
retired at the end of last term. She first
started work at Abingdon in 1977, after
ten years as a cleaner she was appointed
assistant housekeeper, and twelve years
later head housekeeper. When asked
recently what the job has entailed she
laughed and said anything and everything,
whatever she’s been asked to do.
Things have changed and the School has
grown in both numbers and buildings,
thirty-four years ago there were six
cleaners on the staff, now there are more
than forty, including those in the boarding
houses. However, Di says that it has
always been a happy place to work,
helped by having a great team.
Born and brought up in Abingdon, working
at the School has been something of a
family affair – both Di’s mother-in-law and
father-in-law worked here, as do two of
her brothers.
The mother of two and grandmother of six,
Di does not envisage a quiet retirement but
she’s looking forward to being free to do
whatever she wants to do.
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Governor Profile:
Sir Vivian Ramsey
Having read Engineering Science and
Economics at Oxford, Sir Vivian Ramsey
OA 1968, began his career as a Civil
Engineer. He later took the Diploma of
Law course at City University and then
read for the Bar, where he established an
expertise in construction and engineering
disputes, which took him all over the
world. Appointed to the High Court in the
Queen’s Bench Division in 2005, he is a
Judge in the Technology and Construction
Court. He received a knighthood in 2007.
Sir Vivian joined the Abingdon Governing
Body in 2009 and sits on the Finance and
General Purposes Committee. Married
with four children, his interests include
vineyards and the renovation of buildings.
He is the son of the Right Reverend Ian
Ramsey onetime Bishop of Durham and
the first chairman of TASS – The Abingdon
School Society – which was the forerunner
of the present ASPA – Abingdon School
Parents’ Association.
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Sir Vivian will host the Professional
Networking Legal Dinner on Friday 7
October at the School.
Exam Results
Despite the trepidation with which they
approached their results, Abingdon boys
had nothing to fear: 65% of all A levels
were at grades A* and A, and 20 boys
achieved 3 A*s or more. At GCSE, 81%
of all results were at grades A* and A, two
boys achieved 12 A*s each and 17 boys
10 A*s or more. The Head, Felicity Lusk,
spoke for the whole School when she
expressed her pride in their performances
and offered her congratulations to the
boys, their families and the staff.
Exam statistics and a breakdown
of the results can be found at
www.abingdon.org.uk
The rugby squad at
the Goedgedacht
Farm Trust where
they spent two days
with the children