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'''Canford School''' is a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] independent school for day and boarding pupils. Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the [[market town]] of [[Wimborne Minster]] in [[Dorset]], south west England, it is one of the largest schools by area.
'''Canford School''' is a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] (English [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|fee-charging]] [[boarding school|boarding]] and [[day school]] for pupils aged 13–18). Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the [[market town]] of [[Wimborne Minster]] in [[Dorset]], south west England, it is one of the largest schools by area.


The school is as a [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]] (HMC) school as well as being a member of the [[Eton Group]]. Referred to as a "public school", Canford charges in excess of £11,590 per term.<ref>http://www.canford.com/fees.aspx?nid=c46c96ed-648c-4bcb-9058-a24231f2c7d6</ref> Canford is the 4th most expensive HMC day school<ref>http://www.canford.com/Fees</ref> and 14th most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK.<ref>http://www.privateschoolfees.co.uk</ref> The school is rated outstanding by Ofsted and is consistently ranked among the best co-educational independent schools nationally. In 2014, Canford was voted 'Public School of the Year'.<ref>http://www.canford.com/newsarticles.aspx?id=1786</ref>
The school is a member of the [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |title=HMC Schools Directory |publisher=HMC |url=http://www.hmc.org.uk/schools |access-date=19 February 2018 }}</ref> Called a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]], Canford's fees for the 2023/24 academic year were £15,173 per term for boarders.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fees |publisher=Canford School |url= https://www.canford.com/admissions/fees-and-finance |access-date=28 December 2023 }}</ref> The school is consistently ranked among the best co-educational independent schools nationally. In 2014, and again in 2016, Canford was among four runners-up for "Public School of the Year" in the ''[[Tatler]]'' School Awards and received the top award in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tatler Schools Awards 2014 – the winners |publisher=Tatler |year=2014 |url=http://www.tatler.com/article/tatler-schools-awards-2014-the-winners |access-date=19 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/top-public-schools-in-the-south-west-wales|title=Tatler Schools Guide 2020|year=2016|publisher=Tatler|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref>


The school has an enrolment of 630 students aged between 13 and 18 spread across seven boarding and three day houses. Its alumni include foreign statesmen, former and current members of both houses of the British Parliament as well as members of various royal families. Canford School counts among their alumni high-ranking military officers, pioneers in industry, computing, and economics, as well as senior figures in the Arts and Sciences.
The school has an enrolment of 660 students, the highest in its history, aged between 13 and 18 spread across seven boarding and three day houses. Canford School counts among its alumni high-ranking military officers, pioneers in industry, computing, and economics, as well as senior figures in the Arts and Sciences.

== Overview ==
The school is headed by a Headmaster and Fellows (Board of Governors), who appoint the Head Master. It contains 10 houses, each headed by a housemaster, selected from the more senior members of the teaching staff, which numbers some 120.


== History ==
== History ==
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Canford Manor was particularly associated with [[John of Gaunt|John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]] – the third of five surviving sons of Edward III of England. The Duke exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of Richard II's reign, and the ensuing periods of political strife. Records suggest the Canford Manor was used as a principal residence of John of Gaunt for some time. Of that early period, only the Norman church and 14th century refectory known as John O' Gaunt's Kitchen remains. The main building, constituting the nucleus of the school, was designed by [[Edward Blore]] and later by [[Sir Charles Barry]] in the early and mid 1800s. The school itself was founded in 1923, having been "provided with a nucleus of boys and staff from a small private school in [[Weston-super-Mare]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Volumes 94-99, 1973, Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Archaeology|year= 1973|page= 153|access-date=11 March 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-0qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22canford+school+was+founded%22}}</ref>
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==Results==
Canford Manor traces its history to the Saxon period, but rose to prominence during the [[early medieval]] period being, at various times, part of the estate of the [[Earl of Salisbury]], the [[Duchy of Lancaster]] and [[the Crown]].<ref name=CS>[http://www.canford.com/history-and-archive.aspx ''Our History''] at www.canford.com. Retrieved 4 Nov 2016.</ref>
In 2023, the school had a pass rate of 72% for pupils aged 9–7 at GCSE and 66% of pupils achieved A*/A at A level (87% of pupils achieved A*-B).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bryan |date=2024-01-25 |title=Canford School: Explore Reviews, Rankings, Fees, And More |url=https://britannia-study.co.uk/boarding-schools/canford-school-review/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Britannia UK}}</ref>


==Inspection==
The Manor was particularly associated with [[John of Gaunt|John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]] - the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England. The Duke exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of King Richard II's reign, and the ensuing periods of political strife. Due to some generous land grants, he was one of the richest, and most powerful, men of his era. John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the [[House of Lancaster|Lancasters]], include English kings [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]], [[Henry V of England|Henry V]], and [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]].


{{As of|2024}}, the school's most recent integrated inspection by the [[Independent Schools Inspectorate]] was in 2012. The headline judgement for each section except Governance was Excellent; the headline judgement for Governance was Good. There was a focussed inspection of compliance, jointly with educational quality, in 2018. All compliance standards were met, and educational quality and children's personal development were judged excellent. There was a regulatory compliance inspection in 2022, at which the school was found to meet all the standards.<ref name="ISI">{{cite web |title=Canford School |url=https://www.isi.net/school/canford-school-6308 |website=Inspection reports |publisher=Independent Schools Inspectorate |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
Because of his rank, John of Gaunt was one of England's principal military commanders in the 1370s and 1380s, though his enterprises were never rewarded with the kind of dazzling success that had made his elder brother Edward the Black Prince such a charismatic war leader. On the resumption of war with France in 1369, John of Gaunt assumed the position of military commander in France. On his return from France in 1374, John took a more decisive and persistent role in the direction of English foreign policy. From then until 1377, he was effectively the head of the English government due to the illness of his father and elder brother, who were unable to exercise authority. His vast estates made him the richest man in England, and his great wealth, ostentatious display of it, autocratic manner and attitudes, enormous London mansion, and association with the failed peace process at Bruges combined to make him the most visible target of social resentments. <ref>Sumption (2009), pp. 325–327</ref>


==Assyrian frieze==
Records suggest the Canford Manor was used as a principal residence of John of Gaunt for some time. Of that early period, only the Norman church and 14th century refectory known as John O' Gaunt's Kitchen remains. The main building was later re-designed by [[Edward Blore]] and [[Sir Charles Barry]] during the 19th century. The school's site now stands as a [[Grade I listed building]], with historians <ref name=CS/>
The school itself was founded in 1923 as a sister school of [[Eton College]] with links to [[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]] (King's College, Oxford). <ref name=CS/> <ref>Nevill. p.5</ref> There exist, however, few continued links between Oriel College and Canford, excepting the presence of some of its fellows on the school's similarly constituted governing body. Upon the school's formation, the school adopted the arms of John of Gaunt in addition to its primary symbol of the Oak tree. <ref>Sumption (2009), pp. 329–330</ref> <ref>Nevill. p.5</ref>



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===Assyrian frieze===
[[File:Canford Assyrian frieze.jpg|thumb|Assyrian relief rediscovered at Canford School.]]
[[File:Canford Assyrian frieze.jpg|thumb|Assyrian relief rediscovered at Canford School.]]
In 1992, a lost [[Assyrian sculpture|Assyrian stone relief]] was rediscovered on the wall of "the Grubber".<ref>{{cite book| editor-first=John Malcolm | editor-last=Russell | title=From Nineveh to New York: The strange story of the Assyrian reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the hidden masterpiece at Canford School | publisher=New Haven/London: [[Yale University Press]]; New York: [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]] | year=1997 }}</ref> The relief was sold by [[Christie's]] at auction in 1994 for £7.7 million (US$11.9 million), by far the highest price that had been paid at the time for an antiquity.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} Although it is at first sight rather unlikely that such a valuable item should be found on the wall of a school tuck shop, the history of the school explains how the relief came to be there. It had been brought back from the site of [[Nimrud]] in northern [[Mesopotamia]] ([[Iraq]]) by Sir [[Austen Henry Layard]] along with other antiquities which were displayed at Canford before it was a school. Originally Canford had been a private country house (known as Canford Manor), designed by [[Edward Blore]] and improved by Sir [[Charles Barry]], and the residence of Layard's cousin and mother-in-law, Lady Charlotte Guest and her husband, Sir John Josiah Guest. At that time, the building now known as the Grubber had been used to display antiquities and was known as "the Nineveh Porch". It was however believed by the school authorities to be a plaster copy of an original which had been lost overboard during river transit and little attention was paid to it after the school was established. A dartboard was even hung in the Grubber close to where the frieze was displayed. It was John Russell of Columbia University who identified the frieze as an original, one of a set of three relief slabs taken from the throne room of Assyrian King [[Assurnasirpal II]] (883–859 BC). A new plaster copy now stands in the foyer of the [[Layard Theatre]] at Canford and a number of "Assyrian Scholarships" are available, funded from the sale proceeds which also helped pay for the construction of a new sports facility.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}
In 1992, a lost [[Assyrian sculpture|Assyrian stone relief]] was rediscovered on the wall of "the Grubber".<ref>{{cite book| editor-first=John Malcolm | editor-last=Russell | title=From Nineveh to New York: The strange story of the Assyrian reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the hidden masterpiece at Canford School | url=https://archive.org/details/fromninevehtonew00john | url-access=registration | publisher=New Haven/London: [[Yale University Press]]; New York: [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]] | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-300-06459-9 }}</ref> Although it is at first sight rather unlikely that such a valuable item should be found on the wall of a school tuck shop, the history of the school explains how the relief came to be there. It had been brought back from the site of [[Nimrud]] in northern [[Mesopotamia]] ([[Iraq]]) by Sir [[Austen Henry Layard]] along with other antiquities which were displayed at Canford before it was a school. Originally Canford had been a private country house (known as Canford Manor), designed by [[Edward Blore]] and improved by Sir [[Charles Barry]], and the residence of Layard's cousin and mother-in-law, [[Lady Charlotte Guest]] and her husband, Sir [[John Josiah Guest]]. At that time, the building now known as the Grubber had been used to display antiquities and was known as "the Nineveh Porch". It was however believed by the school authorities to be a plaster copy of an original which had been lost overboard during river transit and little attention was paid to it after the school was established. A dartboard was even hung in the Grubber close to where the frieze was displayed. It was John Russell of Columbia University who identified the frieze as an original, one of a set of three relief slabs taken from the throne room of Assyrian King [[Assurnasirpal II]] (883–859 BC). A new plaster copy now stands in the foyer of the [[Layard Theatre]] at Canford and a number of "Assyrian Scholarships" are available, funded from the sale proceeds which also helped pay for the construction of a new sports facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canford.com/Assyrian-Frieze |title=Assyrian Frieze &#124; Canford School |publisher=Canford.com |access-date=2018-02-18}}</ref>


The original relief is now part of the collection of the [[Miho Museum]] in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book| first=Judith | last=McKenzie | title=Canford School | chapter=10 | work=Russell | year=1997 | pages=173–189 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| first=Samuel M. | last=Paley | title=A winged genius and royal attendant from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud | journal=Bulletin of the Miho Museum | volume=2 | year=1999 | pages=17–29, Plate 1 }}</ref>
The original relief is now part of the collection of the [[Miho Museum]] in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book| first=Judith | last=McKenzie | title=Canford School | chapter=10 | work=Russell | year=1997 | pages=173–189 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| first=Samuel M. | last=Paley | title=A winged genius and royal attendant from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud | journal=Bulletin of the Miho Museum | volume=2 | year=1999 | pages=17–29, Plate 1 }}</ref>


==The Layard Theatre==
===School fees cartel (2005)===
The Layard Theatre is situated inside Canford School and is open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/canfordschool/docs/layard_theatre_2021_22|title=Layard Theatre Programme Autumn / Winter/ Summer Terms 2021-22|date=2 November 2021 |accessdate=17 January 2024}}</ref>
{{Main article|Independent school fee fixing scandal}}
In 2005, the school was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel, exposed by ''[[The Times]]'', which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article588559.ece | title=Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees | newspaper=[[The Times]] | location=UK | year=2005}}</ref> Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2006/182-06 |title=The Office of Fair Trading: OFT names further trustees as part of the independent schools settlement |publisher=[[Office of Fair Trading]] |location=UK |year=2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610055129/http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2006/182-06 |archivedate=10 June 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> However, Mrs Jean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said that independent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rules applied to business, were following a long-established procedure in sharing the information with each other, and that they were unaware of the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted). She wrote to John Vickers, the OFT director-general, saying, "They are not a group of businessmen meeting behind closed doors to fix the price of their products to the disadvantage of the consumer. They are schools that have quite openly continued to follow a long-established practice because they were unaware that the law had changed."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1455730/Private-schools-send-papers-to-fee-fixing-inquiry.html | title=Private schools send papers to fee-fixing inquiry | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | location=London | date=3 January 2004 | accessdate=4 March 2014 }}</ref>


==The Bourne Academy==
===Health===
Since September 2010 Canford School is the sponsor of [[The Bourne Academy]], a state-funded school in [[Bournemouth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebourneacademy.com/page/?title=Canford+School&pid=15|title=Canford School|website=The Bourne Academy}}</ref>
In March 2006, the school suffered an outbreak of [[Legionnaires' disease]] though only two students were affected.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4789904.stm | work=[[BBC News]] | publisher=[[BBC]] | title=Legionnaires' hits public school | location=UK | date=9 March 2006 }}</ref>


==Overview==
==Sport==
===Real Tennis===
The school is one of four in the United Kingdom with a [[real tennis]] court (the others being [[The Oratory School|The Oratory]], [[Radley College|Radley]] and [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]]). It is unique among these schools in that its court dates back to 1879 when it was a country house, whereas the others have all been newly built for the schools since 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesporting.blog/blog/real-tennis-courts-in-the-uk|title=Real Tennis Courts in the UK|website=The Sporting Blog}}</ref>


===Rowing===
[[File:Canford Landscape1.jpg|thumb|Canford Landscape]]
The school has a [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] club, the Canford School Boat Club, which is based on the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]]. The club is affiliated to [[British Rowing]] (boat code CAN)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/canford-school-bc/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}}</ref> and has produced three British champion crews at the [[2002 British Rowing Championships]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502445903/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5a02c165|title="The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26|newspaper=The Times|date=22 July 2002 |page=26 }}</ref> [[2008 British Rowing Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html|title=2008 archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055635/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html|archive-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> and [[2010 British Rowing Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res10sun.html|title=2010 Championships – Results of Sunday Racing|website=British Rowing Championships|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055602/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res10sun.html|archive-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>
In 1923, the school was founded when the manor was purchased from Lord Wimborne.<ref name=CS/> It is located in 300 acres of ground on the banks of the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]]. There are approximately 630 pupils at Canford, organised into houses and ranging in age from 13 to 18. Currently,(2014) 5% of students in the school are foreign nationals. Ben Vessey is the Headmaster; Richard Knott is the Second Master. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ranked it in the top five co-educational boarding schools in the [[United Kingdom]] at [[A Level]] in 2013.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

==House system==
Canford has seven boarding houses and three day houses. Each house has a married housemaster/mistress, three tutors (one resident in each boarding house) and at least one house matron. House year groups vary between 10–15 pupils and each community numbers 60–65.

==Facilities==
[[File:Canford Landscape2.jpg|thumb|Canford Landscape]]

The school is set in a picturesque landscape with sport and theatre dominating the facilities which are at Canford. Nevertheless, Canford is also home to one of the largest music schools in the country alongside a vast library.

===Sport===

During both the Michaelmas and Lent Halves Rugby and Hockey are major sports. The Summer Half is dominated by cricket, athletics and rowing. The school frequently fields pupils as national entries in international competitions.

Canford offers an extensive range of facilities for their pupils' enjoyment, boasting over 300 acres of grounds. Canford is home to one of the few [[Real Tennis]] courts remaining in the United Kingdom <ref>http://www.canford.com/real-tennis.aspx</ref> alongside a nine-hole golf course <ref>http://www.canford.com/golf.aspx</ref> and a boathouse on the River Stour. The school also has one of the largest sports halls in the region <ref>http://www.canford.com/sports-centre.aspx?nid=192153f8-e43f-4213-9d77-c5616294b1bb</ref> with space for simultaneous sports; having either current or former international representational in badminton, volleyball, indoor bowls, five-a-side football, cricket, table tennis, basketball, indoor hockey, trampolining and gymnastics. This is in addition to a comprehensively equipped fitness suite, two [[AstroTurf]] pitches and numerous tennis courts alongside a 25m heated indoor swimming pool.

===The Layard Theatre===
The [[Layard Theatre]] is situated inside Canford School and is open to the public.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theatresonline.com/theatres/wimbourne-theatres/layard-theatre/ | title=Layard Theatre | publisher=[http://www.theatresonline.com/ Theatres Online] | accessdate=2 June 2014 }}</ref> It seats 299 people and can also cater for those who are restricted to a wheelchair. It was opened by Sir [[Richard Eyre]] in May 1999, and was part-funded from the £7.7 million achieved through the sale of an [[Assyria]]n relief (see below), originally brought to Canford when it was a private house by Sir [[Austen Henry Layard]] in the mid-19th century.

Nick Gorman, who taught art at Canford from 1997–2000, was commissioned to design the logo for the Layard Theatre.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}


==Old Canfordians==
==Old Canfordians==
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{{See also|Category:People educated at Canford School}}
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Former pupils of Canford School are known as '''Old Canfordians'''.

Notable alumni include:
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*[[The Very Reverend]] [[Henry Lloyd (priest)|Henry Lloyd]] (1911–2001), Anglican priest, [[Dean of Truro]]
*[[The Very Reverend]] [[Henry Lloyd (priest)|Henry Lloyd]] (1911–2001), Anglican priest, [[Dean of Truro]]<ref name=notable>{{cite web|url=https://www.canford.com/prospective-parents/about-the-school/history-archive/notable-alumni|title=Notable alumni|publisher=Canford School|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[Stephen Ward]] (1912–1963), [[osteopathy|osteopath]] involved in the [[Profumo Affair]]
*[[Stephen Ward]] (1912–1963), [[osteopathy|osteopath]] involved in the [[Profumo affair]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trial-christine-keeler-how-torquay-3693008|title=The Trial of Christine Keeler: How Torquay vicar's son Stephen Ward rocked the British establishment|date=5 January 2020|newspaper=Devon Live|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Hector MacLean (RAF officer)|Hector Maclean]] (1913–2007), decorated RAF officer during [[Battle of Britain]]
*[[Hector MacLean (RAF officer)|Hector Maclean]] (1913–2007), decorated RAF officer during [[Battle of Britain]]<ref name=notable/>
*[[Sir George Clark, 3rd Baronet]] DL (1914–1991), Unionist politician in Northern Ireland
*[[Sir George Clark, 3rd Baronet]] DL (1914–1991), Unionist politician in Northern Ireland<ref name=notable/>
*[[Sir Ralph Verney, 5th Baronet]] KBE, DL (1915-2001) British Army Officer and Politician
*[[Sir Ralph Verney, 5th Baronet]] KBE, DL (1915–2001) British Army Officer and Politician<ref>{{cite news |date=30 August 2001 |title=Sir Ralph Verney Bt |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1338879/Sir-Ralph-Verney-Bt.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |access-date=27 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Ashley Bramall|Sir Ashley Bramall]] (1916–1999), leader of the [[Inner London Education Authority]], 1970–1981
*[[Ashley Bramall|Sir Ashley Bramall]] (1916–1999), leader of the [[Inner London Education Authority]], 1970–1981<ref name=notable/>
*[[Charles Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean]] (1916–1990), [[Chief Scout (United Kingdom)|Chief Scout]] of the United Kingdom, 1959–1971, Chief Scout of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], 1959–1975, and [[Lord Chamberlain]], 1971–1984
*[[Charles Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean|The Baron Maclean]] (1916–1990), [[Chief Scout (United Kingdom)|Chief Scout]] of the United Kingdom, 1959–1971, Chief Scout of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], 1959–1975, and [[Lord Chamberlain]], 1971–1984
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Hilary Hook]] (1917–1990), Soldier and 'Home from the Hill' star
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Hilary Hook]] (1917–1990), Soldier and 'Home from the Hill' star<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doublereds.org.au/history/men-of-the-22/attached_personnel/hilary-hook-r775/|title=Hilary Hook|date=12 June 2019 |publisher=2/2 Commando Association of Australia|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Ted Cooke-Yarborough]] (1918–2013) physicist and WW2 radar and computer pioneer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/9972656/Ted-Cooke-Yarborough.html|title=Obituaries: Ted Cooke-Yarborough|work=The Daily Telegraph | date=4 April 2013|accessdate=5 April 2013 | location=London}}</ref>
*[[Ted Cooke-Yarborough]] (1918–2013) physicist and WW2 radar and computer pioneer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/9972656/Ted-Cooke-Yarborough.html|title=Obituaries: Ted Cooke-Yarborough|work=The Daily Telegraph| date=4 April 2013|access-date=5 April 2013 | location=London}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Paul Feiler]] (1918-2013), abstract artist
*[[Paul Feiler]] (1918–2013), abstract artist<ref name=notable/>
*[[Mike Randall (journalist)|Mike Randall]] (1919–1999), editor of the ''Daily Mail'' and ''Sunday Times''
*[[Mike Randall (journalist)|Mike Randall]] (1919–1999), editor of the ''Daily Mail'' and ''Sunday Times''<ref name=notable/>
*[[David Sheldrick]] (1919–1977), Anglo-Kenyan conservationist
*[[David Sheldrick]] (1919–1977), Anglo-Kenyan conservationist<ref name=notable/>
*[[John Barnes (historian)|John Barnes]] (1920–2008), Historian<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=David |title=John Barnes: Authority on the early days of film who with his brother created an unparalleled cinema collection |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-barnes-authority-on-the-early-days-of-film-who-with-his-brother-created-an-unparalleled-cinema-collection-856920.html |website=The Independent |date=29 June 2008 |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[John Barnes (historian)|John Barnes]] (1920-2008), Historian
*[[Peter Hare (cricketer)|Peter Hare]] (1920–2001), cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14534.html |title=Player profile: Peter Hare |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2020-05-05}}</ref>
*[[John Templeton-Cotill|Rear Admiral John Templeton-Cotill]] (1920-2011), Naval Officer
*[[John Templeton-Cotill|Rear Admiral John Templeton-Cotill]] (1920–2011), Naval Officer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8571454/Rear-Admiral-John-Templeton-Cotill.html|title=Obituary: Rear-Admiral John Templeton-Cotill|work=The Telegraph|location=London|date=12 June 2011|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm]] (1922–2006), Conservative politician
*[[Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm|The Baron Monro of Langholm]] (1922–2006), Conservative politician<ref>{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/5298298.stm | title = Long-serving MP Lord Monro dies | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date = 30 August 2006 }}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Stuart Symington]] (1926–2009), cricketer
*[[Michael Medwin]] (1923–2020), actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/28/michael-medwin-obituary|title=Michael Medwin obituary|first=Brian|last=Baxter|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 February 2020|location=London}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton]] (1927–2016), Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian
*[[Alex Paton (physician)|Alexander Paton]] (1924–2015), Physician and Author of ''ABC of Alcohol''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/27/alex-paton-obituary|title=Alex Paton obituary|last=Richmond|first=Caroline|date=27 September 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|access-date=4 September 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[Michael Edward Ash|Michael Ash]] (1927), Mathematician, brewer, and inventor of the Easy Serve Draught Guinness
*[[Stuart Symington (cricketer)|Stuart Symington]] (1926–2009), cricketer<ref name=jeater>Jeater D (2020) ''County Cricket: Sundry Extras'' (second edition), p.29. ([https://acscricket.com/wp-content/uploads/Sundry_Extras_Second_Edition.pdf Available online] at the [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]. Retrieved 2020-12-24.)</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Iain Campbell (cricketer)|Iain Campbell]] (1928-2015), Cricketer
*[[John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton|The 21st Earl of Morton]] (1927–2016), Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian<ref>{{cite book|title=Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain|first=Peter Beauclerk|last=Dewar|year=2001|page=296}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Michael Medwin]] (born 1929), actor
*[[Michael Edward Ash|Michael Ash]] (1927), Mathematician, brewer, and inventor of the Easy Serve Draught Guinness<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/trinityalumni/docs/trinity_the_fountain_winter_2017_we|title=Making Guinness Guinness – Michael Ash (1945)|publisher=The Fountain (Trinity College, Casmbridge)|date=20 March 2017|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[Rutherford Aris]] (1929–2005), chemical engineer, Regents Professor Emeritus
*[[Iain Campbell (cricketer)|Iain Campbell]] (1928–2015), Cricketer<ref name=jeater/><ref name=notable/>
*[[David Littman (historian)|David Littman]] (born 1933), historian and human rights advocate
*[[Rutherford Aris]] (1929–2005), chemical engineer, Regents Professor Emeritus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://journals.flvc.org/cee/article/view/126199/125593|title=Award to Rutherford Aris|publisher=ASEE Chemical Engineering Division|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[John Drummond (arts administrator)|Sir John Drummond]] (1934–2006), arts administrator, former controller of [[BBC Radio 3]]
*[[David Littman (historian)|David Littman]] (born 1933), historian and human rights advocate<ref name=notable/>
*[[Brian Kenny (British Army officer)|General Sir Brian Kenny]] (1934-2017)
*[[John Drummond (arts administrator)|Sir John Drummond]] (1934–2006), arts administrator, former controller of [[BBC Radio 3]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1528297/Sir-John-Drummond.html|title=Sir John Drummond|work=The Telegraph|date=8 September 2021|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Paul Benner|Second Lieutenant Paul Benner]] GC (1935–1957), awarded the George Cross
*[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Brian Kenny (British Army officer)|Sir Brian Kenny]] (1934–2017)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramsbotham|first=David|date=14 January 2021|title=Kenny, Sir Brian Leslie Graham|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000380282|url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2021|website=[[Dictionary of National Biography]]|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380282|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118063847/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000380282 |archive-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Stan Brock (philanthropist)|Stan Brock]] (1936), television presenter, philanthropist
*[[Paul Benner|Second Lieutenant Paul Benner]], GC (1935–1957), awarded the [[George Cross]]<ref name=notable/>
*[[Anthony Bryer|Anthony Bryer OBE]] (1937-2016), Historian
*[[Stan Brock (philanthropist)|Stan Brock]] (1936), television presenter, philanthropist<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/09/02/stan-brock-adventurer-philanthropist-obituary/|title=Stan Brock, adventurer and philanthropist – obituary|date=2 September 2018|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Roger Palin|Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin]] (born 1938)
*[[Anthony Bryer|Anthony Bryer OBE]] (1937–2016), Historian<ref>{{cite news |last=Herrin |first=Judith |authorlink=Judith Herrin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/23/anthony-bryer-obituary |title=Anthony Bryer obituary |work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London |date=2016-11-23 |accessdate=2016-12-24 }}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Simon Preston]] CBE (born 1938), organist, conductor, composer
*[[Roger Palin|Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin]] (born 1938)<ref name=notable/>
*[[Stephen Rubin]] OBE (born 1938), founder of Pentland Industries (Hunter, Speedo, Berghaus, Ellesse, etc.)
*[[Simon Preston]] CBE (born 1938), organist, conductor, composer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/07/simon-preston-obituary|first= Barry |last=Millington|title=Simon Preston obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=7 June 2022|access-date= 10 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Derek Jarman]] (1942–1994), film director and gay rights activist
*[[Stephen Rubin]] OBE (born 1938), founder of Pentland Industries (Hunter, Speedo, Berghaus, Ellesse, etc.)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://glamourfame.com/who-stephen-rubin-get-to-know-man-who-paid-most-tax-uk-last-year-181m-bill|title=Who is Stephen Rubin? Get To Know The Man Who Paid Most Tax in UK Last Year with £181m Bill|date=30 January 2019|newspaper=Glamour Fame|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Ian Bradshaw (photographer)|Ian Bradshaw]] (born 1940s), Photographer and winner of the World Press Photo Award
*[[Derek Jarman]] (1942–1994), film director and gay rights activist<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Art+master+inspired+famous+film+director%3B+Colourful+life+recalled+as...-a092992190|title=Art master inspired famous film director; Colourful life recalled as retired tutor dies at 84.|newspaper=Daily Post|date=18 October 2002|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Henry Cecil|Sir Henry Cecil]] (1943–2013), champion race horse trainer
*[[Ian Bradshaw (photographer)|Ian Bradshaw]] (born 1940s), Photographer and winner of the World Press Photo Award<ref name=notable/>
*[[Ian Garnett|Admiral Sir Ian Garnett]] (born 1944), naval officer
*[[Henry Cecil|Sir Henry Cecil]] (1943–2013), champion race horse trainer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1373863/David-Cecil.html |title=Obituary: David Cecil|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date= 10 November 2000|access-date= 18 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Jeremy De Halpert|Rear Admiral Sir Jeremy De Halpert]] KCVO, CB (born 1945), Naval Secretary
*[[Ian Garnett|Admiral Sir Ian Garnett]] (born 1944), naval officer<ref name=notable/>
*[[Tim Stevenson (Lord Lieutenant)|Tim Stevenson]] (born 1948), Lord Lieutenant
*[[Jeremy De Halpert|Rear Admiral Sir Jeremy De Halpert]] KCVO, CB (born 1945), Naval Secretary<ref name=notable/>
*[[Tim Stevenson (Lord Lieutenant)|Tim Stevenson]] (born 1948), Lord Lieutenant<ref name=notable/>
*[[Alan Simon Crowcroft|Simon Crowcroft]] (born 1950), Connétable of St Helier
*[[Alan Simon Crowcroft|Simon Crowcroft]] (born 1950), Connétable of St Helier
*[[Alan Hollinghurst]] (born 1954), [[Booker Prize]] winning author
*[[David Docwra]] (born 1953), cricketer and educator
*[[Alan Hollinghurst]] (born 1954), [[Booker Prize]] winning author<ref>{{cite news|first=Andrew|last= Anthony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/jun/12/observer-profile-alan-hollinghurst |title=Alan Hollinghurst: The slow-motion novelist delivers|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date= 11 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman]] (born 1958), British peer and property developer
*[[Peter Parker (author)|Peter Parker]] (born 1954), Author, Journalist, and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peterparkerwriter.com/about|title=About|publisher=Peter Parker|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman|The 10th Viscount Portman]] (born 1958), British peer and property developer
*[[Owen Bennett-Jones]], journalist, 'Newshour'
*[[Owen Bennett-Jones]], journalist, 'Newshour'
*[[Philip Moor|Sir Philip Moor]] (born 1959), judge of the High Court of England and Wales
*[[Philip Moor|Sir Philip Moor]] (born 1959), judge of the High Court of England and Wales<ref name=notable/>
*[[Nigel Robertson]] (born 1962), entrepreneur, founder of FreePages plc
*[[Nigel Robertson]] (born 1962), entrepreneur, founder of FreePages plc
*[[Simon Hilton]] (born 1967), music video director
*[[Simon Hilton]] (born 1967), music video director<ref name=notable/>
*[[Nick Robertson (businessman)|Nick Robertson OBE]] (born 1967), Co-founder and former CEO of ASOS
*[[Nick Robertson (businessman)|Nick Robertson OBE]] (born 1967), co-founder and former CEO of ASOS<ref name=notable/>
*[[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]], (born 1968), novelist and popular historian
*[[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]], (born 1968), novelist and popular historian<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/canfordschool/docs/canfordian-201718 |title=Canfordian 2017/18 |date=2017 |publisher=Canford School|page=21|access-date=27 April 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Nick Borton|Major General Nicholas Borton DSO MBE]] (born 1969), General Officer Commanding 3rd Division
*[[Nick Borton|Major General Nicholas Borton DSO MBE]] (born 1969), General Officer Commanding 3rd Division<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rhf.org.uk/JOURNAL/RHF%202008.pdf?q=the-royal-engineer-journal|title=Lieutenant Colonel NRM Borton MBE |page=4|newspaper=The Journal of the Royal Highland Fusiliers|year=2008|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[Stephen Phillips (politician)|Stephen Phillips]] QC, MP (born 1970), Conservative politician
*[[Stephen Phillips (British politician)|Stephen Phillips]] QC, MP (born 1970), Conservative politician<ref name=notable/>
*[[Giles Duley]] (born 1971), photojournalist
*[[Giles Duley]] (born 1971), photojournalist<ref name=notable/>
*[[James Le Mesurier]] (1971–2019), Founder of White Helmets<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanchez|first1=Raf|last2=Cheeseman|first2=Abbie|last3=Oliphant|first3=Roland|last4=Yüksekkaş|first4=Burhan|last5=Mendick|first5=Robert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/11/13/james-le-mesurier-founder-mayday-rescue-whose-white-helmets/|title=James Le Mesurier, founder of MayDay Rescue, whose 'White Helmets' first-response teams saved thousands of lives in Syria – obituary |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=13 November 2019 |access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[Miranda Cooper]] (born 1975), formerly the singer 'Moonbaby', songwriter and director of the company Xenomania
*[[Miranda Cooper]] (born 1975), formerly the singer 'Moonbaby', songwriter and director of the company Xenomania<ref name=notable/>
*[[William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey]] (born 1976)
*[[William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey|The 10th Earl of Jersey]] (born 1976)
*[[Yvonne Lui]] (born 1977), property magnate, philanthropist
*[[Yvonne Lui]] (born 1977), property magnate, philanthropist<ref name=notable/>
*[[Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury]] (born 1979)
*[[Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury|The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury]] (born 1979)
*[[Ben Gollings]] (born 1980), England [[rugby sevens]] player
*[[Alex Hibbert]] (born 1986), polar explorer
*[[Ben Gollings]] (born 1980), England [[rugby sevens]] player<ref name=notable/>
*[[Alex Hibbert]] (born 1986), polar explorer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/canfordschool/docs/canfordian_2020 |title= Canfordian 2019/20|date= 25 November 2020|page=46|publisher=Canford School|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Ore Oduba]] (born 1986), Presenter and sports journalist, 2016 Winner of Strictly Come Dancing<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barber|first1=Marilyn|title=Strictly finalist Ore Oduba is a former pupil of Dumpton and Canford schools in Wimborne|url=http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/strictly-finalist-ore-oduba-is-a-former-pupil-of-dumpton-and-canford-schools-in-wimborne/story-29980019-detail/story.html|accessdate=19 December 2016|work=Blackmore Vale|date=13 December 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Ore Oduba]] (born 1986), Presenter and sports journalist, 2016 Winner of Strictly Come Dancing<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/22565833.strictly-star-ore-odubas-dorset-school-days/|title=Strictly star Ore Oduba's Dorset school days|date=18 March 2022|newspaper=Great British Life|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
*[[Chloe-Jasmine|Chloe-Jasmine Whichello]] (born 1991) Reality TV star
*[[Chloe-Jasmine|Chloe-Jasmine Whichello]] (born 1991), reality TV star<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11546028.chloe-jasmine-whichello-the-x-factor-contestant-who-grew-up-in-poole-is-voted-off-show/ |title=Chloe-Jasmine Whichello: the X Factor contestant who grew up in Poole is voted off show|date=20 October 2014|newspaper=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[Brianna Stubbs]] (born 1991), GB rower
*[[Brianna Stubbs]] (born 1991), GB rower<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/22616785.dorset-athletes-look-rio-2016-olympics/|title=Dorset athletes to look out for at the Rio 2016 Olympics|date=18 July 2016|newspaper=Great British Life|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=notable/>
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Latest revision as of 12:32, 12 December 2024

50°47′23″N 1°57′14″W / 50.7898°N 1.9538°W / 50.7898; -1.9538

Canford School
Address
Map
Canford Magna

Wimborne
,
Dorset
,
BH21 3AD

England
Information
TypePublic school
Private boarding school
MottoLatin: Nisi Dominus Frustra
Unless the Lord in Vain
Established1923
Department for Education URN113922 Tables
Head MasterBen Vessey
Staffc. 100
GenderCo-educational
Age13 to 18
Enrolment660
Houses10
Colour(s)   Blue & White
PublicationThe Canfordian
The Week
AlumniOld Canfordians
Websitewww.canford.com

Canford School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18). Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, south west England, it is one of the largest schools by area.

The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.[1] Called a public school, Canford's fees for the 2023/24 academic year were £15,173 per term for boarders.[2] The school is consistently ranked among the best co-educational independent schools nationally. In 2014, and again in 2016, Canford was among four runners-up for "Public School of the Year" in the Tatler School Awards and received the top award in 2019.[3][4]

The school has an enrolment of 660 students, the highest in its history, aged between 13 and 18 spread across seven boarding and three day houses. Canford School counts among its alumni high-ranking military officers, pioneers in industry, computing, and economics, as well as senior figures in the Arts and Sciences.

History

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Canford School emblem

Canford Manor was particularly associated with John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster – the third of five surviving sons of Edward III of England. The Duke exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of Richard II's reign, and the ensuing periods of political strife. Records suggest the Canford Manor was used as a principal residence of John of Gaunt for some time. Of that early period, only the Norman church and 14th century refectory known as John O' Gaunt's Kitchen remains. The main building, constituting the nucleus of the school, was designed by Edward Blore and later by Sir Charles Barry in the early and mid 1800s. The school itself was founded in 1923, having been "provided with a nucleus of boys and staff from a small private school in Weston-super-Mare".[5]

Results

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In 2023, the school had a pass rate of 72% for pupils aged 9–7 at GCSE and 66% of pupils achieved A*/A at A level (87% of pupils achieved A*-B).[6]

Inspection

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As of 2024, the school's most recent integrated inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate was in 2012. The headline judgement for each section except Governance was Excellent; the headline judgement for Governance was Good. There was a focussed inspection of compliance, jointly with educational quality, in 2018. All compliance standards were met, and educational quality and children's personal development were judged excellent. There was a regulatory compliance inspection in 2022, at which the school was found to meet all the standards.[7]

Assyrian frieze

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Assyrian relief rediscovered at Canford School.

In 1992, a lost Assyrian stone relief was rediscovered on the wall of "the Grubber".[8] Although it is at first sight rather unlikely that such a valuable item should be found on the wall of a school tuck shop, the history of the school explains how the relief came to be there. It had been brought back from the site of Nimrud in northern Mesopotamia (Iraq) by Sir Austen Henry Layard along with other antiquities which were displayed at Canford before it was a school. Originally Canford had been a private country house (known as Canford Manor), designed by Edward Blore and improved by Sir Charles Barry, and the residence of Layard's cousin and mother-in-law, Lady Charlotte Guest and her husband, Sir John Josiah Guest. At that time, the building now known as the Grubber had been used to display antiquities and was known as "the Nineveh Porch". It was however believed by the school authorities to be a plaster copy of an original which had been lost overboard during river transit and little attention was paid to it after the school was established. A dartboard was even hung in the Grubber close to where the frieze was displayed. It was John Russell of Columbia University who identified the frieze as an original, one of a set of three relief slabs taken from the throne room of Assyrian King Assurnasirpal II (883–859 BC). A new plaster copy now stands in the foyer of the Layard Theatre at Canford and a number of "Assyrian Scholarships" are available, funded from the sale proceeds which also helped pay for the construction of a new sports facility.[9]

The original relief is now part of the collection of the Miho Museum in Japan.[10][11]

The Layard Theatre

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The Layard Theatre is situated inside Canford School and is open to the public.[12]

The Bourne Academy

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Since September 2010 Canford School is the sponsor of The Bourne Academy, a state-funded school in Bournemouth.[13]

Sport

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Real Tennis

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The school is one of four in the United Kingdom with a real tennis court (the others being The Oratory, Radley and Wellington College). It is unique among these schools in that its court dates back to 1879 when it was a country house, whereas the others have all been newly built for the schools since 1990.[14]

Rowing

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The school has a rowing club, the Canford School Boat Club, which is based on the River Stour. The club is affiliated to British Rowing (boat code CAN)[15] and has produced three British champion crews at the 2002 British Rowing Championships,[16] 2008 British Rowing Championships[17] and 2010 British Rowing Championships.[18]

Old Canfordians

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See also: Category:People educated at Canford School

Former pupils of Canford School are known as Old Canfordians. Notable alumni include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "HMC Schools Directory". HMC. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Fees". Canford School. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Tatler Schools Awards 2014 – the winners". Tatler. 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Tatler Schools Guide 2020". Tatler. 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Volumes 94-99, 1973, Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Archaeology". 1973. p. 153. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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