Hanford School
| Established | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Rory Johnston |
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| Local authority | Dorset |
| DfE number | 835/6001 |
| DfE URN | 113911 Tables |
| Students | c. 100 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 7–13 |
| Grounds | 45 acres (18 ha) |
| Website | www |
Hanford School is a girls' boarding preparatory school located in Hanford, near Shillingstone, Childe Okeford, Dorset, England, established in 1947 and located in a grade II* listed house built in 1604 by Sir Robert Seymer.
Background
The school does not have a motto.[1]
Sue Carpenter described the school as "an adorable throwback to an Enid Blyton era, set in a Jacobean manor and beautiful grounds in Dorset, where pupils canter over the downs before breakfast and do scripture classes in the box-hedge garden."[2]
The two houses are called the Main House and Fan’s House.
History
Hanford House was built in Jacobean style in 1604, or 1620,[3] and completed in 1623,[4] by Sir Robert Seymer, who was a teller of the Exchequer and who was knighted in 1619, and whose family had lived in Hanford for several centuries,[5] and the small Gothic chapel was built in 1650. Country Life magazine wrote in 1905 that "the chapel is a picturesque building with a high gable, pleasant to look at, and within are several memorials of the Seymers."[6]
In 1947, the house and grounds were bought by the Reverend and Mrs. Clifford Canning and converted to a school. Clifford Canning had been headmaster of Canford School.[7] In 1959, the school was taken over by their daughter, Sarah. In 1960, the building was listed as grade II*,[8] ten days after the nearby Church of St Michael and All Angels.[9] After retiring as headmistress in 2003, she handed the school over to the Hanford School Charitable Trust in 2004, which now runs it.[3]
Notable staff
- Sarah Butt, captain of the England lacrosse national team[10]
Notable alumni
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- Amanda Foreman
- Lady Liza Campbell
- Millie Mackintosh of Made in Chelsea fame
- Santa Montefiore
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
- Emma Kirkby
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External links
- Hanford School at the Independent Schools Council
- Hanford School at the Independent Schools Inspectorate
- Hanford School, Dorset at ISBI
