Farleigh School
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Farleigh School is a Catholic preparatory day and boarding school in Andover, Hampshire, England. Situated in Script error: No such module "convert". of parkland in the Test Valley, Hampshire, it educates around 430 children. The current school comprises a pre-prep department (ages 3–6) and the main prep school (ages 6–13).
History
Farleigh was founded as a boys' boarding school in 1953 at Farleigh House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, the seat of the earls of Portsmouth, by the late Jocelyn Francis Trappes-Lomax. It started out with 35 boys.[1]
Since moving to Red Rice in 1982, the school has acquired an indoor swimming pool, a new art and DT facility, and a new headmaster. Father Simon Everson, in addition to his duties as headmaster at Farleigh School, also takes responsibility as chaplain at the school.
Since 1982 it has been located in a Georgian country house previously named Red Rice House, where the future George IV of the United Kingdom (then still Prince of Wales) was believed to have secretly – and illegally – married the Roman Catholic Maria Anne Fitzherbert in 1785. The legend was disproved in 1905 when Mrs Fitzherbert's papers were made public.[2] The house is situated in the hamlet Red Rice, near Andover, Hampshire.
Boarding
Boarding is available to both boys and girls aged 7 (Year 3) and above. Around 40% of pupils board either full-time or on weekdays. The younger boarders are housed separate sections of the Junior House. Boarders in Year 7 and above reside in two senior houses (1 for boys and 1 for girls).[3]
Notable alumni
- Rupert Allason
- Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
- Cressida Bonas
- Rupert Everett
- Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford
- Tarka L'Herpiniere
- Alexander Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh
- Earl Jellicoe (which one?)
- John Home Robertson
- Will Stuart, rugby union player
- Hugh Vyvyan
Former staff
The former Hampshire cricketer and Crystal Palace and Southampton footballer, Bernard Harrison, was for many years a teacher of Mathematics and Sports at the school.[4]
References
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External links
- School Website
- Profile on the ISC website
- ISI Inspection Reports
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