Barfield School
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Barfield School is a prep school
located in Farnham
, Surrey
in England
. It is situated in the village
of Runfold
and provides education to some 200 boys and girls aged between 2 and 13. It became co-educational in 1992 and has since seen an increase in the number of girls attending the school across all year groups. The current headmaster is Robin Davies.
Barfield children access facilities including the ‘MRC’ Art and Technology Centre with stage and auditorium, music practice and teaching rooms, art studio, design and technology suite and ICT rooms, a purpose-built library and science laboratory, as well as a heated indoor swimming pool, floodlit hard play area set in 12 acres of grounds.
Barfield School’s own ‘Three Peaks Outdoor Pursuits’ is an on-site outdoor adventure centre, to which the children have access through the sports and outdoor education curriculum and advenure clubs. The school also follows the outdoor education approach Forest schools
and ACE Programme.
Barfield is a traditional pre-prep and prep school with four houses: Griffith, Hawthorn, Knight, Warburton. Pupils progress to their senior schools via either school-specific entrance exams or Common Entrance
. During the past fifteen years, boys and girls have been awarded scholarships to 17 different schools, comprising academic, art, dance, drama, music, performing arts and sport.
Notable alumni include entertainers Michael Ball
, Martin Clunes
and racing driver Mike Hawthorn
.
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
located in Farnham
Farnham
Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is situated some 42 miles southwest of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated in the village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Runfold
Runfold
Runfold is a village in Surrey, U.K., about 2 miles NNE of Farnham.Runfold lies on the ancient trackway known as the Pilgrims' Way and on the former route of the A31 road, which has by-passed the village since the early 1990s...
and provides education to some 200 boys and girls aged between 2 and 13. It became co-educational in 1992 and has since seen an increase in the number of girls attending the school across all year groups. The current headmaster is Robin Davies.
Barfield children access facilities including the ‘MRC’ Art and Technology Centre with stage and auditorium, music practice and teaching rooms, art studio, design and technology suite and ICT rooms, a purpose-built library and science laboratory, as well as a heated indoor swimming pool, floodlit hard play area set in 12 acres of grounds.
Barfield School’s own ‘Three Peaks Outdoor Pursuits’ is an on-site outdoor adventure centre, to which the children have access through the sports and outdoor education curriculum and advenure clubs. The school also follows the outdoor education approach Forest schools
Forest Schools
Forest schools are a type of outdoor education in which children visit forests/woodlands, learning personal, social and technical skills...
and ACE Programme.
Barfield is a traditional pre-prep and prep school with four houses: Griffith, Hawthorn, Knight, Warburton. Pupils progress to their senior schools via either school-specific entrance exams or Common Entrance
Common Entrance
Common Entrance Examinations are taken by some children in the UK as part of the admissions process for academically selective secondary schools at age 13 or 11. Most of the secondary schools that use Common Entrance for admission are public schools; most of the schools that routinely prepare...
. During the past fifteen years, boys and girls have been awarded scholarships to 17 different schools, comprising academic, art, dance, drama, music, performing arts and sport.
Notable alumni include entertainers Michael Ball
Michael Ball (singer)
Michael Ashley Ball, born 27 June 1962) is a British actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad...
, Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes
Alexander Martin Clunes is an English actor and comedian. Clunes is perhaps best known for his roles as Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly, Doctor Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin and the title character in Reggie Perrin....
and racing driver Mike Hawthorn
Mike Hawthorn
John Michael Hawthorn was a racing driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex.-Racing career:...
.