Sherfield School

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Sherfield School
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Location
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Sherfield on Loddon

Hampshire
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RG27 0HU

England
Information
TypeIndependent day & boarding
Motto"Ad Vitam Paramus"
Established2004 (2004)
Department for Education URN134769 Tables
HeadmasterNick Brain
GenderCoeducational
Age3 months to 18 years
HousesBuckfield, Wynstow, Lydney, Loddon
Colour(s)Navy Blue, Silver, White
Websitehttp://www.sherfieldschool.co.uk/

Sherfield School is a coeducational independent day & boarding school, located in Sherfield Manor by Sherfield on Loddon in the English county of Hampshire. and set in 76 acres of parkland. It is currently a school of over 400 pupils founded in 2004 by GEMS Education and is operationally managed by the Bellevue Education Group Ltd.

Until 2003 the site was the location of the North Foreland Lodge girls boarding school, founded in 1909;[1] and settled at Sherfield Manor in 1947.

Sherfield School - Buckfield House

History[]

The Sherfield Manor House site has history back to the early 12th century, when it was part of the manor of Odiham, but at some time before 1167 it was granted by Henry II to his Marshall, William FitzAldelm.[2] This created the manor of Sherfield upon Loddon; it is possible that William Fitz Aldelm built the first Manor House.[2]

Until the nineteenth century, the manor of Sherfield upon Loddon passed between various noble families, including the Marquises of Winchester and later the Dukes of Wellington.[3] In the 16th century, a country house known as Archer Lodge was built on the site of the Sherfield manor house and was later the residence of Paynton Pigott Stainsby Conant, a rich landowner.[2] In 1870 this house was demolished by John Bramston Stane, who built a new house in a Victorian style, called Buckfield, in the middle of a wood of the same name.[2] In 1880 the house was renamed as Sherfield Manor and by 1897 had been further extended.[3]

The Liddell family acquired the manor house in 1908 and were the last owners to hold manorial courts, responsible for minor offences, local administration, and the regulation and customs of the Sherfield upon Loddon manor.[3] Their son, John Aidan Liddell, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, won both the Military Cross and the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the First World War and died from the wounds he had suffered in winning the VC.[3]

Educational History[]

In 1947 (following its use as a military hospital in the Second World War) the Sherfield Manor site was purchased and operated by North Foreland Lodge, a girls' boarding school previously based in North Foreland, Kent. The buildings on the site were then extended over the years to a size in excess of 125,000 sq ft (11,600 m2) with the site also including nine residential units.[3] The North Foreland Lodge girls' boarding school used this site as a school from 1947 until 2003.

In 2001-2002 Gordonstoun School of Scotland sought to acquire the school with the support of some of the North Foreland Lodge governors,[4] and the success of this bid was announced in March 2002, when it was revealed that a new prep school was to be built within the school grounds and that North Foreland would continue as a girls-only senior school. However, having paid only £1 million for the school, in 2003 Gordonstoun closed it, soon selling the land and buildings for £6 million.[citation needed]

Students and facilities[]

The Gems Education group relaunched the site as Sherfield School in September 2004, operating as a co-educational day school for children aged two to nineteen. The school offers day education, as well as weekly and flexible boarding; with nursery, pre-prep, prep, and senior departments serving pupils aged from 3 months to 18 years old.[citation needed]

List of Headteachers[]

  • James Murphy O'Connor (Headmaster), 2004 - 2009 (Oxon) [5]
  • Dr. Pat Preedy (Executive Principal), 2004 - 2012 (adjunct professor, John Curtin University) [6]
  • Richard Jaine (Head Master), 2012 - 2017 (MA, PGCE) [7]
  • Nick Fisher (Head Master), 2017 - 2018 (BSc, PGCE, MSc, MA)
  • Christopher James-Roll, (Acting Head Master) 2018
  • Nick Brain, (Headmaster) 2018 -

References[]

  1. ^ Journal of Education, vol. 31 (Oxford University Press, 1909), p. 176
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Parishes: Sherfield-upon-Loddon, A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 103–108. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56759 Date accessed: 19 September 2012
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Richard Garfield, Noble and rich history of Sherfield Manor, Basingstoke Gazette (26 March 2009). URL: http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/4235680.Noble_and_rich_history_of_Sherfield_Manor/ Date accessed: 19 September 2012
  4. ^ Wendy Wallace, 'Independents' Day' in The Times (London), issue 68291 dated 22 January 2005, pp. 30–31
  5. ^ This Is Bristol, Tuesday, 22 September 2009. URL: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Meet-heads-James-Murphy-O-Connor-Prior-Park-College-Bath/story-11272659-detail/story.html[permanent dead link]) Date accessed: 24 September 2012
  6. ^ Emily Roberts, Heading off for a new challenge, Basingstoke Gazette, 15 March 2012. URL: http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/9591821.Heading_off_for_a_new_challenge___/ Date accessed: 24 September 2012
  7. ^ Independent Schools Magazine, March 2012. URL: http://www.independentschoolsmagazine.co.uk/resources/March+Web.pdf Archived 15 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Date accessed: 24 September 2012

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°18′32″N 1°1′26″W / 51.30889°N 1.02389°W / 51.30889; -1.02389

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