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Framlingham College is a public school (

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) in the town of

Framlingham Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Of Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 Census and an estimated 4,016 in 2019. Nearby villages include ...

, near Woodbridge,

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. Together with its preparatory school and nursery at Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from 3 to 18 years of age.

History

Framlingham College, originally called the Albert Middle Class College in Suffolk, was founded in 1864 by public subscription as the Suffolk County Memorial to

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...

's husband,

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, and was incorporated by Royal Charter. The individuals most involved in setting up of the school were

Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, 2nd Baronet (2 January 1821, Brighton – 11 July 1886) was a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for the borough of Eye. Biography Kerrison was the eldest son of General Sir Edward ...

, Richard Garrett and the

Earl of Stradbroke Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for John Rous, 1st Baron Rous, who had earlier represented Suffolk in the House of Commons. He had already succeeded his fat ...

. The land on which the college was built was originally part of the Castle estate, left by Sir Robert Hitcham in 1636 to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. The architect was Fredrick Peck of Furnival's Inn, London. Built to accommodate 300 boys, the college opened its doors to pupils on 10 April 1865. In J. R. de S. Honey's book ''Tom Brown's Universe: Public School in the Nineteenth Century'', he reviewed the 64 leading public schools of the time and considered Framlingham as interacting less than it should with other leading schools. In 1940, because of Framlingham's position close to the Suffolk coast, considered a likely site for a possible German invasion, and as a result of the crisis unfolding at

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, pupils from the college were evacuated for a short time to

Repton School Repton School is a 13–18 co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in the English public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, England. Sir John Port of Etwall, on his death in 1557, left funds to create a grammar school whi ...

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. The college's prep school at Brandeston Hall was opened by

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She is the longest-lived British princess of royal blood, and was the last surviving grand ...

in July 1949. The hall had been purchased and restored by the Society of Old Framlinghamians as a memorial to those of their number who died in the world wars.

The school

Louise North became principal of Framlingham College and Head of the Senior School in September 2019. She was formerly Senior Deputy Head at Oakham School, Rutland. The school received an excellent ISI Inspection Report in February 2015 and an Outstanding Ofsted report in February 2011. Pupils are accommodated in seven boarding and day houses: three for girls and four for boys. The facilities at Framlingham College include a theatre with tiered seating for 250, a design and technology centre, a music department including various studios and recording facilities, a library, a sixth-form centre which opened in 2014, a leisure centre that houses an indoor swimming pool, a fitness suite and weights room. The original library, which was given to the college by Charles H. Berners in 1899, was extended in 1998. The school has two campuses situated on approximately 135 acres. Between the college and

Framlingham Castle Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham in Suffolk in England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroyed (slighted) by Henry II of England in ...

lies the 34-acre

Framlingham Mere Framlingham Mere is a 13.8-hectare nature reserve in Framlingham in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. This site has a lake and wet meadows adjoining Framlingham Castle. There are many migrating birds, and flora include marsh ...

, a nature reserve owned by the college and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The prep school campus at Brandeston Hall is a mock

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hall set in its own grounds, and faces the medieval All Saints' Church, Brandeston.

Sport

Framlingham College as viewed from Framlingham Castle

Framlingham College campus includes an indoor swimming pool, multi-gym, weights room and large playing fields. Other facilities include a modern sports hall; two floodlit artificial hockey pitches; an indoor rifle range; tennis, netball and squash courts; and a golf course. Home matches for golf are played at

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Golf Club. The cricket square hosted an England XI in 2010. Framlingham College featured in ''

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'' magazine's Top 100 Cricketing Schools for 2016. The major sports are rugby, hockey, cricket, athletics and tennis for boys, and hockey, netball and tennis for girls. The girls also have a cricket team and have an annual fixture against the MCC. Pupils can also take part in golf, squash, football, badminton, athletics, basketball, swimming, archery, shooting, canoeing, table tennis, and equestrian.

List of Heads

* 1864–1871 A. C. Daymond * 1872–1881 W. W. Bird * 1881–1886 A. H. Scott-White * 1887–1913 O. D. Inskip * 1913–1929 F. W. Stocks * 1929–1940 W. H. A. Whitworth * 1941–1955 R. W. Kirkman * 1955–1971 W. S. Porter * 1971–1989 L. I. Rimmer * 1989–1994 J. F. X. Miller * 1994–2009 G. M. Randall * 2009–2019 P. B. Taylor * 2019– J. L. M. North.

Framlingham college in the Media

Framlingham College was the subject of a

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documentary called Classmates in 2003. The buildings and interiors of Framlingham College were used in series 2 of the BBC comedy '' Detectorists'', first broadcast in November 2015.

Notable Old Framlinghamians

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Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients

Three Old Framlinghamians have won the

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, and one the

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(converted from the Albert Medal).

Recipients of the Victoria Cross

* Gordon Muriel Flowerdew (1885–1918). Awarded for a cavalry charge in March 1918, in France in the

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, from which he died of his wounds the following day. This was the last British cavalry charge in military history. * William Henry Hewitt (1885–1966). Awarded for an attack on a pillbox in September 1917. * Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, RN (1890–1968). Awarded for an attack on the Russian Navy in June 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, in the

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Recipients of the George Cross

* Henry De Beauvoir Tupper. Awarded the Albert Medal (later replaced by the George Cross) on 21 February 1919, for gallantry in saving lives at sea on 4 August 1918 while serving on during World War I.

References

External links

Framlingham College official websiteOld Framlinghamian official websiteProfile
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