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,, DT11 0PX England | |
| Coordinates | 50°51′58″N2°11′10″W / 50.866°N 2.186°W /50.866; -2.186 |
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| Type | Public school Private school |
| Motto | Et nova et vetera (Both the new and the old) |
| Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Established | 1928; 97 years ago (1928) |
| Founder | J. G. Jeffreys |
| Department for Education URN | 113910Tables |
| Headmaster | Richard Jones |
| Staff | 118 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 809 pupils |
| Houses | 12 (2 Junior Boys, 5 Girls, 5 Senior Boys):Allan (Girls), Beechwood (Junior Boys), Connaught (Senior Boys), Cranborne (Junior Boys), Dorset (Senior Boys), Greenleaves (Girls), Harthan (Girls), Hunter (Girls), Portman (Senior Boys), Purbeck (Girls), Salisbury (Senior Boys), Shaftesbury (Senior Boys) |
| Colours | Dark blue and Gold |
| Alumni | Old Bryanstonians |
| Website | www |
Bryanston School is apublic school (Englishprivateboarding andday school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village ofBryanston, and near the town ofBlandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England. It was founded in 1928. It occupies acountry house designed and built in 1889–94 byRichard Norman Shaw forViscount Portman, the owner of large tracts in the West End of London, in the early version of neo-Georgian style[1] thatSir Edwin Lutyens called "Wrenaissance", to replace an earlier house, and is set in 400 acres (1.6 km2).
Bryanston is a member of theHeadmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and theEton Group.[2] It has a reputation as a liberal and artistic school using some ideas of theDalton Plan.[3]
Bryanston was founded in 1928 by a young schoolmaster from Australia namedJ. G. Jeffreys. He gained financial support for the school during a period of severe economic instability with financial backing fromAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury; he paid £35,000 for the Bryanston House and its 450 acres (1.8 km2) of immediate grounds.
The school occupies acountry house designed and built in 1889–1894 byRichard Norman Shaw and modelled on the chateau atMenars in theLoire valley. Shaw designed the house forViscount Portman to replace an earlier one. The building and estate was the biggest in Dorset and the last of the grand stately homes to be built in England. The home had been occupied by the Portman family for 30 years at the time of its sale, but death duties made it impossible for the 4th Lord Portman to hold on to his family estate.[4]
There were seven teachers and 23 boys of various ages in the first term. Jeffreys innovated while respecting traditions, as reflected in his choice of school motto,Et Nova Et Vetera. His was the first English school to adopt theDalton Plan, its combination of the new and the old being of particular appeal. The system was flexible enough to offer a combination of lessons in the classroom and time for assignment work in subject rooms, which gave the students the freedom to decide which pieces of academic work to focus their attention. Students are required to keep a daily record on a chart showing their use of working and leisure time, meeting with their tutors on a weekly basis to ensure effective monitoring of their progress.[5]
The school opened on 24 January 1928 with 23 pupils and seven members of staff. It grew as a boys' school to some 450 pupils before admitting girls in 1972 – initially into the 6th form only. By 2004, the school had around 650 pupils and 80 teachers. In 2024, Bryanston has 819 pupils and a capacity of 911.[6]
The Don Potter Art School opened in 1997.Bryanston is a member of theHeadmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and theEton Group. It has a reputation as aliberal and artistic school. The principles of the Dalton Plan are still in place today.
In 2005, the school was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools that were found guilty of running anillegal price-fixing cartel.[7]
In 2012, the new boathouse was opened to facilitate the growing rowing programme and to prevent risk to the boats from flooding. It was designed byABL3 Architects and was shortlisted for aRIBA award.[8]
In 2014, the school opened a new music building, the Tom Wheare Music School, designed byHopkins Architects and named after a headteacher of Bryanston. The 300-seat concert hall was named after conductor SirMark Elder, who is a former pupil.[9] The interior of the building won a 2015 Wood Award.[10]
The 2023 results are[11]
Alumni of the school are known asOld Bryanstonians; there is an alumni organisation called the Bryanston Society. "The Society exists to further the cause of Bryanston in the broadest possible sense. It aims to bring together the whole Bryanston family through social and sporting events."[14]
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