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| Framlingham College | |
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College Road ,, IP13 9EY England | |
| Coordinates | 52°13′36″N1°20′21″E / 52.2266°N 1.3392°E /52.2266; 1.3392 |
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| Former name | Albert Memorial College |
| Type | Public school Private day and boarding |
| Motto | Studio sapientia crescit (Wisdom grows with study) |
| Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Established | 1864 |
| Department for Education URN | 124884Tables |
| Chairman of governors | C. Packshaw |
| Principal | Louise North |
| Staff | 81 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 691[1] |
| Houses | 7 |
| Colours | Sky blue, Chocolate brown |
| Former pupils | Old Framlinghamians |
| Website | http://www.framlinghamcollege.co.uk |
Framlingham College is apublic school (boarding andday school) in the town ofFramlingham, nearWoodbridge,Suffolk,England. Together with its preparatory school and nursery at Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from 3 to 18 years of age.
Framlingham College, originally theAlbert Middle Class College in Suffolk,[2] and known as theAlbert Memorial College[3] was founded in 1864 by public subscription as the Suffolk County Memorial toQueen Victoria's husband,Albert, Prince Consort, and was incorporated by royal charter. The individuals most involved in setting up of the school wereSir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet, Richard Garrett and theEarl of Stradbroke. The land on which the college was built was originally part of theFramlingham Castle estate owned byPembroke Hall, Cambridge. The architect was Fredrick Peck ofFurnival'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 bookTom Brown's Universe: Public School in the Nineteenth Century, he reviewed the 64 leadingpublic 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 atDunkirk, pupils from the college were evacuated for a short time toRepton School inDerbyshire.
The college's prep school atBrandeston Hall was opened byPrincess Alice, Countess of Athlone 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.
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 lies the 34-acreFramlingham Mere, a nature reserve owned by the college and managed bySuffolk Wildlife Trust. The prep school campus at Brandeston Hall is a mockTudorbethan hall set in its own grounds, facing the medievalAll Saints' Church, Brandeston.
Louise North became principal of Framlingham College and Head of the Senior School in September 2019. Before that she was a Deputy Head atOakham School, Rutland.
The school received an OutstandingOfsted report in February 2011 and an excellentIndependent Schools Inspectorate Report in February 2015.[4]
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 atAldeburgh Golf Club. The cricket square hosted an England XI in 2010. Framlingham College featured inThe Cricketer 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 theMCC. Pupils can also take part in golf, squash, football, badminton, athletics, basketball, swimming, archery, shooting, canoeing, table tennis, and equestrian.
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Framlingham College was the subject of aChannel 4 documentary called Classmates in 2003.[5] The buildings and interiors of Framlingham College were used in series 2 of the BBC comedyDetectorists, first broadcast in November 2015.[6]
Three Old Framlinghamians have won theVictoria Cross,[9] and one theGeorge Cross (converted from theAlbert Medal).
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