Frensham Heights School is aprivate school with asixth form college located nearFarnham, Surrey, England, run by the registered charity, Frensham Heights Educational Trust Ltd. It was founded in 1925 and formed as part of the movement forprogressive education. Unlike manyHMC member schools, it has been coeducational and has taken both day and boarding pupils since its foundation.
The school was founded by Edith Douglas-Hamilton and established under joint headmistresses,Beatrice Ensor and Isabel King. It became firmly established under the headmastership of Paul Roberts (1928–1949[1]) and was recognised as efficient by the Ministry of Education (now theDepartment for Education) in 1935.[citation needed]
Based at a mock-Tudor mansion, built by the brewerCharles Charrington in 1898, and in its estate, the school is on a hill 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the centre ofFarnham but is actually in the village ofFrensham. Its grounds run intoRowledge.
The school has a professional working theatre called the Aldridge Theatre, with a capacity of 300, which is used for both internal and external performances.[2] It also has an independent sixth form centre, which is separated from the rest of the school, and a music centre.
