Hanford School | |
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![]() Hanford School | |
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DT11 8HN | |
Coordinates | 50°53′57″N 2°13′19″W / 50.89926°N 2.22206°W |
Information | |
Type |
Private
preparatory school Boarding school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | 1947 |
Local authority | Dorset |
Department for Education URN | 113911 Tables |
Head teacher | Hilary Phillips |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 7 to 13 |
Enrolment | c. 100 |
Grounds | 45 acres (18 ha) |
Website | https://www.hanfordschool.co.uk |
Hanford School is a girls' boarding preparatory school located in Hanford, Child Okeford, Dorset, England, established in 1947 and located in a grade II* listed house built in 1604 by Sir Robert Seymer.
Hanford House was built in Jacobean style in 1604, or 1620, [1] and completed in 1623, [2] by Sir Robert Seymer, who was a teller of the Exchequer and who was knighted in 1619, and whose family had lived in Hanford for several centuries, [3] and the small Gothic chapel was built in 1650. Country Life magazine wrote in 1905 that "the chapel is a picturesque building with a high gable, pleasant to look at, and within are several memorials of the Seymers." [4]
In 1947, the house and grounds were bought by the Reverend and Mrs. Clifford Canning and converted to a school. Clifford Canning had been headmaster of Canford School. [5] In 1959, the school was taken over by their daughter, Sarah. In 1960, the building was listed as grade II*, [6] ten days after the nearby Church of St Michael and All Angels. [7] After retiring as headmistress in 2003, she handed the school over to the Hanford School Charitable Trust in 2004, which now runs it. [1]
Boarding pupils are split into two houses – Fan’s for year 8 pupils and Main House for all other years.