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Barfield School is a prep school located in Farnham, Surrey in England. It is situated in the village of Runfold and provides education to some 200 boys and girls aged between 2 and 13. It became co-educational in 1992 and has since seen an increase in the number of girls attending the school across all year groups. The schools current headmaster is James Reid.
Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is 34.5 miles (55.5 km) southwest of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire. By road, Guildford is 11 miles (17 km) to the east and Winchester a further 28 miles (45 km) along the same axis as London. Farnham is the second largest town in Waverley, and one of the five largest conurbations in Surrey. It is of historic interest, with many old buildings, including a number of Georgian houses. Farnham Castle overlooks the town. A short distance southeast of the town centre are the ruins of Waverley Abbey, Moor Park House and Mother Ludlam's Cave. Farnham is twinned with Andernach in Germany. It is drained by the River Wey which is navigable only to canoes at this point.
Surrey is a subdivision of the English region of South East England in the United Kingdom. A historic and ceremonial county, Surrey is also one of the home counties. The county borders Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the northwest, and Greater London to the northeast.
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
Barfield children access facilities including the ‘H.C’ Art and Technology Centre with stage and auditorium, music practice and teaching rooms, art studio, design and technology suite and ICT rooms, a purpose-built library and science laboratory, as well as a heated indoor swimming pool, floodlit hard play area set in 12 acres of grounds.
Barfield School’s own ‘Three Peaks Outdoor Pursuits’ is an on-site outdoor adventure centre, to which the children have access through the sports and outdoor education curriculum and adventure clubs. The school also follows the outdoor education approach Forest schools and ACE Programme.
Barfield is a traditional pre-prep and prep school with four houses: Griffith, Hawthorn, Knight, Warburton. Pupils progress to their senior schools via either school-specific entrance exams or Common Entrance. During the past fifteen years, boys and girls have been awarded scholarships to 17 different schools, comprising academic, art, dance, drama, music, performing arts and sport. [1]
Notable alumni include entertainers Michael Ball, Martin Clunes and racing driver Mike Hawthorn. [2]
Michael Ashley Ball, OBE is an English actor, singer and broadcaster, who is known for his work in musical theatre. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1989, he reached number two in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything", a song taken from the musical Aspects of Love, where he played Alex. He played the role in London and on Broadway.
Alexander Martin Clunes, OBE is an English actor, television presenter, film director and comedian. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV drama series Doc Martin and Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the animated series, Kipper.
John Michael Hawthorn was a British racing driver. He became the United Kingdom's first Formula One World Champion driver in 1958, whereupon he announced his retirement, having been profoundly affected by the death of his teammate and friend Peter Collins two months earlier in the 1958 German Grand Prix. Hawthorn also won the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, but was haunted by his involvement in the disastrous crash that marred the race. Hawthorn died in a road accident three months after retiring; he was allegedly suffering from a terminal illness at the time.