Millfield

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Millfield is a distinctive Independent school in Street, Somerset, England. It is the largest co-educational boarding school in the country and world-famous for its sporting excellence, as well as for dedicated teaching across a very wide range of standards.

The classes are small, frequently about six pupils, and in many cases tuition is on a one-to-one basis. Over 200 students go on to University each year, over a quarter of whom go to one of the top ten institutions as listed in The Sunday Times University League Table.

It is one of the most expensive schools in the country, but many pupils receive subsidised tuition in the form of scholarships financed by those who can afford to pay full fees.

The school motto is Molire Molendo.

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[edit] History

Millfield was founded in 1935 by RJO Meyer (always affectionately referred to just as "Boss") in the house originally owned by the Clark family, who owned and ran the major shoe manufacturer Clarks. Over the years the school acquired land and houses around the locale, and a result there were many boarding houses within a 15 mile (25 km) radius of the original site. In recent years, a campus has been developed and most of the boarding houses are close to or on the campus.

[edit] Sports

Millfield is most famous for its sporting prowess. It has a large purpose-built campus, with outstanding facilities and 130 staff sports coaches - possibly the best sport-campus facilities in the United Kingdom. Each year, 25 or more of Millfield's students win international honours across a broad spectrum of games. In recent years, Millfield teams have won national championships in basketball, golf, hockey (indoor and outdoor), girls' athletics, modern pentathlon, triathlon, rugby sevens, boys' and girls' squash, cricket, orienteering, and boys' and girls' tennis.

Unusually, quite a few pupils have appeared at the Olympics whilst still at the school.

The sports facilities of the school include:

  • 3 olympic-quality water-based astroturfs
  • 2 18-hole golf courses
  • A running track, with track and field facilities
  • 2 multi-purpose sports halls
  • A large equestrian centre (including an indoor riding school)
  • An indoor tennis centre with numerous courts
  • A 50 metre indoor swimming pool
  • A large gym
  • A fencing salle
  • A judo dojo
  • Many tennis courts, darts centres, squash courts, rugby pitches, football pitches and cricket pitches

[edit] Boarding houses

The school used to be quite unusual in the fact that many of the boarding houses were located in distant villages - requiring the pupils to be bused in each morning and out to games sessions at distant fields etc. However the school has now brought the furthest flung houses onto campus, apart from three houses, St. Anne's, Kingweston and Walton. Several large new boarding houses have been constructed just past the riding school.

The houses include:

  • Abbey (Girls)
  • Acacia (Girls)
  • Butleigh (Boys)
  • Etonhurst (Boys)
  • Keen's Elm (Boys)
  • Kingweston (Boys)
  • Martins (Girls)
  • Millfield (Boys)
  • Overleigh (Girls)
  • Orchards (Boys)
  • St Anne's (Boys)
  • Shapwick (Boys)
  • Warner (Girls)
  • Kernick (Boys' house until 1975 - when it became a girls' house)
  • St. Anne's (Boys)
  • Walton (Boys)
  • Joan's Kitchen (Boys)
  • Holmcroft (Boys)(was girls)
  • Portway (6th form Girls)
  • Southfield (Girls)
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[edit] Famous parents

Millfield has been the alma mater for the children of many rich and famous people including:

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[edit] Notable Old Millfieldians


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    [edit] Schools in Somerset

    Somerset Schools
    Comprehensive Schools: The Blue School, Wells | The Castle School Taunton | Court Fields Community School, Wellington | Frome Community College | Kings of Wessex School | West Somerset Community College | Whitstone School
    Special Schools: Farleigh College
    Former Schools: Ravenscroft School
    Independent Schools: | All Hallows
    Public Schools: Millfield | Monkton Combe School | Taunton School | Wellington School | Downside School | Wells Cathedral School
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