Framlingham College

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Framlingham College

Encouraging the pursuit of excellence
Established	1864
School type	Independent
Head	Mrs Gwen Randall
Location	Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Website	www.framlingham.suffolk.sch.uk

Framlingham College is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school in the town of Framlingham, near near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its junior school, Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from four to eighteen years of age.

1 History
2 The College today
3 Notable Old Framlinghamians
4 External links

[edit] History

The Albert Memorial College was founded in 1864 in memory of Queen Victoria's husband, Albert, Prince Consort, whose statue takes pride of place at the front of the College. It was later named after the town of Framlingham.

The original school building is an example of Victorian era mock Gothic architecture and faces the twelfth century Framlingham Castle across a large, shallow lake called The Mere.

Brandeston Hall, or Framlingham College Junior School, is located in the nearby village of Brandeston, and is named after the Tudorbethan manor house that forms its main building. Brandeston Hall is a war memorial.

[edit] The College today

Framlingham College

The current head of the college is Mrs Gwen Randall.

In 2006 the school maintained their impressive record of students achieving A* grades at GCSE with a number of students getting 4A*'s and above.^{[citation needed]}

The original library, which was given to the college by Charles H Berners, Esq. DL in 1899, was significantly extended in 1998.