Edgeborough School
| Motto | Carpe Diem (Seize the day) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1906 |
| Type | Prep school |
| Headmaster | Chris Davies |
| Location |
Edgeborough Frensham Farnham Surrey GU10 3AH England Coordinates: 51°10′59″N 0°47′40″W / 51.18297°N 0.79455°W |
| Local authority | Surrey |
| DfE URN | 125337 |
| Students | 350 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–13 |
| Houses |
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| Colours | Green and Gold |
| Website | www |
Edgeborough School is a prep school in Farnham, Surrey in England, which provides education for 350 students aged between 2 and 13. The school occupies the 1880s-built Frensham Place with many additions and became co-educational in 1992. The Headmaster is Chris Davies, former Head of Abingdon Prep School.
Edgeborough became co-educational in 1992 and celebrated its centenary in 2006. The Headmaster is Chris Davies, former Head of Abingdon Prep School. Its grounds measure approximately 45 acres, including parts of its woodland which are centuries old. Frensham Place, a former country house.
The school is divided into four departments: Nursery, Pre-Prep, Lower Prep and Upper Prep, age-appropriate in terms of staffing, curriculum and resources. The school offers a broad curriculum to prepare students for their senior school of choice at age 13+. French is available from age three onwards and Latin from age nine. ICT, music, drama, art, pottery and design technology are taught by specialist teachers.
The school offers a range of extracurricular sporting activities including athletics, badminton, basketball, canoeing, a climbing wall, cricket, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, martial arts, netball, rounders, rugby, swimming, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.
Edgeborough has four houses: Jackson, Burton, James and Keville, bi-weekly chapel services and Friday morning assemblies which include prayers and hymns. There is a prefectorial system in which sixth formers (year 8 students, aged 12–13) may become prefects, monitors or house or sport captains. Competition between houses sees a house point system in which students can earn points for their house supplemented with inter-house competitions in athletic, many field sports, swimming, art, music and basketball.
Buildings and grounds include a floodlit astroturf pitch, golf course, theatre, dance studio, chapel and an open-air swimming pool. In addition, there are several pitches and two cricket pavilions, one of which has a mechanical score board. In the year 2000, the school underwent an extensive building and rebuilding programme, replacing its library and building its science labs. The Year-6-to-8 classroom block was renovated and a new dance studio was built.
Edgeborough was established in 1906 in Guildford as a small, privately owned boarding school for boys. It moved to its present site in Frensham in 1939. It became a charitable trust in 1966, and co-education was introduced in 1992 when the Pre-Prep and Nursery departments were opened.
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