Felsted School
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| Motto |
Garde Ta Foy (French: Keep your Faith) |
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| Established | 1564 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Chris Townsend |
| Founder | Richard, Lord Riche |
| Location |
Stebbing Road Felsted Essex CM6 3LL England Coordinates: 51°51′31″N 0°26′12″E / 51.8587°N 0.4367°E |
| DfE number | 881/6009 |
| DfE URN | 115395 Tables |
| Students | 1000 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Colours | Burgundy (Prep School) and Navy Blue (Senior School) |
| Former pupils | Old Felstedians |
| Website | Felsted School |
Felsted School is an English co-educational day and boarding independent school, situated in Felsted, England. It is in the British Public School tradition, and was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (also known as Riche) who, as Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, acquired considerable wealth from the spoils of the Dissolution of the Monasteries including the nearby Leez Priory, which he enlarged and made his own home. Felsted is one of the 12 founder members of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and is also a full member of the Round Square Conference of world schools. Felsted School has been awarded the Good Schools Guide award twice and is regularly featured in Tatler's Schools Guide.
The school became a notable educational centre for Puritan families in the 17th century, numbering a hundred or more pupils, under Martin Holbeach, Headmaster from 1627–1649, and his successors (see below). John Wallis and Isaac Barrow were educated at Felsted in this period, as were four of Oliver Cromwell's sons.
Another era of prosperity set in under the headmastership of William Trivett between 1778 and 1794; but under his successors numbers dwindled. As the result of the discovery by Thomas Surridge (headmaster 1835–1850), from research among the records, that a larger income was really due to the foundation, a reorganisation took place by Act of Parliament, and in 185, under the headmastership of the Rev. Albert Henry Wratislaw, the school was put under a new governing body (a revised scheme coming into operation in 1876). As a result, Felsted developed rapidly into one of the regular public schools of the modern English type, under the Rev. W. S. Grignon, who may almost be considered the second founder. New buildings were built on an elaborate scale, numbers increased to more than 200, and a complete transformation took place, which was continued under Grignon's successors, including Frank Stephenson, under whom large extensions to the buildings and playing-fields were made. These additions allowed admittances up to 475 pupils, nearly all of whom were boarders.
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