Motto | Per Ardua Ad Alta |
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Established | 1702 |
Type | Independent |
Religion | Quaker |
Head | Anna Chaudhri (Senior school) Sally Meyrick (Prep school) |
Location |
Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB England Coordinates: 52°00′58″N 0°14′32″E / 52.0162°N 0.2423°E |
Students | 375 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Ages | 3–18 |
Houses | 3: Tuke, Mennell and Lister |
Colours | Red (Lister), Yellow (Tuke) and Green (Mennell) |
Website | www |
Walden School (formerly known as Friends' School) is a Quaker independent school located in Saffron Walden, Essex, situated approximately 12 miles south of the city of Cambridge, England. The school is co-educational and accommodates children between the ages of three and 18 (boarders and day pupils).
Friends' School, Saffron Walden was founded as part of the Quakers' Clerkenwell workhouse in London in 1702, 50 years after George Fox. From September 2016 the school changed its name to Walden School.