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Framlingham
Framlingham, Church of St Michael
Framlingham  Framlingham shown within Suffolk
Population	3,114 (2001)
OS grid reference	TM283634
Civil parish	Framlingham
District	Suffolk Coastal
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOODBRIDGE
Postcode district	IP13
Dialling code	01728
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
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Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District of Suffolk, England. Commonly referred to as "Fram" by the locals, it is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has a population of 3,114 at the 2001 census.^[1] Nearby villages include Earl Soham, Kettleburgh, Parham, Saxtead, and Sweffling.

Features[link]

Framlingham has a conservation area. The town is home to the summer arts festival Arts Framlingham, Framlingham Castle, the comprehensive secondary school Thomas Mills High School, the independent school Framlingham College, St Michael the Archangel church and Framlingham Town football club. It is also home to the two oldest working post office pillar boxes in the UK which date from 1856 and can be seen at Double Street and College Road.^{[citation needed]}

It is also home to one of the smallest houses in Britain known as "The Check House". Converted into a two-storey residence of almost 29 square metres, the former bookmakers office^[2] is in the Mauldens Mill Estate in the town centre. The ground floor measures 6.1m x 2.2m.^[2]

The nearest stations are Wickham Market and Saxmundham. Both stations are on the East Suffolk Line.

In 2006, Country Life magazine voted Framlingham the number one place to live in the country.

Notable people[link]

Thomas Danforth left Framlingham to become a colonist in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century, and property granted him became the town of Framingham, Massachusetts. Another famous son of Framlingham is the architectural theorist, archaeologist and artist Nicholas Revett. Michael Lord, a former Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) and MP for the town, took the title of Baron Framlingham on enoblement in order to avoid becoming 'Lord Lord'. Singer Ed Sheeran also grew up in Framlingham and attended Thomas Mills High School.

Singer Laura Wright grew up in Framlingham.

Transport[link]

The Framlingham Branch line connected Framlingham with the main Ipswich to Lowestoft railway at Wickham Market. The station is now the Station Hotel. The line was closed to passenger traffic in the 1950s and to freight in the 1960s.

The town is at the junction of the B1116, B1119 and B1120 roads.

Sport and leisure[link]

Framlingham has a Non-League football club Framlingham Town F.C., which play at Badingham Road.

See also[link]

• RAF Framlingham, a World War II bomber airfield near Framlingham
• Quay House

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Framlingham website
• Framlingham.com
• nearthecoast.com/framlingham
• Framfare.com
• ArtsFramlingham.org
• Framlingham press coverage

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Coordinates: 52°13′36″N 1°20′21″E / 52.2266°N 1.3392°E / 52.2266; 1.3392

Framlingham College is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its preparatory school, Brandeston Hall and Little Bears Nursery it serves pupils from 2 1/2 to eighteen years of age.

History of Framlingham College[link]

Framlingham College was originally called the Albert Memorial College in memory of Prince Albert and was founded in 1864 by public subscription as the Suffolk County Memorial to Queen Victoria's husband, Albert, Prince Consort, and was incorporated by Royal Charter. Framlingham College are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the death of Prince Albert over the course of the next five years. Prince Albert's statue takes pride of place in front of the College, which is set in 85 acres (340,000 m²) in the historic market town of Framlingham, with stunning views of the Mere and the twelfth-century castle Framlingham Castle. The College grounds are maintained by an award winning grounds team and the original mock-Gothic buildings have been developed over the years, as a result of significant building initiatives. The building is Grade II listed.

Nearby is Brandeston Hall Preparatory School, located in the village of Brandeston. The school is named after the Tudorbethan manor house that forms its main building. Brandeston Hall was bought by the Society of Old Framlinghamians in remembrance of the 250 boys and masters who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

The school[link]

Mr Paul Taylor became Headmaster in September 2009; he was formerly Lower Master (Deputy Head) at King’s School in Canterbury. He now leads a school that has recently received an excellent ISI Inspection Report in February 2010 and an Outstanding Ofsted report in February 2011,^[2] which described the College as highly successful in meeting its stated aims and mission of providing a first class, holistic education, in a safe and inspiring environment, accessible to a broad range of boys and girls.

All students are accommodated in seven fully integrated boarding and day houses: three for girls and four for boys. The excellent facilities at Framlingham College include a theatre with tiered seating for 250, a state-of-the-art Design and Technology Centre, a modern library and a leisure centre that houses an indoor swimming pool, a fitness suite and weights room. The original library, which was given to the College by Charles H. Berners, Esq. DL in 1899, was significantly extended in 1998, leaving a light spacious area where pupils can study comfortably.

The College has a fine record in stretching the most able, while the ‘value added’ rating for those pupils who are not automatically destined to achieve A grades at GCSE and A Level stands among the very best in the country. DCSF figures covering recent years confirmed this when placing the College among the top 5% in the country at improving pupils’ grades between GCSE and A level, and this is reflected in the ISI Inspection report which describes much of the teaching as outstanding.

The academic success rates are mirrored by outstanding sporting achievements, commitment to the popular and extremely successful Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and the outward-bound work of the voluntary Combined Cadet Force. From the cut and thrust of the debating society there are visiting speakers and musical performances, charity competitions, formal house suppers and many cultural, educational and recreational visits. Whether it is cookery or the choral society, equestrianism or model making, a round of golf on campus or trekking in Nepal, there is something for everyone.

Sporting Facilities[link]

Indoor swimming pool, sports and fitness complex and large playing fields. Framlingham College has a Cricket square that last summer hosted an England XI. Other facilities include two floodlit Astroturf with the newest built in September 2011, Indoor Rifle Range, Squash Courts, a nine-hole Golf course and a multitude of other sporting opportunities. The major sports are rugby, hockey, cricket, athletics and tennis for boys, whilst girls have the option of hockey, netball, tennis, rounders, and athletics. Pupils can also take part in squash, soccer, badminton, basketball, golf, swimming, archery, shooting, volleyball and table tennis.

Rankings/League Tables[link]

In the Financial Times "value for money" league table Framlingham College rose to 8th best value for money school nationally. In the Times A Level league table, Framlingham College was placed as the top boarding school in the Eastern Counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex.

Value Added[link]

Recently published government figures place Framlingham in the top 5% of schools in the country at improving grades between GCSE and A level. (Source DCSF)^{[citation needed]}

Notable Old Framlinghamians[link]

• Dr David Bull, television presenter (The Wright Stuff, Most Haunted Live)
• Lt. Col. Herbert St Maur Carter D.S.O., M.D., Royal Army Medical Corps officer and surgeon, decorated by the British and Serbian governments
• Ashley Cowan, former Essex County Cricket Club cricketer
• Prince Constantin Karadja,^[3] Romanian diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations
• Lord Lexden OBE, Conservative historian and politician
• Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (1878–1959), artist
• Rob Newton, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club cricketer
• James Paice, Conservative MP since 1987
• Percy Charles Pickard, World War II pilot
• Henry Pryce Jackman, composer
• Stuart Rossiter, writer and postal historian
• Charlie Simpson, musician, Busted and Fightstar
• Harry George Smart CBE, DFC, AFC, a Royal Air Force air vice marshal
• The RH Lord Jeremy Sullivan, former high court judge
• Laura Wright singer and former member of All Angels
• John Ross, photographer

Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients[link]

Three Old Framlinghamians have won the Victoria Cross,^[4] and one the George Cross (converted from the Albert Medal).

Recipients of the Victoria Cross[link]

• Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew, VC (1885–1918). Awarded VC for cavalry charge in March 1918, in France in World War I, from which he died of his wounds the following day. This was the last British cavalry charge in military history.
• Lance Corporal William Henry Hewitt, VC (1885–1966). Awarded VC for attack on pillbox in September 1917.
• Captain Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (1890–1968). Awarded VC for attack on Russian navy in June 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, in the North Russia Campaign.

Recipients of the George Cross[link]

• Commander Henry De Beauvoir Tupper, GC. Awarded the Albert Medal (later replaced by the George Cross) on 21 February 1919, for gallantry in saving lives at sea on 4 August 1918 while serving on HMS Comet during World War I.^[5]

See also[link]

• List of Victoria Crosses by School

References[link]

External links[link]

• Framlingham College official website
• Old Framlinghamian official website

Coordinates: 52°11′49″N 0°07′17″E / 52.196956°N 0.121254°E / 52.196956; 0.121254

The Leys School is a co-educational Independent school, located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 550 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

History[link]

The Nineteenth Century saw the founding of a large number of new schools in Britain, especially by the churches—including the Methodist church. Although there were already several leading schools that offered an education for the sons of Ministers of the church, some Methodists were asking also for schools to be established for sons of lay church members. The Methodist Conference set up a committee to look at the possibility of starting a new school at either Oxford or Cambridge.

Following several visits to Cambridge, they discovered that a twenty-acre (80,000 m²) site called "The Leys Estate" was being offered for sale. The estate was situated within easy reach of the city centre on the Trumpington Road, and it was close to the River Cam and to a number of Cambridge Colleges. The estate was acquired for the sum of £14,275 on 27 September 1872. The Reverend Doctor W.F. Moulton, who had been the secretary of the committee, was asked to become headmaster of the new school. The school opened on 16 February 1875 with sixteen boys, all from English Methodist families. After two years there were 100 pupils.

During the Twentieth Century, The Leys grew significantly and by 1930 the number of pupils had reached 271. During World War Two, the school temporarily moved to the Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry, Scotland, returning to Cambridge in 1946. During the Cold War, the school was designated the auxiliary headquarters to the Regional Seat of Government for Cambridge in time of war.^[1] Today the majority of the pupils are boarders and since the admission of girls to the Sixth Form in the 1980s, the school has become fully co-educational. It now accepts pupils from the age of eleven, rather than the age of thirteen as it was before.

School gates.

Due to its location, the school is popular with Cambridge academics as a place to send their children, as well as a place to teach. Notably, Stephen Hawking sent his son to the school and has given a number of talks to its pupils since then.

Principles[link]

Despite its Methodist traditions it has, for more than fifty years, been liberal on religion (although never secular). Many pupils received confirmation into the Church of England in the school chapel, and some others have had religious backgrounds from faiths other than the Christianity. Despite its religious liberalism, The Leys is predominantly a Christian school and they state openly that "The School’s Christian ethos lies at the heart of our education philosophy."

Pupils attend chapel services twice a week; a Sunday service with the whole school, and a service with just their House on another specified day of the week. In addition, Holy Communion takes place once a term.

The school motto is "In Fide Fiducia" (Latin for "In Faith, Trust"), which is also the motto for its associated prep school, St Faith's School. The two schools make up The Leys and St. Faith's Foundation. The school song is Rev. B. Hellier's Χαίρετε.

Another point of interest is its limited entrance selection, as the school depends more on the flexibility of its staff and an assessment of a pupil's potential than exam grades.

Academic results[link]

A-Levels[link]

2010[link]

In the A-Level sitting of 2010, 32.7 percent of the school's pupils achieved results of three As or better, 94.1 percent of Leysian pupils' grades received were A, B or C, while 99.4 percent were graded A–E.^[2]

2011[link]

This year the A*-C pass rate was 93.4 percent and the A*-E pass rate was 99.1 percent.^[3] This is the second best A-level result ever for the school.^{[citation needed]}

GCSEs[link]

In the GCSE sitting of 2010, 68.4 percent of papers were graded at A or A*. Forty percent of Leysian pupils gained ten or more A or A* grades.^[2]

Sport[link]

The main sports played by boys during the three terms are:

• Rugby union (Autumn)
• Grass and AstroTurf Hockey (Spring)
• Cricket (Summer)
• Tennis

Girls play:

• Hockey (Autumn)
• Netball (Spring)
• Tennis (Summer)

The school has a wide-range of sports facilities spread across its 50-acre (200,000 m²) site. Other than the above mentioned sports, the sports pitches include concrete, grass and AstroTurf tennis courts and a football pitch. The AstroTurf pitches are fully lit for night-time play. Indoor facilities include a fully equipped fitness centre, a sports hall for indoor sports such as badminton and netball, three squash courts and an aerobics studio. The school has a 25-meter heated indoor swimming pool and a rowing boathouse on the River Cam as well as several boats.

The school has an arrangement with Cambridge University allowing university academics and students limited use of its sports facilities, and many of the University's squash fixtures are held at the school. The school also allows local state schools use its sports facilities.

The Leys' U15 Rugby team won the national 2008 Daily Mail Vase.

The Leys takes swimming very seriously, competing against Eton (the only team to do so), and on a national level at the annual Bath cup.

There is also a very successful rowing club, with a well-equipped boat house in prime position on the Cam. Along with sailing (at St. Ives), this is a minority sport, counted among "pitch games" (the school's name for non-team sports). Other pitch games, include squash, badminton, tennis, athletics, karate, Eton Fives and golf.

Famous Leysian sportsmen include Neil White (Olympic hockey in 1948); Freddie Brown (Captain of England's cricket team); Geoff Windsor-Lewis (Wales Rugby, 1960) and Paul Svehlik (England and Great Britain Hockey).

Houses[link]

There are eleven separate Houses.

School is a thirteen to eighteen boys' boarding house with 30–35 boarders and twenty to 25 home boarders. School House is situated in the centre of the main campus overlooking the Thomson (Science) Building, Old Music School and Swimming Pool. School House is currently headed by Mr. Tomos Reed (Welsh), who took over from Mr. Dorman in 2010. The deputy housemaster is Mr. Dix-Pincott and the matron is Ali Phillips.

West is a thirteen to eighteen boys' boarding house with room for 45–48 boarders with 25–30 home boarders. West House is situated on the far side of the Campus overlooking the Astro Turf and the new classroom block (Clapham Building).

North A is a boys' boarding house of 40–45 boarders and fifteen to twenty home boarders. It is situated close to the Main Library, Sixth Form Club, Tuck Shop and the Chapel. It overlooks the Upper Quadrangle.The current housemaster The Rev. Charles Fraser (former Divinity master at Hampton School) has been associated with North A house for years, and is supported by his deputy, Mr. Fawcett (history teacher).

North B contains three co-educational day houses, Barker, Barrett and Bisseker, each with a dedicated housemaster or housemistress, but a shared matron. It is situated close to the Main Library, Sixth Form Club and the Chapel. It overlooks the Upper Quadrangle.

Dale is a girls' boarding house with 35–40 boarders and twenty to 25 home boarders. Dale House is situated in the centre of the main Campus and is close to the Drama Studio, Science Building, Music School and Swimming Pool.

Fen is a girls' thirteen to eighteen boarding house with 45–50 boarders and twenty to 25 home boarders. It is situated close to the Theatre and Rugg Technology Centre overlooking the main playing fields and Coe Fen at the western edge of the main Campus.

East is the Sixth Form boys' house with 27–30 boarders. Boys making direct entry into the Sixth Form are normally accommodated here. It overlooks the Deer Park and the Chapel to the North. There are also views over the main playing fields and sports complex to the south.

Granta is the Sixth Form girls' house with 30 boarders and up to two home boarders. Girls making direct entry into the Sixth Form are normally accommodated here. It is situated in the centre of the Campus overlooking the Chapel and Deer Park.

Moulton is the junior eleven to thirteen house for twenty to 25 boarders and 35–40 day pupils. The day facilities are situated on East of the campus overlooking the Deer Park and the Chapel to the north. The boarding house is a two minute walk from the main gates in a Victorian town house. Moulton house was opened in 1998 and marked the first time that The Leys had allowed students aged eleven into the school. A section of East House was sacrificed to accommodate this new house (thus resulting in East being transformed into a purely Sixth Form boarding house).

Summer School[link]

The Leys School also hosts a summer school for young English-learners held by Bell International. Every year, learners from different countries stay in the school for three or six weeks.

[edit] Goodbye, Mr. Chips

The setting for popular novel and play Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on The Leys where author James Hilton was a pupil (1915–1918). Hilton is reported to have said that the inspiration for the protagonist, Chips, came chiefly from W.H. Balgarnie, one of the masters at The Leys (1900–30) who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly (where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published). Over the years old boys have written to Geoffery Houghton, a master of The Leys for a number of years and a historian of the school, confirming the links between Chips and Balgarnie. As with Mr. Chips, Balgarnie died at the school, at the age of 82, having been linked with the school for 51 years and living his last years in modest lodgings opposite the school. Again, like Mr. Chips, Balgarnie was a strict disciplinarian, but would also invite boys to visit him for tea and biscuits.

Hilton wrote, upon Balgarnie's death that "Balgarnie was, I suppose, the chief model for my story. When I read so many other stories about public school life, I am struck by the fact that I suffered no such purgatory as their authors apparently did, and much of this miracle was due to Balgarnie." [3] Furthermore, the facial hair of one of the masters at The Leys earned him the nickname "Chops," a likely inspiration for Mr. Chips' name.

Notable alumni[link]

Known as Old Leysians, they include:

Academia[link]

• James Moulton (1875–81).
• Sir John Clapham (North 'A' House, 1887–92): Historian.
• Eric Havelock (1917–21): Classicist.
• J.J.C. Smart (1933–38): Scottish-Australian philosopher.
• Christopher Smout (1946–51): Current Historiographer Royal.
• Simon Keynes (1965–70): Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge.

Business[link]

• Tanaka Ginnosuke (North 'A' House, 1891–1893): Introduced rugby to Japan.
• J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank of Sutton Scotney (North 'B' House, 1901–06): Industrialist and film producer; founder of the Rank Organisation.

Politics/royalty[link]

• John James Oddy (1880–1885): Conservative MP for Pudsey.
• Walford Davis Green (1882–1887): Conservative MP for Wednesbury.
• Sir Poonambalam Thyagarajan Rajan, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, British India, April 4 - August 24, 1946.
• Peter Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton (School House, 1934–38): Judge, barrister and member of the House of Lords.
• Richard Taylor (North 'B' House, 1947–53): Physician and independent MP for Wyre Forest.
• Martin Bell (East House, 1952–56): Former BBC News Correspondent and independent MP for Tatton.
• King George Tupou V, former King of Tonga (196?–66).
• King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, current King of Bahrain (196?–68).
• Brent Symonette (196?–72): Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas.
• King 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho (North 'B' House, 1973–77): Current King of Tonga.

Scientists[link]

• Francis Arthur Bainbridge (Unknown-1893): Physiologist; discoverer of the Bainbridge reflex.
• Sir Henry Dale (School House, 1891–94): Scientist; Nobel laureate; studied the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
• Donald Woods Winnicott (North 'B' House, 1910–14): Pediatrician and psychoanalyst.
• Sir Donald Bailey (North 'B' House, 1916–19): Inventor of the Bailey Bridge.
• Neville Robinson (School House, 1938–43): Physicist who achieved record low temperature.
• Sir Andrew Wiles (North 'A' House, 1966–70): Mathematician, proved Fermat's last theorem.

Sport[link]

• G. LI. Lloyd: Wales rugby union international who played against England 1900, 1901 and 1903.^[4]
• A.B. Flett: Scotland rugby union international in 1901–02.^[4]
• Tinsley Lindley (1883–1885): Captained the England football team (1888, 1891).
• Frank Handford (1894–1899): English rugby union international who played on four occasions for his country and was part of the first official British and Irish Lions team that toured South Africa in 1910.^[4]
• W.M. Lowry: England rugby union international in 1920.^[4]
• Freddie Brown (School House, 1924–29): Captained England cricket team fifteen times between 1949–51.
• Alan Skinner (1926–1931): first-class cricket cricketer for Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
• David Skinner, (193?-1938) Captain of Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
• Jamie Murray (Moulton House, 1998–99): Tennis player, won the Wimbledon Doubles in 2007—the first Briton to win at Wimbledon for twenty years; elder brother of tennis player Andy Murray.
• Georgie Stoop (1999–2004): Tennis player.
• Alex Goode: Rugby player with Saracens F.C.

Media[link]

• Eric Whelpton (1879–1881): Author, basis for fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey.
• James Hilton (West House, 1915–18): Author whose works include Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Shangri-La.
• Ralph Izzard (1925–28): Journalist, author, British Naval Intelligence Officer, inspiration for the Ian Fleming novel Casino Royale and one of the inspirations for its protagonist James Bond.^[5]
• Malcolm Lowry (West House, 1923–27): Author whose works include Under the Volcano.
• Sir Alastair Burnet (School House, 1942–46): Journalist and broadcaster; editor of The Economist from 1965–74; long-serving ITN newscaster.
• J.G. Ballard (North 'B' House, 1946–49): Author whose works include Empire of the Sun.
• Christopher Hitchens (North 'B' House, 1962–66): Journalist and polemicist.
• Peter Hitchens (West House, 1965–67): Journalist and polemicist; brother of Christopher Hitchens.

Other[link]

• Michael Rennie (West House, 1924–26): Actor.
• Sir John Royce, British jurist.
• Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward: Fleet Air Arm squadron commander during the Falklands War.

Old Leysians have their own old boys' sports clubs including the "Old Leysian Football Club," which in its hey day (during the 1930s) was one of the leading Rugby clubs in the London area. There is also an active "Old Leysian Golfing Society."

Headmasters[link]

• W.F. Moulton 1875–1898
• W.T.A. Barber 1898–1919
• H. Bisseker 1919–1934
• W.G. Humphrey 1934–1958
• W.A. Barker 1958–1975
• B.T. Bellis 1975–1986
• T.G. Benyan 1986–1990
• Rev. Dr. John Barrett 1990–2004
• Mark Slater 2004 – present

See also[link]

St Faith's School

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Baker, Derek (1975). Partnership in Excellence: A Late-Victorian Educational Venture: The Leys School, Cambridge, 1875-1975. Cambridge: The Governors of The Leys School. 
• Houghton, Geoff and Pat (2000). Well-regulated Minds and Improper Moments: A History of The Leys School. Cambridge: The Governors of The Leys School. ISBN 0-9501721-8-9. 

External links[link]

• The Leys School website
• Old Leysians who died in World War I
• Old Leysians who died in World War II

Coordinates: 52°11′49″N 0°07′17″E / 52.196956°N 0.121254°E / 52.196956; 0.121254