| Millfield | |
|
|
| Motto | Molire Molendo |
| Established | 1935 |
| Type | Independent, boarding |
| Headmaster | Mr Craig Considine |
| Founder | Jack Meyer |
| Location | Butleigh Road Street Somerset BA16 0YD England |
| Students | 1260 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 3 to 20 |
| Houses | (Girls' houses are in red; Boy's houses are in blue) Boarding Abbey Acacia Butleigh Etonhurst Holmcroft Joan's Kitchen Keen's Elm Kernick Kingweston Martins Millfield (6th form only) Orchards Old Portway Portway (6th form only) St Anne's Shapwick Southfield Walton Warner Day Great Mill Overleigh Rookery The Lakes |
| Website | www.millfieldschool.com |
| Coordinates: 51°07′21″N 2°43′39″W / 51.1225°N 2.7275°W | |
Millfield is an independent school in Street, Somerset, England. It caters for 1,260 pupils, of which 910 are boarders.[1] The school's selection criteria are non-academic and some pupils receive subsidised tuition in the form of scholarships and bursaries.
The pupil-teacher ratio is 7.5:1 and the average class size is 12.
The Good Schools Guide called the school an "Impressive, good-looking school...Strong in every area and a great confidence builder for sporty kids and those who have struggled elsewhere."[2]
Millfield School has its own Preparatory School, situated in Glastonbury, Somerset.
Contents |
History
Millfield was founded in 1935 by RJO Meyer (always affectionately referred to just as "Boss") in the house originally owned by the Clark family, who owned and ran the major shoe manufacturer Clarks.[3] Over the years the school acquired land and houses around the locale and a result there were many boarding houses within a 10 mile (16 km) radius of the original site. In recent years, several new boarding houses have been built on the school campus, replacing those situated off-campus. Students at the school are coloquially referred to as "Miffy's".
In 2005 the school was one of fifty independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel, exposed by The Times, which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents.[4] Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling £3 million into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.[5]
Sports
Millfield's large purpose-built campus houses a wide range of facilities and 130 staff sports coaches oversee the different sports on offer, including basketball, golf, hockey (indoor and outdoor), girls' athletics, fencing, modern pentathlon, triathlon, rugby union sevens, boys' and girls' squash, cricket, orienteering, and boys' and girls' tennis. Notable former sporting pupils have been rugby players Anthony Allen and Olly Morgan and cricketers Rory Hamilton-Brown, Simon Jones, Craig Kieswetter and James Hildreth.
The sports facilities of the school include:
- 3 Olympic-quality water-based astroturfs
- 2 18-hole golf courses and a driving range
- A running track, with track and field facilities
- 2 multi-purpose sports halls
- A large equestrian centre (including an indoor riding school)
- An indoor tennis centre with numerous courts
- A 50 metre indoor swimming pool
- A large gym and a free weights room
- A fencing salle
- A judo dojo
- A full sized cricket pitch with practice facilities
- Large multi use playing fields for rugby and football pitches
- Many tennis courts, darts centres, squash and netball courts.
Millfield governors
- Adrian E. White Founder and Chairman of Biwater plc. BBC Governor since 1995
- Robert Clark, Old Millfieldian,Founding Secretary of the Hong Kong College of Dental Surgeons.
- Mrs Clare Cripps, Educated at University College, London, senior manager at West Sussex County Council
- Mrs Judith Derbyshire, solicitor working in private practice in Bristol
- Jonty Driver, Master of Wellington College from 1989-2000
- Gareth Edwards, Wales and British Lions rugby player
- Christobel Flood, Qualified as a speech and language therapist and worked in Cambridge and at Charing Cross Hospital.
- Roger Knight, Educated at Cambridge.
- Stephen Morley, Read law at Birmingham University before being admitted as a solicitor in 1979. Presently a consultant to a local legal practice.
- Atul Patel, Fiji Islander and Old Millfieldian with background in international merchant and investment banking
- General Sir John Reith, Educated at Eliots Green and Sandhurst. Currently Lead Senior Mentor for NATO.
- Mrs Anabel Sexton, former European Brand Communications Director at TaylorMade Adidas Golf
- Timothy Taylor, Joined Millfield staff in 1970.
- Roger Trafford, Former Prep Headmaster at King's College, Taunton, Clifton and the Dragon School
-
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Notable Old Millfieldians
- Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia[6]
- Anthony Allen, Leicester Tigers and England rugby player[7]
- His Royal Highness Sultan Ghalib bin Awadh Al-Qu'aiti, Sultan of Hadhramaut[8]
- Lily Allen, Singer-Songwriter[9]
- Prince Asem bin Al Nayef[10]
- Chutima Chantelle Durongdej, Miss Thailand Universe 2009 and Miss Photogenic in the 2009 Miss Universe pageant
- Joey Barrington, England International Squash Player[11]
- Mary Bignall-Rand, Long Jump Gold Medallist in 1964 Olympics[12]
- Tony Blackburn, Radio DJ[9]
- John Brake, rugby player, Northampton Saints, England Sevens and England Under U 18 rugby player[13]
- Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough, Lord in waiting to H.M. the Queen[14]
- Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux, politician[15]
- Andrew Castle, Tennis player and GMTV Presenter[16]
- Julian Cayo-Evans, Welsh political activist and leader of the Free Wales Army[17]
- Jason Connery, Actor[18]
- Stewart Copeland, Musician[19]
- Victor Chandler, Bookmaker[20]
- Sophie Dahl, model[9] (expelled)
- Peter Denning, Somerset cricketer
- Charles James Denton, Businessman
- Dominic Dromgoole Theatre director and critic
- Wes Durston, cricketer[21]
- Gareth Edwards, British Lions and Wales Rugby International [9]
- Jeremy Edwards, British Actor ( Hollyoaks & Celebrity Big Brother )
- Jago Eliot, Lord Eliot
- Mark Foster, World record holder 25 m and 50 m Freestyle, Commonwealth, European and World champion 50 m Freestyle[16]
- Helen Fox, Novelist
- Morris Gould, ambient musician and DJ
- Duncan Goodhew, 1980 Olympic Gold Medallist in 100 m Breaststroke[9]
- Abi Griffiths, television presenter
- Rory Hamilton-Brown, Sussex and England U19 cricketer
- Richard Harding (1968-1971), England rugby union international and captain
- David Heath, politician
- James Hewitt, Army Officer and lover of Diana, Princess of Wales
- James Hildreth Somerset Cricketer
- Ben Hollioake, 1977-2002, late England and Surrey cricketer
- Simon Jones, England and Glamorgan Cricketer
- [(Martin Kane )] , Rugby Player, who never quite made it
- Sharif Khan, Squash player from Pakistan
- Craig Kieswetter Somerset and South Africa U19 Cricketer
- Robin Lett, cricketer
- Ian Liddell-Grainger, politician
- Maha Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince and heir to the throne of Thailand.
- Peter Marshall, squash player
- Simon Mantell, England International and Olympic Hockey Player
- Will Matthews, rugby player
- Simon Mawer, author
- John McFall, Paralympic sprinter
- Bradley Middleton, Cardiff City FC football player
- Olly Morgan, Gloucester and England rugby player
- Max Mosley, President of the FIA
- Richard Dix, Harlequins and England U21 rugby player
- Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, and her brother:
- The Earl of Medina
- Chris Oti, Nottingham, London Wasps and England rugby player
- Matt Perry, British Lions and England Rugby International
- Alex Pettyfer, Teen Actor, played 'Alex Rider' in Stormbreaker
- Salem Bin Laden, brother to infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden [22]
- Reuben Reid, footballer, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion
- Michael Ridpath, Novelist
- Peter Roebuck, Somerset first-class cricketer and cricket columnist
- John Sergeant, journalist and broadcaster[9][16]
- Nicollette Sheridan, British Actress (Knots Landing & Desperate Housewives)
- John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene
- Rob Skipper, Lead singer of The Holloways
- John Standing, actor
- Will Harries, Rugby player, winger currently playing for Newport Gwent Dragons
- Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
- Ian Ward, England, Surrey and Sussex Cricketer
- Professor Christopher Wickham, FBA
- JPR Williams, British Lions and Wales Rugby International
- Harry Williamson, musician
- Ness Wadia, Indian businessman
- Isabelle Westbury, The Netherlands and Somerset Cricketer
- Harvey Trump, Somerset Cricketer
- Rhys Ruddock, Leinster Rugby Player
Frank Connolly, International Tiddlywinks Champion
References
- ^ School website
- ^ http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/millfield.html
- ^ "Millfield in its Infancy". Street Society. http://www.streetsociety.org/millfield_history.php. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees - Times Online
- ^ The Office of Fair Trading: OFT names further trustees as part of the independent schools settlement
- ^ "Biography of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II". The Royal Family of Serbia. http://www.royalfamily.org/family/hrhcpa_bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Anthony Allen England Profile". England Rugby. http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=15048. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Distinguished Old Millfieldians". Old Millfieldian Society. http://www.omsociety.com/old-millfieldians/distinguished/a/. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b c d e f Dixon, Gail (2008-12-22). "A scholarship can save you a six-figure sum". Tom Brown. http://www.tom-brown.com/articles/scholarship-can-save-you-six-figure-sum/. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "HRH Prince ASEM ABU BAKER bin Nayef Sultanzade". Ancestry.com. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/islamic/i119.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ McComb, Richard (2009-01-30). "Back from the brink: a tale of redemption". Birmingham Post. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2009/01/30/back-from-the-brink-a-tale-of-redemption-65233-22813280/. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Mary Bignal-Rand". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/mary-bignal-rand-1.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "England avenge Welsh defeat". Rugby Football Unon. http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/6653. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Lt.-Col. Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough". Peerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p18122.htm#i181214. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Michael John Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux". Peerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p5264.htm#i52635. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b c Kingston, Peter (2008-11-25). "Where the 'dancing pig' got his confidence?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/25/millfield-school-strictly-come-dancing. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Heath, Tony (1995-03-31). "Obituary:Julian Cayo Evans". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryjulian-cayo-evans-1613536.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Jason Connery". Superior Pics.com. http://www.superiorpics.com/jason_connery/. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "FAQs". Stewart Copeland. http://stewartcopeland.societeg.com/faqs/index.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Armitstead, Louise (2006-07-30). "To the Victor the spoils of gambling". Sunday Times. Tomes Online. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/leisure/article694455.ece. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Wes Durston". Crickinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11995.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ newyorker
Matthew 'Eric' Crowe - Playboy
External links
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
