- Knighton House
Knighton House is a fee-paying, girls' boarding prep school in
Dorset ,England .The School
The school is a small preparatory school for girls in the hills near
Blandford Forum inDorset ,England . It was founded in 1950 by John and Peggy Booker, parents of the writerChristopher Booker . There are around 100 pupils.Knighton House is for girls only, aged 7 to 13. The head teacher is Mrs C Bourne who has been Head since 2004. Knighton House is a boarding school: about half the girls board full-time; almost all girls who do not board full-time board a few nights a week.
Girls leaving Knighton usually go to country's finest senior schools, including nearby schools such as
Sherborne School ,Bryanston School ,St Mary's Shaftesbury ,Marlborough College ,Canford School andSt Antony's Leweston .Knighton House also includes a pre-prep which is known as "The Orchard" and which is headed by Mrs K. M. S. Owen. "The Orchard" is for boys and girls from about age three through to prep school age.
The school is based around a couple of Georgian buildings with a few modern additions such as a hall and music building.
Uniform
The younger girls wear red dungarees (overalls). Every pupil has a student best, which is required to be worn on Sundays when attending
Durweston church. The best uniform consists of a red jumper, a checked shirt and a grey kilt. Older girls wear a traditional grey cape in winter, rather than a more conventional jacket.Extracurricular
Horses are welcome at the school and many girls ride once a week during term. Small pets are also allowed such as gerbils, hamsters and rabbits.
Knighton House has a history of sports achievement, especially for its small size. Over the past six years, students have qualified for the National Athletics, held at
Birmingham Stadium . In 2000, 2001, and 2002 students walked away from the National Athletics Championships with gold and silver medals.External links
* [http://www.knightonhouse.dorset.sch.uk/ School Website] . The website includes the text of the latest entry (2007 edition) from the Good Schools Guide.
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