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Millfield Motto Molire Molendo Established 1935 Type Independent school
Boarding schoolHeadmaster Mr Craig Considine Founder Jack Meyer Location Butleigh Road
Street
Somerset
BA16 0YD
EnglandStudents 1260 Gender Mixed Ages 13–18 Houses (Girls' houses are in red; Boys' houses are in blue)
Boarding
Abbey
Acacia
Butleigh
Etonhurst
Holmcroft
Joan's Kitchen
Keen's Elm
Kernick
Kingweston
Martins
Millfield (6th form only)
Orchards
The Grange
Portway (6th form only)
St Anne's
Shapwick
Southfield
Walton
Warner
Day
Great
Mill
Overleigh
The LakesWebsite 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 in Somerset, in south-west England.
The school currently has a roll of 1,260 pupils, of whom 910 are boarders.[1] The school's selection criteria are non-academic and the school offers a number of academic and sports scholarships, and bursaries; a charity, the Millfield Foundation, has been set up to raise funds to fund scholarships and bursaries - this is seen as being important to maintain "the Millfield mix" - an important part of the school's life and ethos, where pupils of all backgrounds benefit from being at school together - irrespective of their family's wealth or background.
- The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group.
- Millfield School has its own Preparatory school - Millfield Preparatory School at Edgarley Hall, situated in nearby Glastonbury, Somerset.
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History
Millfield was founded in 1935 by RJO Meyer (always affectionately referred to at Millfield just as "Boss") in the mansion originally owned by the Clark family, who owned and ran the major shoe manufacturer Clarks.[2] In 1939 the school became one of the first independent schools to be co-educational. 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-kilometre) 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 colloquially referred to as "Miffies".
Meyer's philosophy was, "...to nurture talent by providing the very best facilities, teaching, coaching and opportunities in which young people can exercise and explore their abilities; and to give awards to those in financial need."[3]
In the school's early years, many boarders lived at houses or billets in the outlying villages - being bussed in and out for lessons and meals; over recent years many of these houses have been sold and the proceeds invested in new on-campus boarding houses.
In 2005 the school was one of fifty independent schools which were found guilty of running a price-fixing cartel, exposed by The Times. [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 is know internationally as a sports school; its large purpose-built campus, houses a wide range of facilities. 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.
The sports facilities of the school include:
- 2 eighteen-hole golf courses and a driving range
- 2 multi-purpose sports halls
- 3 Olympic-quality water-based astroturfs
- A 50-metre indoor swimming pool
- A fencing salle
- A full-sized cricket pitch with practice facilities
- A judo dojo
- A large equestrian centre (including an indoor riding school)
- A large gym and a free weights room
- A running track, with track and field facilities
- An indoor tennis centre with numerous courts
- Large multi use playing fields for rugby and football pitches
- Many tennis courts, darts centres, squash and netball courts.
In November 2009, the school appointed Dr Graeme Maw, a sports scientist and strategist behind the world championship successes of the British Triathlon team, as its new Director of Sport; Dr Maw has many years' experience in sport in the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Cricket ground
The only full County match on the school's cricket ground was held in 1961 when Somerset played Warwickshire.[6] Somerset returned to the school ground in 1975, where they played Gloucestershire in a List-A match in the Benson and Hedges Cup. In 1977, Somerset played their second and final List-A match to date at the ground against Hampshire.[7] The school ground has also held a number of Somerset Second XI matches in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting 6 Second XI fixtures in total.[8][9][10]
The pitch has a tree within its boundary.
2012 Olympic Games
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has confirmed that Millfield appears in the official London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide.[11] The Russian swimming team has confirmed that it will use the school as its swimming training base. [12]
Other facilities
- Art gallery
- Concert hall and recording suites
- Meyer theatre
- Squash courts
Headmasters
- 1935-1971 Jack 'Boss' Meyer
- 1971-1986 Colin Atkinson
- 1986-1990 Brian Gaskell
- 1990-1998 Christopher Martin
- 1998-2008 Peter Johnson
- 2008- Craig Considine
Notable alumni
Former pupils of the school are known as Old Millfieldians or OMs.
Images
References
- ^ School website
- ^ "Millfield in its Infancy". Street Society. http://www1.streetsociety.org/millfield_history.php. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ "Boss Meyer". Millfield School. http://www.millfieldschool.com/about/millfieldfoundation/development_foundation.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ Halpin, Tony (2005-11-10). "Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article588559.ece. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "The Office of Fair Trading: OFT names further trustees as part of the independent schools settlement". Oft.gov.uk. http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2006/182-06. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Millfield School". Cricketarchive.com. 1961-07-29. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/768_f.html. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "List-A Matches played on Millfield School". Cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/768_a.html. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Millfield School". Cricketarchive.com. 1984-08-26. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/768_minc.html. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "Second XI Championship Matches played on Millfield School". Cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/768_sec.html. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "Second XI Trophy Matches played on Millfield School". Cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/768_set.html. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Training Camps Website
- ^ BBC News
External links
- Millfield School website
- Millfield Preparatory School website
- Millfield: A School For All Seasons - a history of the school by former pupils and masters
- Profile at the Good Schools Guide
- Millfield School at CricketArchive
- Millfield School at Cricinfo
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