- Informal and creative, the school is a flagship for the progressive education movement behind its establishment 100 years ago. Children and teachers are on first-name terms and there is no uniform, prefects or head boy and girl.
- It is based in a mock Tudor mansion set in 140 acres of Surrey parkland. From nursery, where learning begins through play, to the sixth form, the coeducational day and boarding school tells its pupils it wants to bring out “the true you”.
- Choosing from 25 A-levels, sixth-formers learn practical skills such as leadership and commercial awareness. One compulsory subject is “expanding horizons”, in which students discuss local and global issues in depth.
- The 300-seat Aldridge Theatre is used for public performances as well as school productions and the art department has expertise in creative fields from furniture to photography.
- Old Frenshamians include the comedian Rufus Hound, the Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee and the Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason
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