Friends School Saffron Walden
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Friends' School is an Quaker independent school located in Saffron Walden
, Essex
, situated approximately 12 miles south of the city of Cambridge
. The school is co-educational and accommodates children between the ages of 3 and 18 (boarders and day pupils).
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Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, situated approximately 12 miles south of the city of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. The school is co-educational and accommodates children between the ages of 3 and 18 (boarders and day pupils).
History
Friends' School, Saffron Walden was founded as part of the Quakers' Clerkenwell workhouse in London in 1702, fifty years after George FoxGeorge Fox
George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.The son of a Leicestershire weaver, Fox lived in a time of great social upheaval and war...
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Notable former pupils and associates
- Philip Amis, graphic artist, son of novelist Kingsley AmisKingsley AmisSir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism...
and brother of novelist Martin AmisMartin AmisMartin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year... - Edward BawdenEdward BawdenEdward Bawden, CBE, RA was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture...
, painter, illustrator and graphic artist - Judi DenchJudi DenchDame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
, British actress and patron of the school - Ralph ErskineRalph ErskineRalph Erskine is the name of:*Ralph Erskine , British-Swedish architect*Ralph Erskine , the 18th century Scottish clergyman...
, Swedish based architect and planner (pupil from 1925 to 1931) - Matthew EvansMatthew EvansMatthew Evans may refer to:* Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting , British Labour Party politician* Matthew Evans , front man of Welsh indie bands Murry the Hump and The Keys...
, chairman and former managing director of Faber and Faber Ltd. Member of the House of Lords. - Imogen HeapImogen HeapImogen Jennifer Jane Heap is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Havering, Essex. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes...
, singer-songwriter - Martha Holmes, producer for television's The Blue PlanetThe Blue PlanetThe Blue Planet is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 12 September 2001.Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of...
- Olga Peters, American-born granddaughter of Soviet leader Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
- Diana Wynne JonesDiana Wynne JonesDiana Wynne Jones was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction...
, author (pupil from 1946 to 1952) - Tony NewtonTony NewtonAntony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...
(Lord Newton of Braintree), politician - Deborah NortonDeborah NortonDeborah Norton is an English actress best known for her appearances in Yes, Prime Minister and A Bit of Fry and Laurie.- Personal life :...
, actress - Pat Mckay, Radio DJ
- Michael PowellMichael PowellMichael Powell or Mike Powell may refer to:* Michael Powell , British film director* Mike Powell , rugby union player for the Ospreys* Mike Powell , early UK advocate of radio automation...
, UKIP co-founder and radical feminist writer - Matthew Robinson, film & TV producer-director, Executive Producer BBC1's top show EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
1998-2000 (pupil from 1958 to 1963) - Tom RobinsonTom RobinsonTom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...
, songwriter and performer (pupil from 1961 to 1967) - Jeremy ShearmurJeremy ShearmurJeremy Shearmur is Reader in Philosophy in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He was educated at the London School of Economics....
, philosopher based at Australian National University - Malcolm Shepherd, politician, businessman and member of the House of Lords (pupil from 1929 to 1935)
- Emily YoungEmily YoungEmily Young is a British sculptor. She is considered one of the foremost sculptors working in Britain today. She was born in London into a family of artists and writers...
, sculptor
Further reading
- The Avenue (school magazine).
- Bolam, W.D. Unbroken community: The story of the Friends' School, Saffron Walden, 1702-1952. (Pub. 1952).
- Buss, R. A Community through three centuries. (Pub. 2003).
- Crosfield, J.B. Saffron Walden School: a sketch of two hundred years. (Pub. 1902).
- Halter, H. The School on the hill: memories of three hundred years of Friends' School, Saffron Walden, 1702 - 2002. (Pub. 2002).
- Hitchcock,T.V. (ed.). Richard Hutton's complaints book : the notebook of the steward of the Quaker workhouse at Clerkenwell 1711-1737. (Pub. 1987).
- OSA Annual reports, at Essex Record Office, Chelmsford.
- Saffron Walden Weekly. Local newspaper founded in 1889. Good coverage of Friends School.
- Woods, J.C. Friends School: A hundred years at Saffron Walden 1879-1979. (Pub. 1979).