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, country = England , postcode = BA2 7HG , faculty = , free_label_1 = Former pupils , free_1 = Old Monktonians , free_text = , information = , houses = Eddystone (MSS Boys) Farm (MSS Boys) Grange (MSS Girls) School (MSS Boys) Clarendon (MSS Girls) Nutfield (MSS Girls) Hatton (MPS Mixed): * Easterfield (MPS Mixed) * * Kearns (MPS Mixed) * * Howard (MPS Mixed) * * Jameson (MPS Mixed) , website = http://www.monktoncombeschool.com Monkton Combe School is a public school (English

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day and boarding school), located in the village of Monkton Combe near Bath in

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. It is a member of the Rugby Group of independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom. The senior school in Monkton Combe village admits pupils aged from 13 to 18 (pupil numbers are around 500); the Preparatory School in Combe Down village admits children aged from 7 to 13; and the adjacent Pre-Preparatory has classes in nursery (ages 2–3), kindergarten (3–4), reception (4–5) and years 1 and 2 (5–7). The Senior School and Preparatory School have always admitted boarding pupils although day pupils now (2021) comprise one third of the Senior School and are in the majority in the Preparatory School. Since 1992 when it merged with Clarendon School for Girls the school has been fully co-educational although it first admitted girls in 1971. The Senior School operates three boys' boarding houses and three girls' boarding houses, all in the village of Monkton Combe.

History

Monkton Combe School was founded in 1868 by the Revd. Francis Pocock, the vicar of Monkton Combe and former chaplain to John Weeks, the Bishop of Sierra Leone. It became known for its evangelical Christian approach to education and attracted many sons of vicars and overseas missionaries as well as those from a broader background. The school retains its strong evangelical Christian heritage. During the mid-20th century Monkton was regarded as one of the UK's strongest rowing schools; one-fifth of the 23-strong men's GB rowing squad at the 1948 Olympics consisted of students: I. M. Lang, M. C. Lapage, A. Mellows, W. G. R. M. Laurie, P. C. Kirkpatrick. The School became progressively co-educational in the late 20th century. In 1971, girls were admitted to the sixth form. In 1989, Nutfield House was built to accommodate them in the village. In 1992, the school became fully co-educational, merging with Clarendon School for Girls, an all-girls' school founded in 1898 that shared a similar Christian ethos to Monkton Combe School.

The Junior School

The Junior school was established with four pupils in 1888 in Combe Lodge, a private house in Church Road, Combe Down, by Revd. Charles Howard, the son-in-law of the then Senior School Principal, the Revd. R.G. Bryan. The Junior school moved into purpose-built premises in Combe Down in June 1907, which it still occupies. After expanding rapidly, the Junior school purchased another large house in Church Road (Glenburnie/Alma Villa) in the early 1920s, which it occupied initially as a boarding house. In 1937, Monkton Pre-Preparatory School was founded in Glenburnie, before transferring to a bespoke building in the grounds of the Junior School in 2016. In 2006 the Junior School was renamed Monkton Preparatory School.

Literature

The official history of the school's first hundred years was published in ''A Goodly Heritage: A History of Monkton Combe School 1868–1967'' by former Senior School master A.F. Lace, published in Bath by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1968. This was updated in 2017 by the former Junior School headmaster Peter LeRoy to form an official history of the school's first 150 years, entitled ''A Delightful Inheritance''. The history of the Junior School to 1955 was written by schoolmaster Johnnie Walker, in a pamphlet entitled ''Three Score Years and Ten'', published in 1956 by Fyson & Son of Bath.

Sports awards

The school has produced six Olympic rowing medalists. Each represented Great Britain and three won gold medals. Students row as the Monkton Bluefriars Boat Club. One Old Monktonian achieved an Olympic Gold Medal representing Great Britain at men's hockey. Another Old Monktonian captained the

Netball Team which won Gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Facilities and buildings

The School maintains a range of sporting facilities including an indoor swimming pool, sports halls with fully equipped gymnasia, three artificial turf pitches (two full size and one half size), nine grass and three hard tennis courts, two boathouses with access to the River Avon and many acres of grounds. Many buildings are of Bath stone, in the same style as those in and around the city of Bath, and in keeping with the traditional architectural style of the area. Many of the school's facilities are made available for the use of local schools, such as Combe Down Primary School and local children's sports clubs. Several of the school's buildings are

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, including the main Senior school block known as The Old Farm, and the part of the Terrace Block known as The Old Vicarage. In 2008 the Senior School completed a £5 million project which involved re-building, extending and re-furbishing its mathematics and science departments. In June 2012, a new £3.2 million Music center was opened by Dame Felicity Lott. A new Art & Design center was opened in 2016.

Boarding

Many of the pupils are either weekly or full-time boarders. The Senior school maintains six boarding houses, three of which are for girls (Nutfield, Clarendon and Grange) and three for boys (Eddystone, School and Farm). The Preparatory school operates one boarding house with a floor for boys and a floor for girls (Hatton). There are many traditions in each house, as well as many inter-house competitions throughout the year. Students are allowed to visit the City of Bath each weekend. Lessons take place on Saturday mornings with sporting matches against other schools taking place on most Saturday afternoons.

Head Masters/Principals

The following have been Head Masters or Principals of Monkton Combe School:

Notable members of staff

* The Revd. R.W. Ryde, 1866–1909, Classics Master * Mr. A.S. Sellick, 1878–1958, Cricket Master * Mr. G.F. Graham Brown, 1891–1942, History Master and former pupil * Mr. F. Vallis, 1896–1957, Association Football and Cricket Master * Mr. T.M. Watson, 1913–1994, French Master * Mr. N.D. Botton, 1954–, History Master * Mr. M. Wells, 1979–, Rowing Master

Notable alumni

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* Lieutenant Colonel

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of Eritrea * Pilot Officer Alfred Mellows DFC, 1922–1997, Olympic rower * Arthur Wallis, 1922–1988, itinerant Bible teacher and author * Captain David Eyton-Jones, 1923–2012, SAS officer during Operation Tombola, businessman and chaplain * Michael Lapage, 1923–2018, Olympic rower and missionary * Colonel David Wood, MBE, 1923–2009, last surviving officer of the

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of Geography at Durham University and former Principal of

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* John Barnard Bush CVO, OBE, CStJ, DL, JP, 1937–, land-owner and former Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire * Michael Mortimore, 1937–2017, geographer and a researcher of issues in the African drylands * Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Stear KCB, CBE, DL, 1938–2020, Deputy Commander in Chief,

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and Bishop of Ely * Michael Barton Akehurst, 1940–1989, international lawyer * Peter Webb, 1940-, Olympic rower * Sir Tim Lankester KCB, 1942–, former

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at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the

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Late 20th Century

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. * Stephen Warren, 1957–, Professor of Astrophysics at Imperial College London * The Venerable John Kiddle, 1958-, Archdeacon of Wandsworth * Sir Charles Farr CMG, OBE, 1959–2019, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of the Joint Intelligence Organisation * Lieutenant General Tim Evans, CB, CBE, DSO, 1962-, former Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps * Steve Williams OBE, 1976–, Olympic rowing champion * Rowley Douglas MBE, 1977-, Olympic coxswain champion *

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, 1979-, actor * Seyi Rhodes, 1979–, television presenter and investigative journalist * Alex Partridge, 1981–, Olympic rower and World Rowing champion *

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MBE, 1982–, former Captain of the England national netball team *

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21st Century

* Ben Wells, 2000-,

References

External links

Monkton Combe School website

Bluefriars Boatclub website

Senior School Good Schools Guide Report

Monkton Combe village website
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