Friends School Saffron Walden
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| Motto | Per Ardua Ad Alta |
|---|---|
| Established | 1702 |
| Type | Independent |
| Religion | Quaker |
| Headmasters | Graham Wigley (Senior school) Andrew Holmes (Junior school) |
| Location | Saffron Walden Essex England |
| Students | 375 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | 3 |
| Website | www.friends.org.uk |
Coordinates: 52°00′58″N 0°14′32″E / 52.0162°N 0.2423°E
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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[edit] History
Friends' School, Saffron Walden was founded as part of the Quakers' Clerkenwell workhouse in London in 1702, fifty years after George Fox. 
[edit] Notable former pupils and associates
- Philip Amis, graphic artist, son of novelist Kingsley Amis and brother of novelist Martin Amis
- Edward Bawden, painter, illustrator and graphic artist
- Judi Dench, British actress and patron of the school
- Ralph Erskine, Swedish based architect and planner (pupil from 1925 to 1931)
- Matthew Evans, chairman and former managing director of Faber and Faber Ltd. Member of the House of Lords.
- Imogen Heap, singer-songwriter
- Martha Holmes, producer for television's The Blue Planet
- Olga Peters, American-born granddaughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
- Diana Wynne Jones, author (pupil from 1946 to 1952)
- Tony Newton (Lord Newton of Braintree), politician
- Deborah Norton, actress
- Pat Mckay, Radio DJ
- Michael Powell[disambiguation needed
], UKIP co-founder and radical feminist writer - Matthew Robinson, film & TV producer-director, Executive Producer BBC1's top show EastEnders 1998-2000 (pupil from 1958 to 1963)
- Tom Robinson, songwriter and performer (pupil from 1961 to 1967)
- Jeremy Shearmur, philosopher based at Australian National University
- Malcolm Shepherd, politician, businessman and member of the House of Lords (pupil from 1929 to 1935)
- Emily Young, sculptor
[edit] 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).
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