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*[[Tom Homer (rugby union)|Tom Homer]], rugby footballer |
*[[Tom Homer (rugby union)|Tom Homer]], rugby footballer and a homo |
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| Type | Public School |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1954 |
| Chairman of Governors | General Sir Jack Deverall KCB OBE FRSA FICPD |
| Headmaster | Jonathan Hughes-D'Aeth |
| Staff | 50 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 250 |
| Houses | 6 boarding houses |
| Former pupils | The Hornets[1] |
| twitter.com/miltonabbey | |
| Website | http://www.miltonabbey.co.uk |
Milton Abbey School is a British independent school in the Dorset countryside. It has 250 pupils in six boarding Houses, called Athelstan, Bancks, Damer, Hambro, Middleton and Tregonwell. Founded in 1954, it welcomes boys from 13 – 16 years and is coeducational in the sixth form.
The school has a rural campus, and extensive facilities. These include a gym, swimming pool, shooting range, golf course, a 320 seat theatre, a fully equipped art department and design block, an astro turf, an outward bounds area, a 15th Century dining hall, an Abbey chapel that can be traced back to the 9th Century and grounds designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. The main House, which was built by Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester from 1780 onwards, houses the administrative hub of the school, classrooms, the Senior Common Room, the King's Room and all the boy's boarding Houses. The girls House, Middleton, can be found at the back quad.
Headmasters
- 1954 - 1955: Revd. Dr. C.K. Francis Brown
- 1955 - 1969: Cdr. R.H. Hodgkinson
- 1969 - 1979: W.M.T. Holland
- 1979 - 1987: S.R.D. Hall
- 1987 - 1995: R.H. Hardy
- 1995 - 2010: Jonathan Hughes-D'Aeth
Second Masters
- 1966 - 1968: A.C. Ingall
- 1968 - 1973: M.O. Fletcher
- 1973 - 1977: H.J. Cox
- 1977 - 1993: T.J.R. Bullick
- 1992 - 2000: J.P. Traskey
- 2000 - 2009: N.H. Arkell
- 2009: Gareth Doodes
Houses and Housemasters
- Athelstan: Marcus Williams
- Bancks: Penny Doubleday
- Damer: Owen Parkin
- Hambro: Simon Kibler
- Middleton: Lucinda Wingate-Gray
- Tregonwell: Andrew Wilson
The Abbey Church
The Abbey forms the central heart of the school. A Chapel service takes place for the whole school on a Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. On Monday there is a House Assembly and Wednesday a whole school Assembly. On Sundays the whole school gathers for a formal Sunday worship, and there are regular communion services throughout the term. The present Chaplain is Richard Thomson. The School, although a Church of England foundation, welcomes people of any faith, and also of none.
GCSE course curriculum
Core subjects: English, French or Spanish, Maths
Optional subjects: Applied science, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology, Drama, Geography, History, Music, Physical Education, Photography, Physics, Religious Studies and Spanish
Sixth Form curriculum
Most pupils will take three subjects at A Level or a combination of AS and A Levels equivalent to this. In addition, Milton Abbey offers four BTEC National Certificate courses, each of which is equivalent to 2 A Levels, for which there is no formal examinations with assessment by coursework.
AS/A Levels: Business Studies, Chemistry, Classical Civilisation, Communication Studies, Design, English, French, Geography, History, History of Art, Law (AS only), Mathematics, Music, Music Technology, Photography, Physics, Religious Studies, Spanish, Sports Development
BTEC: Countryside Management, Horse Management, Hospitality and Sport Development, Coaching and Fitness.
The Arts
Milton Abbey has a thriving music, art and drama tradition that sees regular concerts, exhibitions and productions take place.
Drama: The purpose built theatre, seating 320, is the venue for plays, musicals, concerts, assemblies and lectures. Pupils are also given instruction in theatre management and back stage work as well as acting.
Music: Milton Abbey has a long choral tradition, and numerous music groups including a school orchestra, rock bands, ensembles and impromptu groups occur throughout the school week.
Art: All new pupils into the school are taught painting, and there is an opportunity to explore different mediums, including textiles, pottery, ceramics, printmaking, photography and computer graphics. The School organises regular trips to museums and galleries to augment work done in the studio.
Sport
The school has timetabled PE lessons, and most pupils will take exercise at least four afternoons a week. There is an excellent coach to athlete ratio, and pupils have played at club, county and national level.
Boys games: Rugby, football, swimming, hockey and cricket
Girls games: Hockey,swimming, lacrosse, netball and tennis
The school has a polo team, with polo ponies being stabled on site.
Country pursuits
Milton Abbey is famed for its close links to the countryside and its emphasis on both academic ambition combined with a hearty love of the outdoors. The school encourages pupils to involve themselves in country pursuits. On offer are beagling, clay pigeon shooting, ferreting, fishing and horse riding.
Outdoor pursuits
Milton Abbey offers a large number of outdoor pursuits, which include climbing, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, potholing, rifle shooting, sailing, powerboating and ten tors
Milton Abbey Golf Course
The school has a golf course which winds around the main house and the Abbey Church. Designed by Peter Alliss and opened in 1972, it is a nine hole par 3 course which is used by pupils and by visitors who are required to pay a small green fee.
Reviews of the School
Tatler, in their 2009 Schools Guide: "Milton Abbey bills itself as the best small school in Britain and with good reason. It champions individuality, and a healthy outdoor lifestyle is at the heart of school life." The school is praised highly in the Good Schools Guide, and many other independent publications.
History of Milton Abbey
Milton Abbey (fully, the Abbey Church of St Mary, St Samson, and St Branwalader) in Dorset was a Benedictine foundation, but only part of the church now survives and is used as the Milton Abbey School chapel. The abbey was founded by King Athelstan, in 933,[2] and there are two medieval paintings of the King and his mother in the chancel. The medieval church burned down in 1309,[2] and although rebuilding started straight away it did not reach its present size until about 1400.[2]
One of the church's benefactors was Sir John Tregonwell, whose family came into the possession of the buildings in 1540 following the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.[2] Tregonwell fell from the roof of the church in a childhood accident, but his life was saved when his wide pantaloons filled with air and broke his fall. In thanks, he bequeathed his library to the church.
In 1752 the buildings were bought by the Damer family:[2] in 1771, to make way for a new house and landscaped estate, the 1st Baron Milton (later 1st Earl of Dorchester) demolished the remaining abbey buildings, keeping only part of the church as a private chapel, and the adjacent market town of Milton (creating Milton Abbas to rehouse the former inhabitants) in 1780. The new house was designed by William Chambers and the gardens by Capability Brown.[2]
The abbey church is built in a mixture of Ham stone, Chilmark stone and flint. Its style is mostly Decorated Gothic dating from the mid 14th century. The Earl and Countess of Dorchester were also generous to the church, and their joint tomb, designed by Robert Adam with sculpture by Agostino Carlini, is to be found in the north transept. Perhaps the most striking feature of the church's interior, however, is its south window, designed as a Tree of Jesse by August Pugin.
In 1852 the merchant banker Carl Joachim Hambro acquired Milton Abbey to make it his family home.[2] He set about a major restoration programme, including an extensive refurbishment of the Abbey itself. The Hambro family developed and lived at Milton Abbey until 1932,[2] when it was sold and for a while they relocated to Hedge End Farm nearby, followed by a permanent move to Dixton Manor in Gloucestershire.
Milton Abbey on the silver screen
The school was used for exterior locations in the 1994 film The Browning Version starring Albert Finney, Matthew Modine and Greta Scacchi. It was also used for exterior and interior locations in 1980 in the British Broadcasting Production of To Serve Them All My Days starring John Duttine and Frank Middlemass.[3]
Notable old boys
- Rupert Evans, actor
- Tom Homer, rugby footballer and a homo
- Alexander Faludy, child prodigy
- Francis Fulford, aristocrat
References
- ^ Milton Abbey Association
- ^ a b c d e f g h Milton Abbey: History
- ^ "The Browning Version (1994)". IMDB. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
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