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Bryanston School is a public school (English private boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the town of Blandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England. It was founded in 1928.
Bryanston / ˈ b r aɪ ən s t ən / is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) west of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 925. [1] The village is adjacent to the grounds of Bryanston School, an independent school.
Bryanston School is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils in Blandford, north Dorset, England, near the village of Bryanston This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
England portal; Former pupils of Bryanston School, near Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. They are known in some circles as "Old Bryanstonians". The abbreviation OB is sometimes used to identify this.
Bryanston School in Dorset It was founded by J. G. Jeffreys who, with financial backing from the earl, paid £35,000 for Bryanston House and its 450 acres (1.8 km 2 ) of immediate grounds. The Earl served as the school's first Chairman of the Governors.
Dorset also contains a range of privately funded independent schools. Many are boarding schools which also take day pupils , such as the co-educational Canford School which is built around a 19th-century Grade I listed manor house ; and Sherborne School , a boys' school founded in the 16th century.
However, he wished to found his own school. In Dorset, there were two options, Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour and Bryanston. The Earl of Shaftesbury offered financial backing and to be the Chairman of Governors. In 1928, Jeffreys founded Bryanston School as the "Master", with seven assistants and 23 boys aged between 13 and 16.
The Coade Hall is named after Thorold Coade, headmaster of Bryanston School from 1932 to 1959. It is used for professional performances and also by the school for drama, assemblies, and other communal activities. [3] Performers such as Johnny Dankworth, Cleo Laine, George Melly, and Steamhammer have appeared there.