City of London Freemen's School

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City of London Freemen's School, or CLFS for short, is an independent co-educational school located at Ashtead Park in Surrey, United Kingdom. It is the sister school of the City of London School and the City of London School for Girls, both independent single-sex schools located within the City of London itself. Intake is from age 7 to 18, though many of its pupils enter at 13, and similarly join other independent schools for the sixth form (17 to 18).

Contents

1 History
2 Houses
3 Famous alumni
4 External link
5 References

History

The school was founded by the Corporation of London and was originally located in Brixton to educate orphans of the Freemen of the City. While it is still possible for such orphan children to be educated as “Foundationers” at the school with the costs of their education borne by the Corporation of London, such instances are now rare. The school moved to its current 57 acre (231,000 m²) site at Ashtead Park in 1926, expanding to include fee-paying pupils from local families. It has recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of its relocation and the 150th anniversary of its establishment with a Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's Cathedral attended by the Lord Mayor of London in 2004.

Houses

CLFS has three Houses: Gresham, Hale and Whittington (colours green, red and blue respectively). These are named after the influential Londoners and school benefactors Sir Thomas Gresham, Warren Stormes Hale and Richard Whittington. Pupils are assigned to a House in the 1st Form, which they stay in throughout their school career. Since it is predominantly a day school and there are limited numbers of borders, Houses do not have the same connotations as in some schools, though are still important for Inter-House Competitions and weekly House Assemblies.

Famous alumni

Joe Strummer - Lead singer of The Clash
Clive Harrow - Academic, University of Oxford

The composer Robert Steadman had the role of Composer-in-Residence at CLFS in the early 1990s during which time he provided workshops, tutorials and wrote a number of new works for the school's ensembles.

External link

[Official website]

References

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files+2004/35_04.htm

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