School Life

These Entries are from 3/5 girls who joined 6th form in 1970, The section titled: '5 among so many'. 'I did not feel brave when I told people I was going to Canford:  they stared at me as if my days …

‘In the summer holidays, work began on clearing the site for new boarding accommodation for girls. The building, which replaces Oakley, will also house the new Sanatorium. It will be opened in Septem…

On 7th December 2023, the Canford Sphere was officially unveiled by the Lancaster Lawn. To commemorate Canford’s centenary, award-winning sculptor Zoë Wilson was commissioned to create a sculpture fo…

In November 2005, Canford held its annual Fame Academy competition. The acts who made it through the auditions meant that the final performances were of such a high quality that the teachers judging …

Over the February half term, the 4th form CCF set off on a cross-country skiing trip to Norway, and the Lower Sixth CCF spent a week mountaineering in the Cairngorms.  We took a look back at previous…

This week, Lancaster House hosted their annual charity concert, the last one with Housemaster Mr Parkin, as he prepares to step down after 10 years in Lancaster! In honour of this event, we took a lo…

As we prepare for the annual celebration of World Book Day, held on the first Thursday of March each year, we take a look back at the fun and interesting ways that pupils have entered the yearly extr…

The annual Careers Convention (formerly known as the Careers Symposium) is taking place tomorrow, as we look forward to welcoming back OCs, current and former parents to speak to pupils, we took a lo…

Canford pupils were very fortunate to have had the schools first computer centre created in 1985! Whilst there are no records in the archive detailing the exact price that the school paid for the new…

PE at Canford looks a little different nowadays in comparison to 60 years ago… Here are a few great shots of whole school PT on and around the sunken lawn in 1961. I think it's safe to say that the v…

On Speech Day 1959, Lord Lyle and Sir Hugh Beaver formally opened two new blocks of Laboratories and Classrooms, which cost nearly £50,000 (nearly £1.5 million in today's money). These labs stand in …

As the Art Department is busy preparing its end of year exhibition of GCSE work and the A Level Summer Show, we take a look back at the Art Shows of years gone by. Back in the summer of 1952, the Art…