Co-Curricular

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…

Last weekend,  6 teams of Ten Tors hopefuls braved the elements for a weekend on Dartmoor training for the Ten Tors challenge coming up, led by Mr Hooker. We took a look back at the training weekend …

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…

This evening, Friday 15th March 2024, each house will go to John of Gaunts Kitchen to take part in the annual House Debating Competition. The use of John of Gaunts for debating continues a school tra…

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…

As the school celebrates another successful year at the Rosslyn Park 7s with several of the Boys rugby teams playing in the tournament, lets take a look back at 1997. Canford played several gruelling…

Last week, the Canford CCF held their annual parade, which takes place in March each year. The parade is an opportunity for the CCF to display the professionalism and smartness of the unit as a whole…

On 20th March, Canford's rowing teams headed up to London for the School Heads of the River Race, which Canford have been taking part in for over 60 years now! Whilst this year wasn't a winning one f…

This Saturday, Canford Boat Club will be hosting its annual House Regatta and Boat Club Dinner, a formal Canford event for at least the past 50 years in which the houses go head-to-head to battle it …

10 years ago, a small team of five lower sixth pupils and three members of staff set off for the first trip to Awutu-Winton High School in Ghana on the first day of the summer holidays. During the vi…

Every year, the music school celebrates the extensive musical talents of Canford pupils in the annual summer concert. 1975 was no different, but that year, the music school decided to host the concer…