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As we rapidly approach the Christmas holidays, as an annual Christmas tradition, this Thursday Canfordians will be competing in the House Cross Country competition. This is what the race looked like …

We all know that snow at Christmas can be a rare sight, practically across most of Britain. In Dorset, it is not a likely spot in the country to see snow. When snow appears, it is a pretty sight for …

In 1998, the first - The Canford Festival took place. It was organised by John James, as part of the Candford’s 75th anniversary celebrations, taking place from 15th to 21st October 1998. Various eve…

This week, the Canford Community looks forward to the Music School's annual FCS Jazz Concert. Always a spectacular affair, this concert continues Canford's longstanding tradition of jazz music, showc…

We are very much looking forward to welcoming the class of 1985 to Canford for their 40 year reunion.

In Canford's early years, long before Canfordian's had the luxury of a purpose built swimming pool for swimming lessons and recreation, pupils used the area just within the bursars arch entrance to s…

In 2014, contingents from the CCF set off for the weekend long competition involving a series of gruelling tasks testing their teamwork and leadership skills. The CCF Royal Marines section made up of…

Since Canford opened its doors as a new school for the first time in 1923, there has been continued development going on around the school site. At present, the new Sixth Form centre and boarding hou…

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…

On the 14th May 1999, the official opening of The Layard Theatre took place. The opening was a grand event, with former Artistic Director of The Royal National Theatre, Sir Richard Eyre, formally ope…

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…

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 …

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 …