1st VIII wins Schools Head of the River Race 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… 0 2000 05/04/2024
CCF Parade 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… 0 1964 25/03/2024
New Science Laboratories 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 … 0 1959 25/03/2024
Rosslyn Park 7s 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… 0 1997 22/03/2024
Whole school PE 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… 0 1961 22/03/2024
Canford's first computer lab 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… 0 1985 21/03/2024
House Debating 2005 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… 0 2005 15/03/2024
Careers Convention 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… 0 2005 13/03/2024
Lancaster Charity Concert 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… 0 2015 01/03/2024
World Book Day 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… 0 2003 01/03/2024
Ten Tors Training Expedition 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 … 0 2004 29/02/2024
1994 Reunion Lunch On Saturday, we welcomed the Class of 1994 back to Canford for their 30 year reunion lunch. It was wonderful to see the OCs being reunited - some who had not been to Canford since their speech day in… 0 1994 28/02/2024
