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
In the Mountains 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… 0 1999 21/02/2024
Stone Carving In December 2023, the Canford Sphere was officially unveiled. The sphere was created by award-winning sculptor Zoe Wilson to commemorate the Canford Centenary. To celebrate this, we took a look back … 0 2007 12/02/2024
Stone Carving Workshop In April, pupils took part in a special stone carving workshop with award-winning sculptor Zoe Wilson. Zoe Wilson was commissioned to create a sculpture to commemorate 100 years of Canford School. It… 0 2023 12/02/2024
Fame Academy 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 … 0 2005 12/02/2024
2023 Centenary Sculpture Unveiling 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… 0 2023 12/02/2024
Canford School Show 1993 In May 1993, Canford School hosted a charity family fun day, opening its grounds to the public for a day-long country fair style show. Staff and pupils helped host and run the event which included jo… 0 1993 08/02/2024
Girls U16 Win National Hockey Championship 1999 In March 1999, the Canford School Girls’ under 16s Hockey team travelled to the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes to take part in the U16 Womens’ British Aerospace School Championships. After … 0 1999 08/02/2024
Evensong This week, the Canford School Chamber Choir were honored to have been invited to sing at Winchester Cathedral as part of the special Evensong for one of Winchester Cathedral's Patron Saints. What a s… 0 1999 02/02/2024
South America Trek 1992 In July 1992, 16 Canford pupils set off for five weeks trekking in South America. With a group of 14 boys and 2 girls, the trip was designed to let the team members do the organising and running of t… 0 1992 30/10/2023
Opening of Beaufort House 1930 Beaufort House opened ready for the Winter term of 1929, construction having concluded earlier that year, and housed just 28 boys in its first term. On Speech Day in 1930, Beaufort House was official… 0 1930 30/10/2023
Princess Margaret Visit 1966 Princess Margaret visited Canford School on 11th October 1966 to open the newly built Pavilion building. View the gallery of photos from the visit below: 0 1966 30/10/2023
Canford Scouts Scouts operated at Canford from about 1930-9 with most pupils going on to join the OTC (CCF). The Scoutmaster was Mr Timmis who had been joined as ASMs Rev Brook (1934) and Mr Harthan (1935). Accordi… 0 1935 30/10/2023
Canford's First Rugby Team This is Canford School's very first Rugby XV, from 1923. 0 1923 30/10/2023
Canford Library through the years: 1923-2023 In the 100 years since Canford Manor became Canford School, the library has grown and moved several times. When Canford School opened its doors to the first 147 pupils in 1923, there were no purpose… 0 1923 25/10/2023
1988 Trip to Sukhumi - Anglo Soviet Computing Exchange In September 1988, ten pupils from Canford visited Sukhumi in Georgia, near the Black Sea, and were joined by pupils from Moscow and Tbilisi - the Georgian capital, forming the first Anglo-Soviet Sch… 0 1988 25/10/2023
The first whole school photo of Canford School (1923 to 192… Wow - this is the very first whole school photo in our archive from 1923. In 1923 there were just 109 boys on the school role aged between 11 and 18. The entire photograph collection can be found h… 0 1923 27/09/2023
Fishing Society notes from 1941 The greatly increased number of trout in the river (and out) is the most promising feature in this term's fishing activities. This is probably the result of returning to the water many young trout ca… 0 1941 31/05/2023
Musical Notes from 1941 On October 12th, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater was sung by the Wimborne Ladies' Choir, conducted by Mr. Leonard. The soloists were Miss Horsey and Mrs. Leonard. On October 27th, a Lecture on Purcell was g… 0 1941 31/05/2023
Gramophone Society Notes from 1941 Many enjoyable evenings have been held this term, and the arrival of the new school gramophone excited much interest. Mr. Simpson gave an interesting talk, illustrated with records, half-way through … 0 1941 31/05/2023
Squash Notes from 1941!! Squash this term has been carried on with ever increasing enthusiasm by all parts of the School. The team itself has maintained a high standard of play throughout the term, and shows much promise for… 0 1941 31/05/2023
Swimming notes from 1941 WE are most grateful to Captain Carruthers for all the time and trouble he has devoted to our swimming this term, and as a result enthusiasm has been more marked than in previous years. The swimming … 0 1941 31/05/2023
