Founder The Misses Buller Phone +44 1403 254967 Number of students 350 Teaching staff 50 | School district Horsham Color Blue Founded 1896 | |
School type Independent, day and boarding Motto Vive ut vivas - Live life to the full Chairperson Sue Mitchell, BA, MA, PGCE Address Strood Park Farmhouse, Strood Ln, Warnham, Horsham RH12 3PN, UK Similar Christ's Hospital, Pennthor Preparato School, Handcross Park School, Cranleigh School, Tanbridge House School Profiles | ||
Farlington School is an independent day and boarding school for girls aged three to eighteen in Horsham, West Sussex, England. Farlington was founded in 1896 originally in Haywards Heath but moved to its present site at Strood Green near Horsham in 1955. It is situated in 33 acres (0.1 km2) of parkland about 3 miles (5 km) west from Horsham on the A281 road to Guildford. It is a one hour train journey from London and a 40 minute drive to the City of Brighton and Hove. Farlington is affiliated to the Girls' Schools Association and the Independent Association of Prep Schools. The school also has a long association with the University of Chichester in the field of teacher education.
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Farlington has approximately 350 girls as students, although The Orchard Nursery is co-educational. The Prep School is housed in the New Courtyard buildings and the Peto Building. Senior School accommodation includes the Jacobean Mansion House, Moberly Building and the Simpson Science block. The Sixth Form is located in the dedicated Sixth Form Centre.
For the most part, girls attend as day pupils; however, Farlington also offers boarding from the age of 8, on a full, weekly or occasional basis. There are two boarding houses; Fishponds is the junior boarding house and the Mansion House is home to the senior boarders. The boarding community is both British and international.
Farlington's distinctive uniform features a French navy jacket embroidered with the school's 'clock tower' logo, and a blue and green tartan kilt.
Headmistresses
- Miss Edith Buller, 1896-1898
- Miss Charlotte Moberly 1898-1936
- Miss Isabel Moberly, 1898-1942
- Miss Effie Simpson 1942-1971
- Mrs M Shewell, 1971-1974
- Mrs Dorothy Khoo, later Harrington, 1974-1976
- Mrs Olive Peto, 1977-1987
- Mrs Patricia Metham, 1987-1992
- Mrs Trina Mawer, 1992-2006
- Mrs Jonnie Goyer, 2006-2012
- Miss Louise Higson, 2012-present