History

Farmor’s School serves a predominantly rural area which includes some of the prettiest villages in the Cotswolds.

We have close links with our Primary Schools in Bibury, Down Ampney, Fairford, Hatherop, Kempsford, Meysey Hampton, Southrop and St Lawrence, Lechlade. We also have a significant intake from St Sampson’s, Ampney Crucis, Wiltshire and from the independent sector.

The School is situated in beautiful parkland, within walking distance of the centre of Fairford. The 18-acre grounds are well maintained by our site staff and include a modern and well-equipped Sports Hall.

Farmor’s School was founded in 1738 with money left by Miss Elizabeth Farmor and Miss Mary Barker to educate fifty boys in Fairford. In 1815 girls were admitted into the School but they were kept separate from the boys. In 1922 the School became co-educational.

The School moved to its present site in 1961 and became an 11-18 comprehensive school in 1966.

In January 2008 there are 1072 students in the School including 211 in the Sixth Form.

The school has doubled in size in the last ten years and during this time there have been several building projects to reflect the growth in student numbers and the demands of the modern curriculum. Two new Business rooms were completed during the summer of 2004 and a conference facility and four new Science laboratories were built during 2005.