Friends' School, Saffron Walden

Friends' School
The school in 1880
Location
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Coordinates52°00′58″N 0°14′32″E / 52.0162°N 0.2423°E / 52.0162; 0.2423
Information
Other nameWalden School (2016–17)
TypeDefunct Independent
MottoPer Ardua Ad Alta
Religious affiliation(s)Quaker
Established1702
Closed2017
HeadAnna Chaudhri (Senior school)
Sally Meyrick (Prep school)
GenderCo-educational
Age3 to 18
Enrolment375
Houses3: Tuke, Mennell and Lister
Colour(s)  (Lister)
  (Tuke)
  (Mennell)
FateClosed as no longer sustainable due to falling pupil numbers, etc.[1]

Friends' School (known as Walden School from 2016–17) was a Quaker private co-educational day and boarding school located in Saffron Walden, Essex,[2] situated approximately 12 miles south of the city of Cambridge, England. The school taught pupils between the ages of three and eighteen.

The school closed at the end of the 2017 summer term.[3]

  1. ^ Steward, Michael (11 May 2017). "Saffron Walden private school set to close at end of summer term". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Education | League Tables | Performance results for Friends School". BBC News. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. ^ BBC Look East, 26/6/17