Monkton Combe School

Monkton Combe School
Arms of Monkton Combe School
Chapel Quad, Monkton Combe School
Location
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BA2 7HG

England
Coordinates51°21′25″N 2°19′37″W / 51.3569°N 2.3270°W / 51.3569; -2.3270
Information
TypePublic school
Private boarding school
MottoLatin: Verbum Tuum Veritas
(Thy Word is Truth)
Established1868; 156 years ago (1868)
FounderThe Revd Francis Pocock
Head MasterChristopher Wheeler (Senior School), Catherine Winchcombe (Prep School)
GenderCoeducational
Age2 to 18
Enrolment711 (Senior, Prep and Pre-Prep)
Houses6 Senior, 5 Prep
Colour(s)Navy Blue & White    
Former pupilsOld Monktonians
Websitehttp://www.monktoncombeschool.com

Monkton Combe School is a public school (fee-charging boarding and day school), located in the village of Monkton Combe near Bath in Somerset, England.

It is a member of the Rugby Group of major independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom.[1]

Monkton Combe School was founded in 1868 by the Revd. Francis Pocock, a former curate to the Bishop of Sierra Leone in the 1850s.[2]

  1. ^ "Monkton Combe School". Monkton Combe School website. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. ^ Lace, A F (1968). A Goodly Heritage. ISBN 0950368806.