Huge congratulations to Lower Sixth Canfordian Mimi who has been placed second in the Girton College, University of Cambridge Humanities Writing Competition 2022.
House Life
Canford is a school with Houses. While every pupil will strongly identify as a member of each House and enter each House event with pride and gusto, the structure and running of each Boarding and Day House is exactly the same.
Boarding House Life
We have four boys’ boarding houses and three girls’ boarding houses. All are located within the school grounds just a few minutes' walk from the main buildings. Around 70% of our pupils are full boarders - there is no weekly or flexi boarding option but there are opportunities to go home during each term.
From the pupils
Straightaway I noticed the friendliness of all the pupils and staff and felt at home."I love boarding - it's like one big family and it's great fun in the evenings and at weekends."
Day House Life
We have three co-educational Day Houses all centrally located. Around 30% of our pupils are day and take advantage of all the opportunities open to them at a full boarding school. Daily bus services from the surrounding areas up to 45 minutes from Canford run on Monday-Friday and Saturday mornings.
From the pupils
Although I am a day pupil, being part of a house makes school feel like a second home."
Being a day pupil is great as I like having a bit more of an out-of-school social life.”
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