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'''Churcher's College''', is an ] ] - that is, an independent, fee-paying school which is a member of the ] (HMC). The senior school (ages 11-17) is located in the ] of ], with the junior school (ages 5-11) in nearby ]. The current headmaster is Simon Williams, who replaced Geoffrey Buttle in September 2004.
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As at most 'Independent schools', its pupils achieve very good exam results. 'Independent schools' in the British sense are not state funded or run, but raise money through ]. As a member of the HMC, the college is classed as a ']', that is, one of the more renowned independent schools in the ].
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| motto = ''Credita Caelo (trust in heaven)''
| established = {{start date and age|1722}}
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| type = ] day school
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| head_label = Headmaster
| head = Simon H. L. Williams
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| chair_label = Chairman of the Governors
| chair = Michael Gallagher (retired 2023)
| founder = ]
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| address = Ramshill
| city = ] & ]
| county = ]
| country = ]
| postcode = GU31 4AS
| local_authority = ]
| urn = 116579
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| lower_age = 3
| upper_age = 18
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'''Churcher's College''' is a ] ] fee-charging ], founded in 1722. Churcher’s College is regarded as a leading private school in the south of England. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Bosberry-Scott|first=Wendy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kcc3B0qmrkwC&q=churcher%27s+college+1722&pg=PA131|title=Which School? 2010|date=September 2009|publisher=John Catt Educational Ltd|isbn=978-1-904724-66-7|pages=131|language=en}}</ref> The Senior School (ages 11–18) is in the ] of ], ] with the Junior School and Nursery (ages 3–11) in nearby ]. It is a member of the ] (HMC).
The college has several famous ex-pupils, known as 'Old Churcherians' or 'OCs', including ] player ]. Male OCs are eligible to become members of the ], whilst women may join the ].


The College was founded in Petersfield in the 1720s by the will of ] to educate local boys in the skills needed for service in the East India Company.
==History==


The headmaster is Simon Williams who replaced Geoffrey Buttle in September 2004. ] are known as Old Churcherians or OCs.
The school was founded under the will of ] in ]. Churcher was a wealthy local ], who had made his fortune through interests in the ]. His will, dated 1722, decreed that the College was to educate "10 or 12 local boys from Petersfield, of any age from 9 to 14, in the arts of ], ], ] and ] so they could be apprenticed to masters of ships sailing in the ]". Girls were first admitted to the school in ''']'''. Accordingly with the naval history, the college's five ] are named for renowned ] heros; ], ], ], ] and Collingwood.


==History==
Under the terms of the will, Churcher's College was created as a ] foundation, a status it has kept to this day. The school was originally in a fine ] building, which still stands in College Street. The school became increasingly popular due to its successes, and in ] the school moved to a new location close to the original site in ], where the school is still based today. However, the school's expanding population has meant there are many modern buildings alongside the original 1881 buildings.
The school was founded under the will of ] in 1722. Churcher was a wealthy local ] who had made his fortune through interests in the ]. His will, dated 1722, decreed that the College was to educate: {{blockquote|10 or 12 local boys from Petersfield, of any age from 9 to 14, in the arts of ], ], ] and ] so they could be apprenticed to masters of ships sailing in the ].}} Under the terms of the will, Churcher's College was created from a £3000 gift as a ] foundation, a status it has kept to this day. The original school, built in 1729, is in College Street. The school became increasingly popular due to its successes, and in 1881 moved to its present location in Ramshill, accommodating 150 boys, on land donated by the ] family of gin makers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Churcher's College: History|url=http://www.churcherscollege.com/senior/about/college-history|access-date=10 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216131829/http://www.churcherscollege.com/senior/about/college-history|archive-date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
In ] the school purchased ] in Petersfield, which became the Churcher's College Junior School. Like the Senior school before it, the junior school is very successful, and soon outgrew its premises. Following an unsuccessful attempt to relocate in Petersfield, the school eventually purchased ] in Liphook, which from ] became the new site for the Junior School.


]
==Sport and outdoor pursuits==
From 1946 to 1964 Broadlands, opposite the college grounds in Ramshill, was the ] for Churcher's.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hampshire Gardens Trust: Broadland House|url=http://hantsgtrg.pbworks.com/w/page/68509132/Broadland%20House|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> It was Grade II ] in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-141357-broadlands-petersfield-hampshire|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
The boys compete in ], ] and ], whilst the girls play ], ] and ].


For much of the 20th century Churcher's College operated as a ] ]. In 1979, Hampshire County Council decided to cease to maintain the college, which became an independent fee-paying school.<ref>{{cite hansard | house=House of Commons|title= Schools reorganisation |column= 486W|volume= 969 | speaker= Rhodes Boyson |position=Secretary of State for Education and Science| date=2 July 1979|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1979/jul/02/schools-reorganisation|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref> The school's expanding population (by the mid-20th century the school educated some 400 boys, of whom about a quarter boarded in three separate houses: Mount House, Ramshill House and School house){{citation needed|date=November 2015}} has necessitated the addition of a number of modern buildings alongside the original 1881 buildings.
The school also has ], ], ], ], ] and ] teams and events.


Girls were first admitted to the Sixth Form in 1980, and the school became fully co-educational in 1988. Reflecting its naval history, the college's ] are named after the naval heroes ], ], ] and ], with the later addition of ].
There are also ] and ] programmes, as well as regular ] expeditions.


In 1993 the school purchased ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Moreton House School, Petersfield, Hampshire |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101093562-moreton-house-school-petersfield#.Xda4h1f7TIU |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MORETON HOUSE SCHOOL, Petersfield - 1093562 |work= Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1093562 |access-date=21 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> in Petersfield, which became Churcher's College Junior School. Like the senior school before it, the junior school is very successful, and soon outgrew its premises. Following an unsuccessful attempt to relocate in Petersfield, the school eventually purchased an existing school campus in Liphook (Littlefield's School), which from 2003 became the junior school's new site.
Churcher's College provides teams that compete in many physical contests, such as the ].


Simon Williams has been headmaster since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Companies House: Simon Huw Llewelyn WILLIAMS|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/9eCdBGOZaXKAKdD5SD5IFcf9mGA/appointments|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
The College were the first school to affiliate to the ] in ].


==Sport and outdoor pursuits==
==Uniform==
]
Pupils at the school play rugby, hockey, netball and cricket. The College was the first school to affiliate to the ] in 1924. OC Frank Guy was responsible for the founding of local rugby union club ] in 1927. In 2015, Churcher's won the ] under-18 Vase with 13-5 victory over ], the first Hampshire school to do so.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Daily Telegraph|title=NatWest Schools Cup 2015: Churcher's College win under-18 Vase with 13-5 victory over SEEVIC|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/schools-cup/11492311/NatWest-Schools-Cup-2015-Churchers-College-win-under-18-Vase-with-13-5-victory-over-SEEVIC.html|date=25 March 2015|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref>


The school has ], ], ], ], ], ] and recently ] teams and events and competes in contests such as the ], and Ten peaks (a churcher’s college made event, due to unselection in 2023) Churcher’s College won Ten Tors in both 2014 and 2015,<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|date=10 May 2015|title=Teams cross Dartmoor's Ten Tors challenge finish line|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-32680632|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> the ], and the Charlton Chase and annually sponsor/host the Butser Hill Challenge events.
*''Senior Boys'' - Black Blazer, Red & Blue Striped Tie, White Shirt, Black Trousers.
*''Senior Girls'' - Black Blazer, White Blouse, White & Black Tartan Skirt.
*''Junior Boys'' - Brown Blazer, Green & Red Striped Tie, White Shirt, Black Trousers.
*''Junior Girls'' - Brown Blazer, White Blouse, Green & Red Tartan Skirt.


There are ] and ] programmes, as well as the ] and First Challenge expeditions for the 4th and 5th and 6th form students.
6th formers are allowed more freedom in their dress code. Boys may wear a sports jacket, shirt and VI form or colours tie, whereas the girls wear either skirt or trouser suits.

The school's sports colours are red and dark blue.


==Notable alumni== ==Notable alumni==
{{See also|Category:People educated at Churcher's College}}
*] (1944 - ) Film Maker. Director National Film Institute of Australia.
* ] (born 1990), member of the band ] which took the top prize in the TV show ], 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=AC Alumnus' Got Talent!|url=http://www.altoncollege.ac.uk/news/ac-alumnus%E2%80%99-got-talent|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514193843/http://www.altoncollege.ac.uk/news/ac-alumnus%E2%80%99-got-talent|archive-date=14 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*] (1910 - 1996) One of the greatest archaeologists of the 20th Century.
* ] ] CBE GM, Commander of the ] 1973–6; awarded the ] 1957 for removing an IRA bomb in Armagh
*] (1917 - 1998) British businessman and chairman of the Lonrho conglomerate.
* ] (1957–2021), TV director<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDb: Charles Beeson|website=] |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066596/|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>
*] (1969 - ) Former England Rugby Player.
* Dr ] FRS, ] 1974 to date<ref>'BOXSHALL, Dr Geoffrey Allan', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 </ref>
* ], writer and broadcaster<ref>{{cite web|title=OC Rhidian Brook's Novel Made into Film|url=https://www.churcherscollege.com/news/2019-02-26/OC-Rhidian-Brook-s-Novel-Made-into-Film|access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
* ], actor ('']'')
* Rt Rev ], ] 1955–70<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-the-right-rev-harry-carpenter-2316682.html|title=Obituary: The Right Rev Harry Carpenter|publisher=Independent|date=29 May 1993|author=Dennis Nineham|access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
* ], footballer for ] and England
* ] OBE, ] from 2010 to 2013, and ] from 2005 to 2009
* Sir ], Professor of Tropical Medicine, ] and Director of the ]<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/06/covid-scientist-jeremy-farrar-had-recurring-nightmare-about-failing-a-levels|newspaper =The Guardian |title =Covid scientist Jeremy Farrar had recurring nightmare about failing A-levels|first =Nosheen|last =Iqbal |date =6 December 2020 }}</ref>
* ], writer and quiz show regular
* ], artist
* ], former England rugby union player
* ], writer
* ], actor ('']'' – Joe Grundy, '']'')
* ], actor ('']'', '']'')
* ] Philip Mathias MBE, Director since 2010 of the ] (Nuclear), and President in 2004 of the ]
* ], pilot shot down in first Gulf War on 17 January 1991
* ] (1910–1996), archaeologist<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ], rugby union player for England<ref>{{cite web|title=Old Churcherians|url=http://www.churcherscollege.com/old-churcherians/famous-ocs/fiona-pocock|access-date=24 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405124101/http://www.churcherscollege.com/old-churcherians/famous-ocs/fiona-pocock|archive-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>
* ] (1939–2007), author, folk singer, freelance journalist and criminal lawyer
* ] (born 1969), former England rugby union player
* ] (1917–1998), businessman and chairman of the ] conglomerate 1962–1993
* ] (born 1957), journalist
* ] Chris Snow, ] since February 2009, and commanded ] from 2005 to 2006
* ], TV and film director, including police dramas and '']''

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Atcheson, Nathaniel & Robert, ''The history of Churcher's College, Petersfield, Hants: with a sketch of the life of Mr. Richard Churcher, the founder''. 1823. J Butterworth & Son. New York Public Library.


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Private day school in Petersfield & Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Churcher's College
Address
Ramshill
Petersfield & Liphook, Hampshire, GU31 4AS
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°00′32″N 0°55′41″W / 51.009°N 0.928°W / 51.009; -0.928
Information
TypePrivate day school
MottoCredita Caelo (trust in heaven)
Established1722; 302 years ago (1722)
FounderRichard Churcher
Local authorityHampshire
Department for Education URN116579 Tables
Chairman of the GovernorsMichael Gallagher (retired 2023)
HeadmasterSimon H. L. Williams
GenderCo-educational
Age3 to 18
Enrolment1185
Houses  Collingwood
  Drake
  Grenville
  Nelson
  Rodney
Former pupilsOld Churcherians
Websitehttp://www.churcherscollege.com

Churcher's College is a private co-educational fee-charging day school, founded in 1722. Churcher’s College is regarded as a leading private school in the south of England. The Senior School (ages 11–18) is in the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire with the Junior School and Nursery (ages 3–11) in nearby Liphook. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).

The College was founded in Petersfield in the 1720s by the will of Richard Churcher to educate local boys in the skills needed for service in the East India Company.

The headmaster is Simon Williams who replaced Geoffrey Buttle in September 2004. Alumni are known as Old Churcherians or OCs.

History

The school was founded under the will of Richard Churcher in 1722. Churcher was a wealthy local philanthropist who had made his fortune through interests in the British East India Company. His will, dated 1722, decreed that the College was to educate:

10 or 12 local boys from Petersfield, of any age from 9 to 14, in the arts of writing, arithmetic, mathematics and navigation so they could be apprenticed to masters of ships sailing in the East Indies.

Under the terms of the will, Churcher's College was created from a £3000 gift as a non-denominational foundation, a status it has kept to this day. The original school, built in 1729, is in College Street. The school became increasingly popular due to its successes, and in 1881 moved to its present location in Ramshill, accommodating 150 boys, on land donated by the J&W Nicholson & Co family of gin makers.

A three-storey red brick Georgian building with central main door and 14 deep regularly-spaced windows
Original College building, College Street

From 1946 to 1964 Broadlands, opposite the college grounds in Ramshill, was the preparatory school for Churcher's. It was Grade II listed in 1949.

For much of the 20th century Churcher's College operated as a voluntary aided grammar school. In 1979, Hampshire County Council decided to cease to maintain the college, which became an independent fee-paying school. The school's expanding population (by the mid-20th century the school educated some 400 boys, of whom about a quarter boarded in three separate houses: Mount House, Ramshill House and School house) has necessitated the addition of a number of modern buildings alongside the original 1881 buildings.

Girls were first admitted to the Sixth Form in 1980, and the school became fully co-educational in 1988. Reflecting its naval history, the college's houses are named after the naval heroes Drake, Grenville, Nelson and Rodney, with the later addition of Collingwood.

In 1993 the school purchased Moreton House School in Petersfield, which became Churcher's College Junior School. Like the senior school before it, the junior school is very successful, and soon outgrew its premises. Following an unsuccessful attempt to relocate in Petersfield, the school eventually purchased an existing school campus in Liphook (Littlefield's School), which from 2003 became the junior school's new site.

Simon Williams has been headmaster since 2004.

Sport and outdoor pursuits

Front elevation of Churcher's College, 2007

Pupils at the school play rugby, hockey, netball and cricket. The College was the first school to affiliate to the Hampshire RFU in 1924. OC Frank Guy was responsible for the founding of local rugby union club Petersfield R.F.C. in 1927. In 2015, Churcher's won the NatWest Schools Cup under-18 Vase with 13-5 victory over SEEVIC College, the first Hampshire school to do so.

The school has equestrianism, tennis, hockey, rugby, swimming, athletics and recently football teams and events and competes in contests such as the Ten Tors, and Ten peaks (a churcher’s college made event, due to unselection in 2023) Churcher’s College won Ten Tors in both 2014 and 2015, the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon, and the Charlton Chase and annually sponsor/host the Butser Hill Challenge events.

There are Combined Cadet Force and Duke of Edinburgh Award programmes, as well as the World Challenge and First Challenge expeditions for the 4th and 5th and 6th form students.

Notable alumni

See also: Category:People educated at Churcher's College

References

  1. Bosberry-Scott, Wendy (September 2009). Which School? 2010. John Catt Educational Ltd. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-904724-66-7.
  2. "Churcher's College: History". Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. "Hampshire Gardens Trust: Broadland House". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. "British Listed Buildings". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. Rhodes Boyson, Secretary of State for Education and Science (2 July 1979). "Schools reorganisation". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 969. House of Commons. col. 486W. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. "Moreton House School, Petersfield, Hampshire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. "MORETON HOUSE SCHOOL, Petersfield - 1093562". Historic England. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. "Companies House: Simon Huw Llewelyn WILLIAMS". Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  9. "NatWest Schools Cup 2015: Churcher's College win under-18 Vase with 13-5 victory over SEEVIC". Daily Telegraph. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. "Teams cross Dartmoor's Ten Tors challenge finish line". BBC. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  11. "AC Alumnus' Got Talent!". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  12. "IMDb: Charles Beeson". IMDb. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  13. 'BOXSHALL, Dr Geoffrey Allan', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 8 July 2013
  14. "OC Rhidian Brook's Novel Made into Film". Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  15. Dennis Nineham (29 May 1993). "Obituary: The Right Rev Harry Carpenter". Independent. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  16. Iqbal, Nosheen (6 December 2020). "Covid scientist Jeremy Farrar had recurring nightmare about failing A-levels". The Guardian.
  17. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  18. "Old Churcherians". Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

Further reading

  • Atcheson, Nathaniel & Robert, The history of Churcher's College, Petersfield, Hants: with a sketch of the life of Mr. Richard Churcher, the founder. 1823. Google -Book Internet Archive J Butterworth & Son. New York Public Library.
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