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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsIntroduction[edit]Background[edit]Former pupils[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Introduction[edit]Sunningdale School is a small school that seeks to educate its pupils in a range of subjects and disciplines, and to encourage them to take the Common Entrance Examination for entry to senior independent boarding schools. In previous decades, many former pupils have gone on to some of Britain’s best independent schools, including Eton College, Harrow School, Oundle School, Shrewsbury School, Radley College, Winchester College, Sherborne School, Marlborough College, Wellington College and Charterhouse.Founded in 1874 by William Girdlestone, it stands in 25 acres (10\u00a0ha) of gardens and grounds. He was later joined by his son, Theophilus Girdlestone, who helped run the school for the next quarter of a century until an unfortunate period for the family with Girdlestone dying on 22 February 1897 and Theophilus quickly following on 25 June 1899. This would lead to the school being sold in 1900 to the next headmaster, F. L. Crabtree (1900\u201333), the pupils numbered 27. Since its foundation, the school has had only seven heads.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The school was the subject of a BBC television documentary, Britain’s Youngest Boarders, first broadcast in September 2010.[1]Background[edit]The school has its own chapel, and a house in Normandy, France to which each boy goes for a week three times during his time at Sunningdale. The school’s major sports are football, rugby union and cricket in the Michaelmas, Lent and summer terms respectively. Boys also play tennis, squash, Eton Fives, basketball, field hockey, golf and table tennis against other independent boarding schools. Fives has been played at Sunningdale since at least 1892 and the school has 3 courts on site. They also compete in athletics, cross-country, fencing, judo and air rifle shooting. There is a heated indoor swimming pool which means that the boys can swim all year round. The sports hall includes two full-length cricket nets and an air rifle range. There is also a 7-hole golf course in the grounds. Boys can also ride and do clay pigeon shooting and in their last term they do an outward bound course on Dartmoor. Indoor activities include chess, model railway, cooking, bridge, snooker, Scottish dancing, drama, model making and board games.Former pupils[edit]Former pupils of Sunningdale School include:Henry Blofeld, BBC cricket commentatorMichael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneSir Henry Cecil, horse racing trainerGuy Clark, Lord Lieutenant of RenfrewshireJohn Crichton, Viscount Crichton, property consultantHenry Field, US anthropologist who documented Iraq’s Marsh ArabsFrancis Fulford, Devon landowner, reality star of The F***ing FulfordsBamber Gascoigne, British television presenter and authorGerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, the former richest aristocrat in the UKCarey Harrison, novelist and dramatistFrederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of BristolBernard Heywood, Church of England bishopNick Hurd, Government MinisterPrince Michael of Kent, cousin of the Queen and member of the Royal FamilyLord Frederick Windsor, British Royal and financial analystWilliam Kinghan, unionist politician, High Sheriff of Down, 1924Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician and BBC radio presenterFerdinand Mount, writer and novelistIan Ogilvy, actorStephen Powys, 6th Baron LilfordHugh van Cutsem, landowner, banker, businessman, and horse-breederReferences[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/sunningdale-school-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Sunningdale School – Wikipedia"}}]}]