The City of London Freemen’s School was set up to look after the orphaned children of Freemen of the City. The school was founded in Brixton in 1854 to educate boys and girls - we have always been co-educational, it is an essential part of our character. Not only committing right from the start to a charitable, co-ed, broad education, we have also continuously admitted boarders alongside our day pupils.
In 1926 the City Corporation moved us out to Ashtead Park, which we do consider to be a stroke of genius! We really do enjoy the best of locations - a leafy Surrey Hills site, but wholeheartedly connected to the square mile and only a short train journey into Waterloo or Victoria.
Since then, our site has expanded to accommodate swelling numbers and to support our children’s development in excellent facilities. You can be sure that the interests of the children will always come first here. Both teaching and learning across all age ranges will always be at the heart of any ongoing and future decisions which we and our team will make, taking Freemen’s forward. Boarding students are now housed in a custom-built boarding house and our new music school is replete with modern technology and an acoustically exceptional recital hall. We are in the midst of an ambitious development of the school’s provision: our ultra-modern, award-winning, swimming pool is spectacular our sixth form is being reformed- within and without the fabric of the buildings, with our dynamic Free Minds program. It is an exciting time to join Freemen’s.
We want children at Freemen’s to learn, to lead, and to make a difference.
We will do this by:
- Nurturing a community of learners – adults and children – who are ambitious about what they might achieve in and out of the classroom
- Providing relevant opportunities for pupils to expand their horizons intellectually and socially athletically and creatively emotionally and spiritually
- Establishing an environment at Freemen’s where everyone involved in the community is respected, trusted, and supported
- Encouraging responsibility and capability honesty and reliability pride and passion
- Promoting determination and innovation flexibility and adaptability kindness and consideration
- Fostering in our pupils the confidence, curiosity, independence, and wisdom to succeed in the next stages of their lives.
