Monkton Combe School

Monkton Combe School was founded in 1868 by the Revd. Francis Pocock, vicar of Monkton Combe and a former curate to the Bishop of Sierra Leone . Clarendon School for Girls, a former independent girls' school, merged with Monkton Combe School in 1992, at which point Monkton became fully coeducational. Monkton is a member of the Rugby Group of independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom.

Several of the school's buildings are listed, including the main Senior school block known as The Old Farm, and the part of the Terrace Block known as The Old Vicarage. The school has extensive grounds at both the Preparatory (prep) and Senior schools. The Senior cricket pitches (Longmead and Landham) are described as 'among the most picturesque in England', regularly featuring in the Wisden Cricket Calendar's ‘loveliest grounds’ lists. The school has two boathouses, both on the River Avon. The older is on the edge of the Senior school grounds, sitting below the Dundas Aqueduct and is used mainly for junior rowing. In 2014 the school opened a new boathouse in the nearby village of Saltford.…