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Prior’s Field is an independent girls' boarding and day school in Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It is set in 23 acres of parkland, 34 miles south west of London and adjacent to the A3 with its links to the capital and the south coast. The school was founded in 1902 and began with 7 pupils. Today 457 pupils, aged 11 to 18, attend Prior's Field, with a third of pupils from the UK and abroad boarding on a full, weekly or flexible basis. The Headteacher is Mrs Tracy Kirnig who joined in 2015 from Caterham School, Surrey and is the school's 11th Head. In its most recent report, the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) awarded Prior’s Field its top rating – excellent – across all categories of inspection, including quality of achievement, teaching, pastoral care, boarding and links with parents. Prior’s Field pupils typically take 9 GCSEs in Year 11 and have a choice of 27 A-levels in the Sixth Form. In 2015, at A-level, 37% of girls achieved A *-A grades, 85% A *-C and the pass rate was 100%; at GCSE, 55% gained A *-A grades, 98% A *-C and the pass rate was 100%. Students participate in over 50 termly clubs, including silver smithing, philosophy, riding and Greenpower engineering. A highly supportive university application process ensures that all girls move to higher education. 100% gained first choice places in 2012, the majority at Russell Group universities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The ISI's March 2011 Inspection Report on Prior's Field )〕 ==History== Prior's Field School opened on 23 January 1902. It was founded by Julia Huxley, who was the mother of Julian Huxley and Aldous Huxley, the niece of the poet Matthew Arnold and the granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby immortalised in the novel ''Tom Brown's Schooldays''. The Huxley Family is interesting historically for the achievements of several of its members across the fields of science, medicine, literature and education. Julian Huxley would go on to become a biologist, the first Director of UNESCO and a founder member of WWF. Aldous Huxley was the eventual author of ''Brave New World'', published in 1932.〔''Prior's Field School - A Century Remembered 1902-2002'' by Margaret Elliott, published by Prior's Field School Trust Ltd, ISBN 978-0-9541195-0-8〕 W.B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Lewis Carroll were family friends, and the school motto "We live by Admiration, Hope and Love" is from ''The Excursion'' by William Wordsworth. Starting with a five-acre plot and a moderately sized house, designed by Charles Voysey, Julia Huxley opened her school with one boarder, five day girls, a wire-haired terrier and her -year-old son, Aldous.〔 Julia Huxley was married to Leonard Huxley, a biographer and writer. She died in 1908 at the age of 46, after only six years as headmistress, and was succeeded by Mrs. Ethel Burton-Brown, who was head from 1908 to 1927. The school magazine was published for the first time in June 1908, when there were 85 pupils and 86 Old Girls.〔 Both Julia Huxley and Ethel Burton-Brown are buried at Compton Cemetery, the latter designed by artist Mary Watts, wife of painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prior's Field School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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