Independent Prep School for girls, Blandford, Dorset

Hanford is finding something you love

Hanford is Fulfilling Potential

Hanford is Tree Climbing

Hanford is Making Your Own Uniform

Hanford is a unique boarding and day prep school for girls located in rural Dorset. It is a place where all the girls have the freedom and space to enjoy their childhoods, develop their talents and nurture lifelong passions whilst being prepared for life at senior school and beyond.

Tel: 01258 860219

Teaching and Learning

Teaching at Hanford covers so much more than the National Curriculum.

Living and Playing

Hanford may be a school but it feels more like a home to the 100 or so girls who live and work in its buildings

Fantastic Scholarship Results 2019

This year’s results bring the total number of awards received in the past five years to 50,

Hanford Highlights

Hanford is a busy school with lots going on throughout the term including sporting events, plays, trips, visits, festivals and much more.

Visit Us

To find out more about what makes Hanford, an all girls independent boarding prep school, so special contact Karen Mallinson in admissions to arrange a visit

Book Place

Why Hanford

Hanford girls make dens, climb trees and, in the summer, ride before breakfast. They make their own clothes and develop as free spirits. They learn resilience, confidence and a sense of adventure and they develop friendships which will last a lifetime…

“But the thing that’s especially made the school brilliantly different is the spirit in which it’s done things, with idealism, creativity and joy, wholly unselfconsciousnessly.”

– Good Schools Guide 2017

Highlights of Hanford

The extraordinary events that run through the year that make Hanford unique

Events

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May 25

Hanford Tetrathlon and New Girls’ Day

Hanford’s version of a Sports Day is called The Hanford Tetrathlon. It is an all day event for all the family and friends of the girls to come and watch the girls compete and bring a picnic. The girls enter four different sports – cross country riding, shooting, swimming and running. All are timed heats

Jun 14

Chris Wheeler talk ‘Adolescence and Boundaries’

Chris Wheeler is Principal Monkton Coombe School. He will be giving a talk to parents about managing teenagers and setting boundaries in preparation for the next steps.