SIR ROGER MANWOOD'S SCHOOL

SANDWICH, KENT CT13 9JX
TELEPHONE: 01304 613286
FAX: 01304 615336

In 1563 Sir Roger Manwood founded a Free Grammar School in Sandwich to make education accessible to the townspeople. Since 1563 a great deal has changed. The original school building still stands, but the School has occupied its present 30 acre site since 1895. From the sixteen boys who entered in 1895 the School has grown to over 650 boys and girls.

Boarders joined Headmaster's House even in Elizabethan times, and expansion over the years has created one hundred boarding places in total. Teaching space has expanded similarly, according to the requirements of both pupil numbers and curriculum. Co-education arrived in the 1980s to complete the fabric of the School as it is now.

In September 1992 Manwood's became grant-maintained, keeping its Founder's intention firmly in mind: to offer as broad an education as possible, with special emphasis on the pupils' academic development.