Editing Millfield (section)

==Preparatory School==
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 | name                    = Millfield Preparatory School
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 | established             = 1946
 | closed                  = 
 | type                    = [[Preparatory school (UK)|Preparatory]] day and boarding
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 | president               = 
 | head_label              = 
 | head                    = Dan Thornburn
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 | chair                   = 
 | founder                 = [[Jack Meyer (educator and cricketer)|Jack "Boss" Meyer]]
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 | address                 = 
 | city                    = [[Glastonbury]]
 | county                  = [[Somerset]]
 | country                 = England
 | postcode                = BA6 8LD
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 | ofsted                  = 
 | dfeno                   = 933/6115
 | urn                     = 123921
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 | gender                  = [[Mixed-sex education|Coeducational]]
 | lower_age               = 2
 | upper_age               = 13
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 | website                 = {{URL|http://millfieldschool.com/prep}}
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'''Millfield Preparatory School''' is a coeducational [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in [[Glastonbury]] and is the feeder for the senior school. Currently,{{when|date=March 2024}} there are 442 pupils attending the school, 231 boys and 211 girls. 146 of the pupils are boarders and 296 are day pupils.{{fact|date=March 2024}}

===History===
The school was founded in 1946,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/192-Millfield_Preparatory_School.html|title=Millfield Preparatory School, Somerset|publisher=isbi schools|access-date=6 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108055015/http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/192-Millfield_Preparatory_School.html|archive-date=2009-01-08|url-status = live}}</ref> by [[Jack Meyer (educator and cricketer)|Jack 'Boss' Meyer]] who also founded and ran Millfield and later became the headteacher. He bought Edgarley Hall and its grounds from the Thomas-Ferrands, following use by the army in [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://millfieldschool.com/about-millfield/our-history |title=History |publisher=Millfield Preparatory School |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627055020/http://millfieldschool.com/about-millfield/our-history |archive-date=2017-06-27 |url-status = live}}</ref>

Meyer's philosophy was "...to nurture talent by providing the very best facilities, teaching, coaching and opportunities in which young people can exercise and explore their abilities; and to give awards to those in financial need."<ref name="Boss Meyer"/>

A pre-preparatory department was initially started at the 19th-century house, The Hollies,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1345430|title=The Hollies|work=historicengland.org.uk|publisher=English Heritage|access-date=6 September 2009}}</ref> in the centre of Glastonbury in the mid-1980s, later moving to the main preparatory school site.

===Boarding===
Around 43% of pupils are boarders. Boarding has been an integral part of the school for most of its history. There are three boys' boarding houses and two girls' houses, each housing between 30 and 40 pupils. Flexi-boarding is also available.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! House !! Gender
|-
| Berewall || Boys
|-
| Champion || Girls
|-
| Chestnut || Boys
|-
| Hollies || Girls
|-
| Edgarley Manor || Boys
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millfieldprep.com/school-life/boarding/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508073656/http://www.millfieldprep.com/school-life/boarding/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=Boarding|archivedate=8 May 2012}}</ref>

===Sport===
There are 24 sports on offer and over 70 co-curricular activities. Sports facilities include: a 50m swimming pool,<ref>{{cite news|title=Millfield swimming pool offers lifeline to local swimmers|url=https://ie-today.co.uk/news/millfield-swimming-pool-offers-lifeline-to-local-swimmers/|work=IE Today|date=26 October 2020|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> an equestrian centre, sports halls, cricket nets, putting green, squash courts, [[Astro-turf]] hockey pitch, outdoor tennis courts, netball courts and a 9-hole golf course.

===Chapel===
The [[St Andrew's Church, Edgarley|school chapel]] was opened in 1897 as a mission church serving Edgarley.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Edgarley Mission Chapel. Dedication by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002470/18971204/055/0004 |newspaper=The Central Somerset Gazette |date=4 December 1897|access-date=7 February 2021|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

===Notable former masters===
*[[John le Carré]], author and secret service operative<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1993/jul/17/crimebooks |title=Crimebooks |work=[[The Guardian]] | date=17 July 1993 | access-date=3 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095425/https://www.theguardian.com/books/1993/jul/17/crimebooks |archive-date=2017-09-09 |url-status = live}}</ref>