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6 unusual facts about Monkton Combe School


Grace Nichols

The first ever winners of Anthologise were the sixth form pupils of Monkton Combe School, Bath, with their anthology titled The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead.

John Agard

The first winners of Anthologise were the sixth-form pupils of Monkton Combe School, Bath, with their anthology entitled The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead.

Monkton Combe

A significant proportion of the village centre is taken up by Monkton Combe School, an independent Christian boarding and day school of the British public school tradition, with 350 pupils — most of whom board.

Monkton Combe School

There are also annual (optional) visits overseas, such as an adventure course picked each year for the 3rd Form, Skiing in Austria and a Rowing training camp in Nantes-France, as well as academic trips such as foreign language exchange trips.

Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE, 1945-, Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1999 until 2004 and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge

Other major activities include the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) and various clubs and societies.



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