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- Clayesmore School is an independent school for boys and girls, aged 2 – 18 years, in the village of Iwerne Minster, Dorset, England. It is both a day and boarding school and is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The school was founded by Alexander Devine in 1896 in Enfield, Middlesex. After moving to Pangbourne, Berkshire and then to Winchester, Hampshire it finally moved to Iwerne Minster for the summer term of 1933. In 1974 it was joined on the Iwerne site by Clayesmore Preparatory School, originally Charlton Marshall School, which had been founded in 1929 by R.A.L. Everett. In the following year the school became co-educational. As of 2019 there are 430 pupils in the senior school (ages 13–18) and 200 in the prep school (ages 3–13). The current head is Joanne Thomson, and the Prep Head is Jonathon Anderson. The school is situated on a 62-acre (250,000 m2) campus, and the facilities include an astro-turf pitch, theatre, sports centre and subject facilities including an art department, science block, business school and design and technology department. (en)
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