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Sherborne School & the Second World War

As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, we look at the impact of the war years on Sherborne School. From the changes it brought to the day-to-day life of the School, with the building of air raid shelters, the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, the Home Guard and the … Read more

The 80th Anniversary of the Kindertransport

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport, or Children’s Transport, the name given to the rescue movement which between December 1938 and September 1939 arranged for some 10,000 mostly Jewish children being brought to Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Three of these children were taken in by Sherborne School. Find out … Read more