Schools & Colleges
“Bob is very much a hands on Head Groundsman. Mind you, he needs to be having only six full time staff to look after three school sites”
Well endowed - except for groundstaff!
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Bob Carder is the Head Groundsman at Stamford Endowed Schools which, as its pluralised title implies, is made up of a number of distinct schools all sharing the extensive facilities
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tamford Endowed Schools dates back nearly 500 years and offers education to boys and girls, ages two to eighteen. It has solid academic foundations and a
strong reputation for sporting excellence. Sport is an important and integral aspect of life at Stamford School through the curriculum, extracurricular clubs, the house system and representative sport, so it is not surprising that they invest heavily in their sports facilities. The schools are in a privileged position to enjoy extensive on site playing fields, squash courts, a well equipped sports hall, floodlit tennis courts and astroturf, along with their latest investment, a new sports centre and memorial pool.
The new £6.1 million facility - SES Sport Centre - opened its doors to students, staff and parents in June 2012, and was officially opened by Lord Sebastian Coe on 30th November and offers a state of the art fitness suite, 25m indoor swimming pool, gymnasium and a hospitality area. There is also a large
south-facing spectator terrace covered by an overhanging roof, giving a prime view of the main sports pitches.
The gleaming new gym houses forty pieces of Life Fitness equipment which includes the Elevation Engage cardiovascular series as well as Signature Strength and Hammer Strength equipment. The gym is open to sixth form students and will enable sports teams to train ahead of big fixtures. The five schools are:
- Stamford School - for boys aged eleven to eighteen
- Stamford High School - for girls aged eleven to eighteen
- Stamford Junior School - for co-ed aged four to eleven
- Nursery - co-ed for two to four year olds
- Sixth Form - co-ed sixteen to eighteen
All the schools’ sports playing pitches are managed by Bob Carder who has been at the school for eight years, having previously worked at Shrivenham
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