Editing Farnham (section)

==Education==
Farnham has a broad mix of [[State school|state]], [[Faith school|religious]] and [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] schools. There are eight infant schools, nine primary/junior schools, three secondary schools and two schools for pupils with special educational needs.<ref name=farnham_comm>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.farnhamcommunity.org.uk/facilities/education/schools/primary.asp
 |title=Primary schools in Farnham
 |publisher=Farnham community
 |access-date=11 February 2012
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127043835/http://www.farnhamcommunity.org.uk/facilities/education/schools/primary.asp
 |archive-date=27 January 2012
 }}</ref>
There are also four independent schools in the Farnham area.<ref name=ISC>{{cite web
|url=http://www.isc.co.uk/isc_Surrey_Farnham.htm
|title=Independent Private Schools in Farnham
|publisher=Independent schools council
|access-date=11 February 2012
|archive-date=22 January 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122215947/https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/surrey/farnham/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

[[Farnham College]] (part of [[Guildford College]]) provides further education. The [[University for the Creative Arts]] at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester or UCA (a merger of the local [[Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College]] and [[Kent Institute of Art & Design]]) provides higher education.

The area includes some of the top state schools (academies) in the country including [[South Farnham School]], [[Weydon School]] and many others who consistently rank highly in school results year on year including South Farnham which has, more than once, been rated the best state primary school in the country based on exam results.<ref name=schools_2018>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=124658&headline=Schools%20rank%20highly%20in%20Times%E2%80%99%20best%20guide&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017
 |title=Schools rank highly in Times' best guide
 |publisher=Farnham Hearald
 |access-date=30 March 2018
 |archive-date=22 January 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122215942/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=124658&headline=Schools+rank+highly+in+Times%E2%80%99+best+guide&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>
<ref name=schools_ranking_2016>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=116753&headline=Primary%20schools%20ranked%20in%20top%20seven%20per%20cent&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017
 |title=Primary schools ranked in top seven per cent
 |publisher=Farnham Hearald
 |access-date=30 March 2018
 |archive-date=22 January 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122215943/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=116753&headline=Primary+schools+ranked+in+top+seven+per+cent&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>
<ref name=schools_ranking_2017>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114944&headline=Schools%20make%20it%20to%20Times%E2%80%99%20top%20100%20list&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016
 |title=Schools make it to Times' top 100 list
 |publisher=Farnham Hearald
 |access-date=30 March 2018
 |archive-date=22 January 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122215943/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114944&headline=Schools+make+it+to+Times%E2%80%99+top+100+list&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>

[[Farnham Grammar School]] was created some time before 1585 (when a donation by a Richard Searle was recorded<ref name=Fham_coll_hist>{{cite web
|url=http://www.farnham.ac.uk/TheCollege/HistoryOfFarnhamCollege.aspx
|title=History of Farnham College
|year=2010
|publisher=Farnham College
|access-date=11 February 2012
|archive-date=8 March 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308092233/http://www.farnham.ac.uk/TheCollege/HistoryOfFarnhamCollege.aspx
|url-status=live
}}</ref> "to the maintenance of the school in Farnham").<ref name=farnhamians>{{cite web
|url=http://www.farnhamians.org/ofa/BriefHist.htm
|title=History of Farnham Grammar School
|publisher=Old Farnhamians' Association
|access-date=11 February 2012}}</ref> In 1905 the town centre assets of the old grammar school, located in West Street, were sold in order to purchase and build new premises in fields to the south of the town.<ref name=farnhamians /> In 1973 this campus became a [[Sixth Form College]] and was renamed Farnham College.<ref name=Fham_coll_hist />