{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = Freman College | logo = Logo of Freman College.svg | logo_size = 215px | image = Freman College, Buntingford - geograph.org.uk - 471675.jpg | image_size = 220px | coordinates = {{coord|51.95141|-0.02784|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = 1970 or 1971<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-08|title=Working at Freman College|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/job-vacancies/information-for-applicants|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-09|title=History|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/history|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref> | closed = | local_authority = Hertfordshire County Council<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137002|title=Freman College|access-date=2022-02-08|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}</ref> | former_name = Ward Freman School | type = Academy<ref name=":2"/> | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Lisa Jones<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/staff|title=Staff|access-date=2024-12-29|website=Freman College}}</ref> | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = Chair | chair = Jackie Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/governors|title=Governors|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Freman College}}</ref> | founder = | address = Bowling Green Lane | city = Buntingford | county = Hertfordshire | country = England | postal_code = SG9 9BT | ofsted = yes | urn = 137002 | staff = {{Circa|90}}<ref name=":0"/> | capacity = 903<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137002|title=Freman College|access-date=2022-02-08|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}</ref> | enrolment = 961 {{As of|2022|02|lc=on}} | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 13 | upper_age = 18<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/919_4141.stm|title=Freman College|access-date=2022-02-09|website=BBC News}}</ref> | houses = {{Color box|Red}} Hepworth <br /> {{Color box|#FFEF00}} Butler <br /> {{Color box|#3FFF00}} Moore <br /> {{Color box|Blue}} Mills<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/student-life/pastoral/house-system|title=House system|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Freman College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/houses.htm|title=The Freman House System|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Freman College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215052233/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/houses.htm|archive-date=2004-12-15}}</ref> | colours = Dark green {{Color box|#1D5C42}} | publication = ''The Word''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/student-life/curriculum/extra-curricular/the-word-student-magazine|title="The Word" student magazine|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Freman College}}</ref> | free_label1 = | affiliations = {{hlist|Ralph Sadleir School|Edwinstree C of E Middle School<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-08|title=Working at Freman College|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/job-vacancies/information-for-applicants|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref>}} | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = https://www.freman.org.uk }}
'''Freman College''' is an upper school and sixth form with academy status in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England.<ref name=":2"/> It was established as '''Ward Freman School''' in either 1970 or 1971 and became Freman College in 1999. It is named after the late Elizabeth Freman and the Freman family, who currently own the grounds of the school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-08|title=Working at Freman College|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/job-vacancies/information-for-applicants|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-09|title=History|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/people/history|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref> Of the 788 students at the school in 2006, 198 were enrolled in the Sixth form.<ref name=dfes20066th>{{cite web | url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=9194141&Type=P&Num=p314&Phase=2&Year=06&Base=a | title=DFES Website: School and College (Post-16) Achievement and Attainment Tables 2006 | access-date=2007-02-14 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==History== Ward Freman School was established in either 1970 or 1971,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> replacing Buntingford Secondary Modern School.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Every human being has a value and a talent, and it is my job to help them find and exploit it' |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/every-human-being-has-value-and-talent-and-it-my-job-help-them-find-and-exploit |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=TES |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Portfolio Lewis |url=http://www.buntingford.com/profiles/prolewis.htm |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=www.buntingford.com}}</ref> It was named after Bishop Seth Ward and Elizabeth Freman of the Freman family as both were benefactors of Buntingford's old grammar school that closed in 1900.<ref name=":1" /> It had comprehensive status and originally served students aged 11 to 16, however a lack of students in the lower years led to the decision to become an upper school and sixth form serving students aged 13 to 18. No students were admitted for the two years during the transition. The first headmaster was C. Patrick Nobes.<ref name=":12" /> In 1975, Roger Harcourt was appointed headmaster, a position he would stay in until his retirement in 2004.<ref name=":4" /> Harcourt introduced a yearly tradition where a Shakespeare play would be held each December.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Harcourt BSA Belfast Acceptance Speech 2018|url=https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Harcourt-BSA-Belfast-Acceptance-Speech-2018.pdf|website=British Shakespeare Association}}</ref> This tradition lasted until 2003.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Harvey|first=Jeremy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxFD3qTfSN4C&pg=PA126|title=Valuing and Educating Young People: Stern Love the Lyward Way|date=2006-06-15|publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers|isbn=978-1-84642-523-3|pages=126|language=en}}</ref> In 1995 the school received its first Ofsted inspection<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Ofsted Inspection Report February 2001 Freman College|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/760491|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref> and on 1 September 1999 it was renamed to Freman College.<ref name=":1" /> By February 2001 the school had attained community status. At the same time the school was graded as satisfactory by Ofsted, however its sixth form was graded good.<ref name=":5" />
In September 2004 Roger Harcourt retired and was succeeded as head by Helen Loughran.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=Ofsted Inspection Report June 2006 Freman College|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/827861|access-date=2007-02-13|website=Ofsted}}</ref> A year later, the school was jointly designated as a specialist Humanities College with its two partner middle schools, Edwinstree C of E Middle School and Ralph Sadleir School.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> The school's current chair, Jackie Martin, was appointed in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Governor Pen Portraits September 2018|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/assets/downloads/Governor-Pen-Portraits-September-2018.pdf|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Freman College}}</ref> In 2006, Freman College became a member of the North East Herts School Sport Coordinator Partnership,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=|title=Freman College - School Sports Partnership|url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/sportpartnershipindex.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060805111236/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/sportpartnershipindex.htm|archive-date=2006-08-05|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Freman College}}</ref> becoming the coordinator of a School Sports Partnership. The school and sixth form were both graded good by Ofsted, with the school making "significant improvements in the last two years" because of new management.<ref name=":3" /> A curricular inspection was made in October 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-12-15|title=Freman College|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/117540|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref> focusing on the provision of citizenship education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ofsted survey inspection programme – Citizenship|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/910497|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref> In 2009 the school retained its good Ofsted grade<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ofsted Inspection Report May 2009 Freman College|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/928193|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref> and converted from community to foundation status. This was followed by academy status in 2011, with the school being one of the first academy converters.<ref name=":0" />
Shortly after academy conversion, in January 2012, Freman yet again retained a good Ofsted grade, as did the sixth form.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ofsted Inspection Report January 2012 Freman College|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/1891833|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref> In March 2012 the school announced a decision to ban skirts because of concerns about skirt length. The ban was enforced from September 2013, potentially making the school the first to implement such a ban in Hertfordshire. As sixth formers do not need to wear school uniform, their dress code was unaffected.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-03-22|title=Freman College in Buntingford to ban skirts from uniform|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-17432623|access-date=2012-04-21}}</ref> In 2015 and 2019 the school's good grade was reaffirmed by Ofsted.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ofsted Short Inspection Report March 2019 Freman College|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50068562|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref>
== Structure == Freman College follows the traditional year group system found in most English schools and students are managed between these years based on their educational stage. Unlike most schools, these years are lettered A, I and E (years 9, 10 and 11). A Year stands for Admission Year, I Year for Intermediate Year and E Year for Examination Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prospectus 2021 |url=https://www.freman.org.uk/assets/downloads/Freman-Prospectus-2021.pdf |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Freman College}}</ref> The sixth form is split between lower sixth and upper sixth (years 12 and 13).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixth form prospectus 2022 |url=https://www.freman.org.uk/assets/downloads/Prospectus-2022.pdf |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Freman College}}</ref> All students belong to one of four houses for the duration of their studies, each represented by a colour and named after a famous British sculptor. They are Butler (yellow), Hepworth (red), Mills (blue) and Moore (green).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Freman House System |url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/houses.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215052233/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/houses.htm |archive-date=2004-12-15 |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=Freman College}}</ref> Each house is directed by a head of house and there are regular inter-house competitions in a multitude of subjects, with the overall winners each year being awarded the Sainsbury Cup (formerly the Sainsbury Trophy).<ref name=":11" /><ref name="FreHouse">{{cite web |title=Freman College Website: House Structure |url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/studhouse.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102104939/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/studhouse.htm |archive-date=2007-01-02 |access-date=2007-04-17}}</ref>
== Campus == Freman College is located on Bowling Green Lane in the rural town of Buntingford.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Freman College|url=https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/schools-directory/school.aspx|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Hertfordshire County Council|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The school has a car-park and there is a bus stop outside.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Overview - Freman College - NHS|url=https://www.nhs.uk/services/service-directory/freman-college/N10474955|access-date=2022-02-12|website=National Health Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Buntingford, outside Freman College – bustimes.org|url=https://bustimes.org/stops/210021385040|access-date=2022-02-12|website=bustimes.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-17 |title=331: Hertford to Buntingford via Ware, Wadesmill, Standon and Puckeridge |url=https://cdn1-originals.webdamdb.com/13953_119210645?cache=1614763692&response-content-disposition=inline;filename=Ware%2520331%2520Monday%2520to%2520Saturday%252008Mar21.pdf&response-content-type=application/pdf&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cCo6Ly9jZG4xLW9yaWdpbmFscy53ZWJkYW1kYi5jb20vMTM5NTNfMTE5MjEwNjQ1P2NhY2hlPTE2MTQ3NjM2OTImcmVzcG9uc2UtY29udGVudC1kaXNwb3NpdGlvbj1pbmxpbmU7ZmlsZW5hbWU9V2FyZSUyNTIwMzMxJTI1MjBNb25kYXklMjUyMHRvJTI1MjBTYXR1cmRheSUyNTIwMDhNYXIyMS5wZGYmcmVzcG9uc2UtY29udGVudC10eXBlPWFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL3BkZiIsIkNvbmRpdGlvbiI6eyJEYXRlTGVzc1RoYW4iOnsiQVdTOkVwb2NoVGltZSI6MjE0NzQxNDQwMH19fV19&Signature=eMQhrXatsSKlrphI5OiDqCgM7tWMqmx-VVBDPsng6-pw80oxX-daM4IfPyguTNYydZjQNXvnjeE1VzSucE8YIzOcm1uygZfVL9cn5Y3FSqL0YG9OhORrBVSPayLsE-5VkNVG6fLvWHGOtM0WEPPbZ-nL7Nd4uIA-R4w6KIdCPMPIGNnfGPBL~O29W8t9nJVAaaO-EeV3M80En4jggDYJ2UOduabcIxyIhFeyMPniX9XMjLus2~ZOQIwVFoZGhxg19OXwuHyRXEIJVzHRlKCwDJN7w8l7-xTmghvl~iWyXZ2AfYG0puDhS7MH4jlEa6MrpN0pyRCl2MCqCMYq5y81IA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI2ASI2IOLRFF2RHA |access-date=2022-03-07}}</ref> The school itself is moderately smaller than average<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=Ofsted Inspection Report November 2015 Freman College|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2528275|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ofsted}}</ref> and has a catchment area serving the settlements of Puckeridge, Buntingford, Braughing, Anstey, Hormead and Ardeley.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buntingford Position Statement, 20 August 2014|url=https://cdn-eastherts.onwebcurl.com/s3fs-public/documents/Appendix_A_-_Chapter_6_Buntingford.pdf|access-date=2022-02-12|website=East Hertfordshire District Council}}</ref> The school often admits students from towns beyond the catchment area, including Ware, Royston and Stevenage. The land of which the school is situated on is owned by the Freman family.<ref name=":1" />
The school site contains a four-court sports hall, outdoor courts and pitches,<ref name=":7" /> a gym and a main hall. There is also a field outside the school. Most of these facilities can be hired outside the school day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-12|title=Hire of facilities|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/information/hire-of-facilities|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref> The sports hall is named after long-time teacher Janette Wood, and cost £1.2 million to build. Outside the sports hall is a playground named in honour of the late David Lewis, who also taught at the school.<ref name=":8" /> A nearby tree has also been planted in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Nick |date=2014-10-15 |title=Former Buntingford PE teacher remembered at special golf day |url=https://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/former-buntingford-pe-teacher-remembered-at-special-golf-day-5007956 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Royston Crow |language=en-UK}}</ref> Food is served at three locations in the school: the playground catering trailer outside the sports hall and two canteens, one school-wide and one sixth form.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-02-12|title=Catering|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/the-college/information/catering|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Freman College|language=en}}</ref> The Ward Freman Pool is located on the school site and is co-managed by East Hertfordshire District Council and Everyone Active. Swimming lessons are offered to people of all ages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ward Freman Pool {{!}} Swimming Pool|url=https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/ward-freman-pool/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Everyone Active|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Many of these facilities are part of the school's various buildings and areas, some of which are named after relating locations or notable individuals in the school's history. They are the principal block, science block, Porthmeor art studio, West End performing arts centre, "Fort William" geography suite, Seth Ward centre, Roger Harcourt centre, Howard Carter centre and pavilion (sixth form only). Since 2005, most of these areas have been disability friendly.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Students - Premises|url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/studpremises.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102105051/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/studpremises.htm|archive-date=2007-01-02|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Freman College}}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == On 22 March 2010, the school's sixth form Amnesty International group broke the Guinness World Record for ''Most Demonstrations in 24 Hours.''<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Most demonstrations in 24 hours|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/most-demonstrations-in-24-hours/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109172747/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/most-demonstrations-in-24-hours/|archive-date=2012-01-09|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Guinness World Records}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=News|url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/latest-news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723051251/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/latest-news|archive-date=2011-07-23|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Freman College}}</ref> The group held 23 protests throughout Central London, beating the previous record of 21 set in 2006 by comedian and journalist Mark Thomas. Subjects included in the protests included capital punishment, maternal death and multiple violations of human rights in countries such as Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Herts school smashes world record for protests in a day|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/herts-school-smashes-world-record-protests-day|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Amnesty International UK}}</ref> The group's final protest was outside 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-03-26|title=Hertfordshire students break protest world record|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/threecounties/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8589000/8589228.stm|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref>
In 2015 the school was acknowledged as being one of the top 3% comprehensive state schools in England. This was due to the school's GCSE results remaining high each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buntingford Journal March 2015 Volume 40, No. 2 |url=https://www.buntingfordcivic.org.uk/resources/journal-march-2015.pdf |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Buntingford Civic Society}}</ref>
=== Teaching awards === In 2014 English and PE teacher Janette Wood was awarded an MBE for educational service. Wood has been teaching at Freman College since 1976 and also leads the North East Herts School Sport Coordinator Partnership, of which the school is a member.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ratcliffe|first=Rebecca|date=2014-01-26|title='It wasn't an interest in my subjects that drove me: I just wanted to teach'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/jan/26/subjects-teach-teacher-education-career-english-pe-sports|access-date=2022-02-12|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=Pritchard|first=Oliver|date=2014-05-09|title=£1.2 million Buntingford sports hall opened by long-standing teacher|url=https://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/1-2-million-buntingford-sports-hall-opened-by-long-standing-4996986|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Royston Crow|language=en-UK}}</ref> Long-time headteacher Roger Harcourt was one of two co-recipients of the British Shakespeare Association's 2018 honorary fellowship.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-05-14 |title=2018 Honorary Fellowship Awarded |url=https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/2018-honorary-fellowship-awarded/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=British Shakespeare Association |language=en-GB}}</ref> He was granted the fellowship alongside actress and activist Dame Vanessa Redgrave.<ref name=":4" />
=== Partnerships === Beginning in 1971, J Sainsbury's donated £500 per annum to Ward Freman School. The donation was made because of the large amount of parents working for the company. Originally the donation was to fund environmental studies, however Headmaster Harcourt expanded its use to school trips, courses and buying a tent. The donation funded the annual Sainsbury Trophy,<ref>{{Cite web|title=JS Journal August 1976|url=https://d1nvj7b44vmgv4.cloudfront.net/_file/journal/SA_SC_JSJ_30_8.pdf|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Sainsbury's|page=21}}</ref> a trophy gifted to the best performing house every year. The trophy has since been renamed to the Sainsbury Cup, but is still awarded to the best house at the end of each academic year.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=House system|url=https://www.freman.org.uk/student-life/pastoral/house-system|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Freman College}}</ref>
Freman College is closely affiliated with two nearby middle schools, Edwinstree C of E Middle School and Ralph Sadleir School. Students from these schools are prioritised when applying for a place at Freman.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schools|url=https://www.braughing.org.uk/schools|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Braughing Parish Council|language=en}}</ref> The three schools were jointly designated with specialist Humanities College status, forming strong links between each other and other local schools.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title=Parent Handbook 2014–15|url=http://ralphsadleir.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Parent-Handbook-2014-15.pdf|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Ralph Sadleir School}}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Although the joint specialism appears to have been abandoned,<ref name=":0" /> links between the three schools have remained strong. As a result, the three schools have set up an educational "pyramid" where the two middle schools admit students from their feeder lower schools and direct them to Freman once their middle school education is complete.<ref name=":10" /> This pyramid is known as the Rib Valley pyramid<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ralph Sadleir School » Rib Valley Schools|url=https://ralphsadleir.herts.sch.uk/rib-valley-schools/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Ralph Sadleir School}}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and has combined the three schools' senior leadership teams. Inset days are held jointly between schools in the pyramid, during which teaching staff are shared.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Partnerships|url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/specialist-school-status|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907211500/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/specialist-school-status|archive-date=2010-09-07|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Freman College}}</ref>
==Notable former pupils== * Sam Gyimah, Liberal Democrat politician.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-09-15|title=Former Conservative MP Sam Gyimah joins Lib Dems|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49703214|access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref> * Anna Williamson, television presenter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Welcome to Freman College!|url=http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120070704/http://www.fremancollege.herts.sch.uk/index.htm|archive-date=2005-11-20|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Freman College}}</ref> * Nathan Tella, professional footballer.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
== Headteachers ==
* Walter Baldwin (1960s){{Efn|Walter Baldwin was headmaster of Buntingford Secondary Modern School, the predecessor to Ward Freman School.|group=lower-alpha}} * C. Patrick Nobes (1970–1975)<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=JS Journal July 1973 |url=https://d1nvj7b44vmgv4.cloudfront.net/_file/journal/SA_SC_JSJ_27_4.pdf |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Sainsbury's |page=3}}</ref> * Roger Harcourt (1975–2004)<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=April 2018|title=Buntingford Journal|url=https://www.buntingfordcivic.org.uk/resources/journal-april-2018.pdf|access-date=2022-02-11|website=buntingfordcivic.org.uk}}</ref> * Helen Loughran (2004–2024) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Culture Vulture|url=https://www.tes.com/news/culture-vulture-39|access-date=2022-02-11|website=TES}}</ref><ref name=":3" / * Lisa Jones (2024–present)
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Category:Upper schools in Hertfordshire Category:Academies in Hertfordshire Category:Educational institutions established in 1970 Category:Buntingford Category:1970 establishments in England