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Information About Anthony Roper
The Anthony
Roper
Primary School is a popular village school situated in
Eynsford on
the outskirts of Dartford in Kent. It is bigger than other primary
schools and caters for 315 boys and girls between the ages of four and
eleven years in mixed age and ability classes.
The school derives its name from Anthony
Roper, Lord of the Manor of Farningham who died in 1597. He left a
legacy for “charitable purposes” for the benefit of
the people of Eynsford, Farningham, Crockenhill and Horton Kirby. It
later came to be called “Roper’s
Charity”. Anthony’s father married Sir Thomas
More’s daughter, Margaret. Anthony Roper inherited Farningham
Manor on the death of his father. Anthony Roper’s name was
chosen for the school as a suitable link between the two communities
which it mainly serves. The school badge incorporates a
stag’s head which is part of the Roper family coat of arms.
Our recent Ofsted inspection says "This is a school of which pupils, parents and carers, staff and the governing body are rightly very proud. One parent wrote 'The children have a sense of belonging and pride at being at Anthony Roper'. "
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