The school was opened on 4 September 1815 by the Society of Friends (Quakers) for Cumberland and Northumberland.
The initial student intake was 9 boys and 8 girls in premises at Highmoor in existing buildings.
[1] In 1826, the main school site opened at Brookfield, commissioned by the Society of Friends.
On the other side was a set of scales to represent fairness and tolerance, key Quaker virtues.
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