 Sibford School was founded in 1842 as a co-educational boarding school for the children of 'disowned' Quakers - those who had married outside the Society of Friends - as their children were barred from entering Ackworth School.It later accepted children from practicing Quaker families.The school was originally based in Walford Manor in the centre of Sibford Ferris, which had been remodeled in the 17th century.