Plymouth College is a co-educational private school in Plymouth, Devon.
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| Type | Public school Private day and boarding school |
| Motto | Dat Deus Incrementum |
| Established | 1877 |
| Founder | FH Colson and LF Griffiths |
| Department for Education URN | 113609 Tables |
| Chairman of governors | Adrian Palmer |
| Head | Peter Watts |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 511 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Colour(s) | Black Green Red |
| Former pupils | Old Plymothians and Mannameadians (OPMs) |
| School song | Carmen Collegii Plymothiensis |
| Website | http://www.plymouthcollege.com |
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History
editThe school was established in 1877. In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854), and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead College.[1]
In 1976, the first girls were admitted to the school's sixth form. Plymouth College became fully coeducational in 1995. In 2004, the school absorbed St Dunstan's Abbey School, an independent school for girls founded by Lydia Sellon.[2]
The Whiteworks Outward Bound centre on Dartmoor has a 20-bed bunkhouse.[3][non-primary source needed]
Sports
editThe swimming programme has a partnership with the Plymouth Leander Swimming Club.[4][5] At the 2012 Olympic Games, Rūta Meilutytė won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke for Lithuania.[6] In 2019, the under-14 girls hockey team won the national tier 2 championships[7]. Other sports activities in this school include Whitewater rafting, Sea kayaking, Sailing, Mountain biking, and Scuba diving.[8]
Former teachers
editNotable alumni
edit- Paul Ackford
- Michael Ball[9]
- Steve Banyard
- Patrick K. Collins
- Chris Constantinou
- Michael Cooper (footballer)
- Sir Alfred Woodley Croft[10]
- William Crossing
- Tom Daley
- Richard Deacon
- Stephen Davies
- Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams
- John Fabian
- Michael Foot
- Dawn French
- Wilson Harris
- Stuart Hibberd
- Frank Hoar
- Jade Howard
- William James
- Ronald Jasper
- Alexis Kirke
- Jamila Lunkuse
- Jake Libby
- Alexander Macklin
- David Forbes Martyn
- Sir Alexander Maxwell
- Rūta Meilutytė
- Honey Osrin[11]
- Cassie Patten
- Finn Peters
- David Quantick
- Sir Leonard Rogers
- Paul Seymour
- Peter Seaton-Clark
- Henry Slade
- Milos Stankovic
- Laura Stephens[11]
- Walter Stoneman
- Mark Tavener
- Kavus Torabi
- John Trevaskis
- J. C. Trewin
- Miles Tunnicliff
- Grace Neutral
References
edit- ^ Chris Robinson, 'Plymouth College, The First Hundred Years', 2005, Pen & Ink.
- ^ A Sermon Archived 19 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Ascot Priory, retrieved 26 April 2015
- ^ "Commercial Welcome". www.plymouthcollege.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
- ^ "Welcome to Plymouth Leander Swimming Club". www.plymouthleander.com. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "ISI Inspectorate Report 2007" (PDF). www.plymouthcollege.net. Retrieved 12 April 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "London 2012 100m Breaststroke Women". Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ https://www.plymouthcollege.com/performance-sport-swimming/team-sports#:~:text=Girls'%20Hockey,the%20Great%20Britain%20ACP%20course.
- ^ "Explore Plymouth College: Reviews, Rankings, Fees, And More". 26 March 2024.
- ^ Ball referred to the school during his BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs interview (broadcast on 2 March 2008) and described his time as a boarder as a "horrible experience". "Desert Island Discs with Michael Ball". Desert Island Discs. 2 March 2008. BBC. Radio 4.
- ^ Clive Whitehead (3 October 2003). Chapter 2: The Intellectual Calibre of the Indian Education Service. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860648649. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b "Plymouth College swimmers selected for major competitions". UK Boarding Schools. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Profile on the Independent Schools Council website