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Ardingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard.[1] The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present location in 1870.[2] The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Woodard Corporation of independent schools and as such has a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition.[3] The school became fully co-educational in 1982.[4]
[edit] Foundation and overviewArdingly College was originally founded as St. Saviour’s School, Shoreham in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith.[5] St Saviour’s School opened on 12 April 1858, occupying the New Shoreham buildings in the lee of the churchyard of St Mary de Haura which had been vacated by another Woodard School, Lancing College, when it moved to its permanent home in April 1858.[5] The site at Shoreham however was never intended to be permanent and it was left to Woodard to scour the South of England for a suitable permanent location for St Saviour’s School.[5] In 1861 Woodard came across the 196 acre (0.79 km²) Saucelands estate at the southern edge of Ardingly village, which was acquired in 1862 for £6,000.[5] Woodard employed Richard Carpenter as the school's architect, and the foundation stone at Ardingly was laid on 12 July 1864 by Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.[5] St Saviour’s School moved to the partially completed site at Ardingly on 14 June 1870 when the new school was officially opened by the Bishop of Chichester, with the inaugural sermon delivered by Samuel Wilberforce.[5] Today Ardingly occupies a 420 acre (1.7 km²) site situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[6] Ardingly is divided into three autonomous schools, comprising a Pre-Preparatory School catering for pupils aged 2½ -7, Junior School catering for pupils aged 7-13 and Senior School for pupils aged 13-18.[7] Both Junior and Senior Schools accommodate boarders who make up the majority of the Senior School student population.[8] All Junior and Senior School students are assigned to a boarding house in which boarders live and study and where day-pupils have study areas. In all, the college has approximately 750 pupils.[9] As of the academic year 2009/10 Senior School day fees are approximately £18,500 per year, with Senior School boarding fees approximately £25,000, though a number of bursaries and scholarships are available.[10] According to the Good Schools Guide 2008, Ardingly College has admitted more pupils this year than at any point in its history and places are at a premium.[11] [edit] Brief history The College's Combined Cadet Force was established in 1902 in the wake of the Second Boer War.[5] 1,200 Old Ardinians went on to fight in World War I, 146 of whom were killed along with two members of staff; their names are recorded on the war memorial in the Chapel.[5] In addition 88 Old Ardinians lost their lives in World War II; their names are recorded in a Book of Remembrance in the Crypt, and on the Memorial Board in the Under.[5] In 1958 the College celebrated its centenary. As part of the celebrations Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the College on 9 June 1958.[5] A stone plaque on the terrace parapet commemorates the Queen's visit, where she 'beheld the view'.[5] Later that week on 14 June 1958 the then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan visited the College to formally open the Centenary Building, which comprises the College cricket pavilion and Centenary Room upstairs.[5] On 8 May 2008 His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent visited the College as part of its sesquicentenary celebrations where he officially opened a new teaching block at the Pre-Preparatory School.[12] [edit] AcademicIn 2008, 59% of GCSE entries were awarded A* or A grades, with 100% of pupils gaining at least 5 A*-C grades.[13] In 2001 Ardingly introduced the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme enabling students entering the sixth-form to choose between conventional A-Levels or the IB Programme.[14] In 2008 Ardingly was ranked 7th in the UK in The Independent's league table of schools offering both an A-Level and IB curriculum; 40% of A-Level entries were awarded A grades and 75% of entries awarded A or B grades, while IB students averaged 34.7 points, equivalent to in excess of four A grades at A-Level. [edit] Notable Old ArdiniansFormer students of Ardingly College are referred to as Old Ardinians. See also Category:Old Ardinians. [edit] Politics
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[edit] Ardingly College LodgeThe school has its own Masonic Lodge, Ardingly College Lodge, which is a member of the elite Freemason 'Public School Lodges' Council.[41] The Lodge, which is open to male Old Ardinians as well as those with an affiliation to the College, was founded in 1922 by the then Headmaster The Revd Thomas Erskine Wilson together with masters, the Provost of the school, and the Bishop of Lewes.[42] [edit] Southern Railway Schools classThe School lent its name to the eighteenth steam locomotive (Engine 917) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40.[43] This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English Public Schools. 'Ardingly', as it was called, was built in 1934 and was withdrawn in 1962.[43] [edit] References
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