Grenville College

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Grenville College is an independent boarding and day school in Bideford, Devon, England. It is a member of the Woodard Schools foundation.

Grenville College
Headmaster	Andy Waters
Deputy Head	Simon Woolcott
School Type	Independent
Location	Bideford, Devon, England
Head Boy	Sam Mead
Head Girl	Sabrina Schemmel
School Houses	Atlantic, Exmoor, Lundy, Tarka
Sports	Rugby, Cricket, Hockey, Football, Rowing, Athletics, Judo

[edit] History

Grenville College was founded in 1954 as a boys’ school by Messrs. N. Dromgoole, G. Spain, and W.F. Scott. Mr. Dromgoole was the first Headmaster and drew up the initial prospectus. He was succeeded as Headmaster in 1955 by Walter F. Scott. The college is named after the famous Elizabethan sea captain, Sir Richard Grenville, who came from Bideford. Walter Scott wanted to offer his pupils opportunities which had not been available to him when he had been a pupil at school. This included the setting up of a specialist dyslexia department, which has now been part of Grenville College for 38 years and has earned a national reputation for its excellence.

In 1965 the school became part of the Woodard Schools foundation. In 1994 the College merged with Stella Maris Convent school, becoming a co educational school and also acquiring a Junior School. Grenville College currently serves over 400 students from 3 to 18 years and is an accredited ISC school in membership of the Secondary Heads of Independent Schools (SHMIS), the Independent Schools' Association (ISA) and the Boarding Schools' Association (BSA).