Rendcomb College
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| Mottoes | "Quo Lux Ducit" |
| Established | 1920 |
| Headteachers | Martin Watson (Junior School) & Gerry Holden (Senior School) |
| Location | Cirencester Gloucestershire  England |
| Ages | 3 to 18 |
| Houses | Old Rec, Godman, Stable, Lawn, Park |
| Website | www.rendcombcollege.co.uk |
Rendcomb College is an HMC co-educational boarding and day school for 3 to 18-year-olds, located near the village of Rendcomb five miles north of Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England.
Rendcomb College and Junior School states that it 'aims to provide a stimulating, challenging and exciting all-round education'. A recent Independent Schools Inspection found the school to be a "friendly and supportive community" where "the efforts of pupils are warmly encouraged, celebrated and rewarded".
Rendcomb College states in its prospectus that 'it is a close community, more of an extended family to which every pupil belongs, where every child matters as an individual.'
In 2005, pupils at the College achieved record-breaking exam results with a 100% pass rate at A Level and 93% at GCSE with 48% of the papers being graded A or A*.
The school motto is Quo Lux Ducit (to where the light leads).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kojo Annan - Son of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. While at Rendcomb, he was a successful rugby player.[1]
- John Middleton Murry, Jr. - English writer who used the names Colin Murry and Richard Cowper. [2]
- Richard Dunwoody - Jockey
- Nicolas Walter - Anarchist and atheist writer, speaker and activist
- David Mabberley - Director of the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington, president of the IAPT, ex-Dean of Wadham College, Oxford
- Roger Alder FRS, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bristol.
[edit] References
- ^ MacAskill, Ewen, "English public schoolboy turned businessman who 'disappointed' his father", The Guardian, March 30, 2005
- ^ Priest, Christopher "John Middleton Murry: Science-fiction writer who emerged from the shadow of his famous father" (obituary), The Guardian, May 3, 2002
[edit] External links
- Rendcomb College homepage
- The Old Rendcombian Web Site - Alumni web site
- Junior School
- Senior School
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