Dover College
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Dover College | |
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Co-educational | |
Age | 3 to 18 |
Enrolment | 323 |
Houses | 6 |
Colour(s) | Black and Green |
School fees | £2,575 - £5,350 (Day) £7,000 - £10,500 (Boarding) |
Former pupils | Old Dovorians |
Website | http://www.dovercollege.org.uk/ |
Dover College is an independent day and boarding school in the English
The school occupies some of the medieval buildings of Dover Priory, on a site just east of the eponymous railway station.
History
Foundation
In 1869 Robert Chignell, who had a private school at Westmount, in Folkestone Road, leased part of the Dover Priory buildings for a private school. He passed on his interest, however, to a group of leading citizens and local businessmen in Dover, led by the Mayor of Dover, Dr. Astley, who had formed the Dover College Company to promote the foundation of a public school for the town on what remained of the Priory site with the dual intention of providing a public school education for local boys and of using and thus preserving the Priory's remaining ancient buildings.
It is set in the grounds and ruins of the Priory of St. Martin, which was ransacked by
The College was founded and opened as a boys' school on 15 September 1871. By the end of the first term there were 21 boys in the school, and by the end of the next summer another 32 had joined them. It acquired the large hall, or guest-house, in 1879 and converted it into a school Chapel by enlarging the east end into an apse. In time, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners made over the whole property to the College Trustees. The refectory was restored, revealing an important but damaged fresco, as (in 1881, to mark a charitable act by Sir Richard Dickenson the then mayor of Dover) was the gatehouse. The Gatehouse was restored by the celebrated architect George Edmund Street and is currently used as the music room for the Junior Department.
20th century
In August 1917, part of the school was damaged during an air raid, and the decision was finally taken to evacuate the College from Dover to Leamington College in
In 1921 the Jubilee of the School was celebrated, including the dedication of the War Memorial and the Bell Memorial in the Chapel. 1922 a trust set up by the
- The object of the Corporation of Dover College shall be the conduct of a College for boys … in which they may receive a sound religious, classical, mathematical, scientific and general education and the doing of such things as are conducive to the attainment of this objective.
During the
In 1957 was the first public school in the UK to formally create an International Department.[6] In 1974, Dover College was one of the first English public schools to become fully co-educational.
In 1990 the college was taken to court by its head of history who claimed unfair dismissal on the grounds of illness. The case is known as Hogg v Dover College.[7]
21st century
In September 2001 Dover College opened a junior department for pupils aged 4–11. In 2009, it opened a pre-reception class to welcome three-year-old children.
The college renovated its music facilities under Stephen Jones, Headmaster from 2004 to 2011 who went on to be Warden of
Coat of arms
The school coat of arms shows St. Martin dividing his cloak, which he shared with a beggar. Martin of Tours is patron saint of France, and therefore appropriate for the English school closer than any other to France.
Notable Old Dovorians
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Notable alumni, in chronological order, include:
- Dr Reginald Koettlitz (1860–1916); Doctor and Polar Explorer
- Richard Arthur (1865–1932); Australian politician
- Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham (1866–1958); Lord Chancellor
- Tyrone Power Sr. (1869–1931); Anglo-American actor
- O. B. Clarence (1870–1955); English actor
- Edmund Henry Elwin (1871–1909); Christian Missionary and Bishop of Sierra Leone
- Francis Newton Parsons (1875–1900); Victoria Cross recipient (Second Boer War)
- Richard Reginald Goulden (1876-1932); portrait sculptor & creator of public memorials
- Robert John Tillyard (1881–1937); entomologist and geologist
- H. P. M. Beames (1875–1948); engineer
- Stoop Memorial groundis named
- Arthur Leyland Harrison (1886–1918); Victoria Cross recipient (Zeebrugge Raid.)
- The Most Reverend D.D.(1890–1958); Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia
- Richard Aldington (1892–1962); writer and poet
- Wilfred Nevill (1894–1916); led the East Surrey's "Football Charge" at the Somme
- General Sir Dallas Brooks (1896–1966); DSO – Zeebrugge Raid; Governor of Victoria – 1949–1963
- Air Marshal Sir DFC (1898–1985); Chief of the Air Staff (India)
- Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald (1900–1981); writer of books about British wildlife
- Cecil Madden (1902-1987); radio and television producer
- Royal Ballet
- Mummers
- Edgar Christian (1908–1927); see Cold Burial published in 2002
- CBE (1912–1997); Squadron Commander of 504 Squadron and 222 SquadronRAF in 1940
- OBE (1912–1981); Flight leader in 303 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, later commander of 66 Squadron
- Squadron Leader No 2 Armoured Car Company RAF
- Colonel Merville Battery)
- J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002); film director
- Fleet Support
- Sir CMG, CVO(1920–2009); British colonial government official
- Commissioner of ICAC
- Robert Bairamian (1935–2018), cricketer and schoolmaster
- The Reverend Mark Turnham Elvins, OFMCap (b. 1939); acting Warden of Greyfriars, Oxford 2007/8
- Michael Welsh (b. 1942); Conservative politician
- George Lam (b. 1947); Hong Kong film star and singer
- GCVO, KCMG(b. 1948); British Ambassador to Germany
- Michael Kuhn (b. 1949); film director
- Neal Mallett (b. 1957); Olympic fencer
- Simon Cowell (b. 1959); TV personality [8]
- Pavan Sukhdev (b. 1960); Environmental Economist
- Achim Steiner (b. 1961); executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Dai Fujikura (b. 1977); composer of contemporary classical music
- Sammy Moore (b. 1987); professional footballer
Notable members of staff
- British Lions1938
- Jeffrey Archer, taught at the school in the 1960s
- Ralph Townsend, taught at the school in the 1970s
Headmasters
The school has had fifteen headmasters since its foundation.[9]
Canon William Bell, 1871–1892[10][11]
Reverend William Cookorthy Compton, 1892-1910
F de W Lushington, 1910-1915
George Renwick 1934–1954
Alec Peterson 1954–1957
Tim Cobb
David Cope,
Jack Ind, 1980s
Martin Wright, 1990s
Howard Blackett, 1997-2004
Stephen Jones, 2004–2011
Gerry Holden, 2011–2014
Gareth Doodes, 2015–2020[12]
Simon Fisher 2020–present[9]
References
- ^ "Introduction | Dover College". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "150 years of thinking differently: our history – Dover College". www.dovercollege.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Stuff, Good. "The School Hall Dover College, Dover, Kent". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- ^ Stuff, Good. "School Chapel Dover College, Dover, Kent". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in England". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- ^ "International Admissions - Dover College" Archived 16 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Hogg v Dover College". Employment Law Friend. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Burrell, Ian. "Simon Cowell: Idol rich", The Independent, London, 14 November 2009.
- ^ a b "A New Headmaster At Dover College – Old Dovorians". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "History Of the OD Club – Old Dovorians". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Spotlight on a School: Dover College". Independent School Management Plus. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Welcome from the Headmaster – Gareth Doodes, Dover College". www.dovercollege.org.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Further reading
- Dover priory: a history of the Priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Martin of the New Work by Charles Reginald Haines (1930) – a comprehensive history of the priory
External links
Media related to Dover College at Wikimedia Commons
- School Website
- Profile on the ISC website
- Old Dovorians Website