Plymouth College

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Plymouth College main building at dusk

Plymouth College is a co-educational private school in Plymouth, Devon.

History

The school was established in 1877. In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854), and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead College.<ref>Chris Robinson, 'Plymouth College, The First Hundred Years', 2005, Pen & Ink.</ref>

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.<ref>A Sermon Template:Webarchive, Ascot Priory, retrieved 26 April 2015</ref>

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Sports

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Former teachers

• Henry John Chaytor

Notable alumni

• Paul Ackford
• Michael Ball<ref>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". Template:Cite episode</ref>
• Steve Banyard
• Kerenza Bryson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Patrick K. Collins
• Chris Constantinou
• Michael Cooper (footballer)
• Sir Alfred Woodley Croft<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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
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• Cassie Patten
• Finn Peters
• David Quantick
• Sir Leonard Rogers
• Paul Seymour
• Peter Seaton-Clark
• Henry Slade
• Milos Stankovic
• Laura Stephens<ref name="boarding"></ref>
• Walter Stoneman
• Mark Tavener
• Kavus Torabi
• John Trevaskis
• J. C. Trewin
• Miles Tunnicliff
• Grace Neutral

External links

• Template:Official website
• Profile on the Independent Schools Council website