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{{Short description|Public school in West Sussex, England}}
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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Lancing College <br />(formerly College of St Mary and St Nicolas)
 | logo                   = Lancing College Crest.svg
 | logo_size              = 100px
 | motto                   = 'Beati Mundo Corde'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblehub.com/vul/matthew/5.htm|title=Matthaeus 5 Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225022510/http://biblehub.com/vul/matthew/5.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />(''Blessed are the pure in heart'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblehub.com/multi/matthew/5-8.htm|title=Matthew 5:8 Multilingual: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081201/http://biblehub.com/multi/matthew/5-8.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | image                   = Lancing College (1392998994).jpg
 | image_size              = 300px
 | established             = {{start date and age|1848}}
 | closed                  = 
 | type                    = [[Public school (United Kingdom)|Public school]]<br>[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] day and boarding
 | religion                = [[Church of England]]
 | president               = 
 | head_label              = Head Master
 | head                    = Dr Scott Crawford
 | r_head_label            = Provost
 | r_head                  = [[Jonathan Meyrick]]
 | chair_label             = Chairman
 | chair                   = Martin Slumbers
 | founder                 = [[Nathaniel Woodard]]
 | specialist              = 
 | address                 = 
 | city                    = [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]]
 | county                  = [[West Sussex]]
 | country                 = England
 | postcode                = BN15 0RW
 | local_authority         = 
 | urn                     = 126108
 | ofsted                  = 
 | staff                   = 
 | enrolment               = {{circa|600}}
 | gender                  = Mixed
 | lower_age               = 13
 | upper_age               = 18
 | houses                  = 10 (Gibbs', School, Head's, Second's, Handford, Sankey's, Field's, Manor, Saints', Teme)
 | colours                 = Blue and White and Gold
{{color box|Blue}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|gold}}
 | publication             = ''The Quad''
 | alumni                  = [[#Notable alumni|Old Lancings]] ("OLs")
 | free_label_2            = Affiliation
 | free_2                  = [[Woodard Schools|Woodard Corporation]]
 | free_label_3            = 
 | free_3                  = 
 | website                 = {{URL|http://www.lancingcollege.co.uk}}
 | module                  =
  {{Designation list
  | embed                 = yes
  | designation1          = Grade II* Listed Building
  | designation1_offname  = Lancing College, Great School
  | designation1_date     = 2 December 1985
  | designation1_number   = {{NHLE|num=1353753|short=yes}}
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'''Lancing College''' is a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] (English [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] [[boarding school|boarding]] and [[day school]]) for pupils aged 13–18. The school is located in [[West Sussex]], east of [[Worthing]] in the parish of [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]], on the south coast of England. Lancing College was founded in 1848 by [[Nathaniel Woodard]] and educates c. 600 pupils between the ages of 13 and 18; the co-educational ratio is c. 60:40 boys to girls. Girls were admitted beginning in 1971. There are five male houses (Gibbs', School, Teme, Head's, Second's) and four female houses (Field's, Sankey's, Manor, Handford). The first mixed house, Saints' House, was established in September 2018, bringing the total number of Houses to 10.

==Overview==
The college is situated on a hill which is part of the [[South Downs]], and the campus dominates the local landscape. The college overlooks the [[River Adur]], and the Ladywell Stream, a [[holy well]] or sacred stream within the College grounds, has pre-Christian significance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10642|title=Our Lady's Well (Lancing)|first=The Megalithic Portal and Megalith|last=Map|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610094308/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10642|url-status=live}}</ref>
Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith," and the discipline of the prefect's cane. John Dancy was appointed headmaster in 1953 to improve academic standards, which had taken second place to prowess in sport. [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]] was the first of a family of more than 30 schools founded by Woodard. Other schools include [[Ardingly College]], [[Bloxham School]], The Cathedral School, [[Denstone College]], and [[Ellesmere College]].

Roughly 65% of pupils are either full or weekly boarders, at a cost of £18,439 per term; 35% are day pupils, at a cost of £12,602 per term. Occasional overnight stays are available to day pupils at an additional cost of £92 per night.<ref>{{Cite web |last=StudyLink |first=Britannia |date=5 October 2021 |title=Lancing College Review: Fees, Rankings And More |url=https://britannia-study.com.my/uk-boarding-school/lancing-college |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=Britannia StudyLink Malaysia: UK Study Expert |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lancing College: Fees |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/admissions/fees |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=Lancing College}}</ref>

The school is a member of the [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]]. Girls were first admitted in 1970. The school is dominated by a [[Gothic Revival]] chapel, and follows a [[high church]] Anglican tradition. The College of St Mary and St Nicolas (as it was originally known) in [[Shoreham-by-Sea]] was intended for the sons of upper middle classes and professional men; in time this became Lancing College, moving to its present site in 1857.

The school's buildings of the 1850s were designed by the architect [[Richard Cromwell Carpenter]], with later ones by [[John William Simpson (architect)|John William Simpson]].

In 1985 the school hall and classroom blocks were designated a [[Grade II* listed]] building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1353753|desc=Lancing College, Great School|grade=II*|access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Foundation and Early Years (1848-1857) ===
Lancing College was founded in 1848 by the [[Nathaniel Woodard|Rev. Nathaniel Woodard]], when he published ''A Plea for the Middle Classes'' and set out his vision of an Anglican boarding school “based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of the College {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/about/history-college |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Woodard’s aim was to provide for children of the emerging professional and middle-classes the kind of [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] education previously reserved for [[Nobility|aristocratic]] families.<ref name=":0" />

Originally known as the “College of St Mary and St Nicolas”, the school initially operated at [[Shoreham-by-Sea]] before relocating to its present site on the South Downs above [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing village]].<ref name=":0" />

=== 1854-1911 ===
In 1854 the foundation stone for the new college buildings at Lancing was laid. The architect [[Richard Cromwell Carpenter]] was engaged to design the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] school buildings, intending the architecture itself to be an “ornament to the country” and to elevate the taste of pupils.<ref name=":0" />

In 1856 Lancing created its own code of football which (unlike other school codes) was regarded as a means of fostering teamwork.<ref>J. Lowerson and J. Myerscough, Time to Spare in Victorian England (Brighton: Harvester, 1977) pp 119–20, cited in Football: The First Hundred Years. The Untold Story. Adrian Harvey, Routledge, 2005</ref>

Construction proceeded slowly: the crypt of the chapel was consecrated in 1875, and the upper chapel was dedicated in 1911. Although originally planned to include a great tower, financial constraints meant it was never completed as originally envisaged.<ref name=":0" />

Over the decades the school’s buildings became one of its defining features: commanding the South Downs skyline, and featuring cloister walks and rich [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] detailing.<ref name=":0" />

=== Developments throughout the 20th Century ===
The 1920's saw significant building developments across the College. The Foundation Stone of the [[Cloister]] was laid on 25 June 1921 in memory of the Old Lancings who had died in the [[World War I|First World War]]. The New Block of classrooms were opened in 1927 and in 1928 The Head Master's House was built at the front of the College, it will later be re-named Teme House.<ref name=":0" />

During the [[World War II|Second World War]] the College was evacuated to [[Teme Valley]], [[Shropshire]]. The naval training establishment [[HMS King Alfred (1939 shore establishment)|HMS King Alfred]] occupied the College throughout the duration of the war. In 1941 [[Winston Churchill]] met with [[Bernard Montgomery|General Montgomery]] in Teme House at Lancing College.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teme {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/teme |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

In 1960 the [[Amphitheatre]] was opened by [[Agatha Christie]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1970 the school became fully co-educational, admitting girls and thereby broadening its intake and mission. This was further expanded in the 1990's when day student numbers were allowed to increase to nearly 50% of the student body.<ref name=":0" />

The 150th Anniversary of the College was attended by [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne, The Princess Royal]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Recent Developments ===
The west porch of the [[Lancing College Chapel]] was completed in April of 2022 after fundraising began to complete the Chapel in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title='One of the great landmarks of the Sussex coast', finally finished some 156 years after work was started |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/one-of-the-great-landmarks-of-the-sussex-coast-finally-finished-some-156-years-after-work-was-started-267380 |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=Country Life |language=en}}</ref>

==Chapel==
{{main|Lancing College Chapel}}
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2012}}[[File:Lancing College Chapel Nave 2, West Sussex, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|left|The interior facing west]]
[[File:Lancing College Chapel Exterior, West Sussex, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lancing College Chapel]] viewed from the south east as of 2014]]
[[File:Lancing Chapel (geograph 2151169).jpg|thumb|left|Lancing Chapel in 1950]]
The college chapel is a [[Grade I listed]] building that was finally completed in 2022.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1286548|desc=Lancing College, the chapel|grade=I|access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref> The first phase of its construction began in 1863 with the installation of the foundations of the building, completed five years later. One report states that the foundations are {{convert|60|ft}} deep.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sussexexclusive.com/visit-magnificent-lancing-chapel/|title=Visit Magnificent Lancing Chapel|date=19 May 2023|work=Sussex Exclusive |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> The structure itself would not be fully completed until long after Woodard's death in 1891, although the tower at the west end that had been planned in the 1800s would not be built as of 2024;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/one-of-the-great-landmarks-of-the-sussex-coast-finally-finished-some-156-years-after-work-was-started-267380|title='One of the great landmarks of the Sussex coast', finally finished some 156 years after work was started|date=14 April 2024|work=Country Life |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> the tower had been intended to raise the height to {{convert|100|m}}. The apex of the vaulting rises to {{convert|27.4|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitworthing.co.uk/what-to-do/lancing-college-chapel-p45563 |title=Visit Worthing – Lancing College Chapel |access-date=22 June 2014 |website=Visit Worthing |archive-date=26 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626030942/http://www.visitworthing.co.uk/what-to-do/lancing-college-chapel-p45563 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was designed<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sussexexclusive.com/visit-magnificent-lancing-chapel/|title=Visit Magnificent Lancing Chapel |date=19 May 2023|work=Sussex Exclusive |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> by [[Richard Carpenter (architect)|R. H. Carpenter]] and [[William Slater (architect)|William Slater]], and is built of Sussex [[sandstone]] from Scaynes Hill.

By 18 July 1911, the upper chapel had been built and went into use after its consecration and dedication to St Mary and St Nicholas; this phase of the work was completed through the efforts of Woodard's son, William. "Despite a shortage of funds, he turned all the vaults and oversaw the completion of all but two bays of the main interior ..." according to a 2024 report. The listing by [[Historic England]] provides this more specific summary of the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] upper chapel at that time:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1286548?section=official-list-entry |title=Lancing College, The Chapel |date=6 December 2016 |work=Historic England |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref><blockquote>''The main portion of the chapel was finished in 1911. It consists of an [[apse]] and 10 bays. Central portion with aisles. Great buttresses flank the windows of the aisles. Over the roof of the aisles double flying buttresses connect the buttresses below to the walls of the main building. Balustrade of pointed arcading. Slate roof. ([[Historic England]])''</blockquote> Prior to July 1911, the college had worshipped in the finished crypt since that was consecrated in 1875.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sussexexclusive.com/visit-magnificent-lancing-chapel/ |title=Visit Magnificent Lancing Chapel |date=19 May 2023 |work=Sussex Exclusive |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

Before the final completion of the chapel in the 21st&nbsp;century, additional work was completed over the decades. As of May 1978, the structure contained among other things, the tomb of the founder, three organs, and a rose window designed by [[Stephen Dykes Bower]], completed in 1977, and the largest rose window built since the Middle Ages, being {{convert|32|ft}} in diameter. It was added by James Longley Construction, a building company which operated from 1863 to 2020, and was also involved in the building of Christ's Hospital near Horsham. Some reports state that the structure is the largest school chapel in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sussexexclusive.com/visit-magnificent-lancing-chapel/|title=Visit Magnificent Lancing Chapel|date=19 May 2023|work=Sussex Exclusive |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

The eastern organ is a two-manual mechanical organ built by the Danish firm [[Frobenius Orgelbyggeri|Frobenius]] and was installed and voiced ''in situ'' in 1986. That year also marked the completion of the rebuild of the four-manual [[J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd|Walker]] organ at the west end of the chapel<ref>The History of the English Organ. Stephen Bicknell, Cambridge University Press, 1999</ref> – both of which featured in the opening concert by the American organ virtuoso [[Carlo Curley]].

A stained-glass window was commissioned in memory of [[Trevor Huddleston]] OL, and consecrated by [[Desmond Tutu]] on 22 May 2007. The west wall of the chapel was built between 1960 and 2017. That area had remained bricked up since 1978 when bricks replaced the previous corrugated iron facade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sussexexclusive.com/visit-magnificent-lancing-chapel/ |title=Visit Magnificent Lancing Chapel| date=19 May 2023 |work=Sussex Exclusive |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2019 permission was obtained for building the western three-arched porch that had been designed by Michael Drury. During this phase, the brickwork in the facade was also completed, as were the chapel's buttresses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/one-of-the-great-landmarks-of-the-sussex-coast-finally-finished-some-156-years-after-work-was-started-267380 |title='One of the great landmarks of the Sussex coast', finally finished some 156 years after work was started |date=14 April 2024 |work=County Life |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

The chapel was closed to visitors during the coronavirus pandemic and subsequently during the construction of the west end porch and refurbishment work on the school kitchens opposite. It reopened to the public on 25 April 2022.

==Campus==
During [[World War II]], students were evacuated to [[Downton Castle]] in [[Herefordshire]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Calder |first=Jonathan |date=12 July 2005 |title=Liberal England: Shropshire on the screen |url=https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2005/07/shropshire-on-screen.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109022901/http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2005/07/shropshire-on-screen.html |archive-date=9 January 2017 |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> Both the main college and the prep school buildings were requisitioned by the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] and became part of the [[Royal Navy]] shore establishment {{HMS|King Alfred|1939 shore establishment|6}}.

== List of Head Masters ==
[[File:Henrythomasbowlby.jpg|thumb|Henry Thomas Bowlby, Headmaster 1909–1925]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Ordinal
!Name
!Dates
!Reference
|-
|1
|[[Henry Jacobs (priest)|Henry Jacobs]]
|Aug–Dec 1848
| rowspan="18" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the College {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/about/history-college |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2
|Charles Edward Moberly
|1849-1851
|-
|3
|John Branthwaite
|1851-1859
|-
|4
|Dr Robert Edward Sanderson
|1862-1889
|-
|5
|Harry Ward McKenzie
|1889-1894
|-
|6
|Ambrose J. Wilson
|1895-1901
|-
|7
|Bernard Henry Tower OL
|1901-1909
|-
|8
|Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby
|1909-1925
|-
|9
|Cuthbert Harold Blakiston
|1925-1934
|-
|10
|Frank Cecil Doherty
|1935-1953
|-
|11
|[[John Christopher Dancy]]
|1953-1961
|-
|12
|[[Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet]]
|1961-1969
|-
|13
|[[Ian Beer (rugby union)|Ian David Stafford Beer]]
|1969-1981
|-
|14
|James Stephen Woodhouse
|1981-1993
|-
|15
|[[Chris Saunders (headmaster)|Christopher John Saunders]]
|1993-1998
|-
|16
|Peter Tinniswood
|1998-2005
|-
|17
|Jonathan Gillespie [[Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]]
|2006-2014
|-
|18
|Dominic Oliver
|2014-2025
|-
|19
|Dr Scott Crawford
|2025-Present
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/about/welcome |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== House System ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name of House
!Gender
!Day or Boarding
!Year Established
!Reference
|-
|Field's
|Girls
|Boarding House
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Field’s {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/fields |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Gibbs'
|Boys
|Boarding House
|1914
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gibbs' {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/gibbs |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Handford
|Girls
|Boarding House
|1986
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Handford {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/handford |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Head's
|Boys
|Boarding House until 2002. Now a Day House
|1857
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Head's {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/heads |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Manor
|Girls
|Boarding House
|1978
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manor {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/manor |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Saints'
|Mixed
|Day House
|2018
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saints' {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/saints |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Sankey's
|Girls
|Day House
|1973
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sankey’s {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/sankeys |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|School
|Boys
|Boarding House
|1854
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=School {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/school |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Second's
|Boys
|Boarding House
|1892
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second's {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/school-life-and-pastoral/houses/seconds |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Teme
|Boys
|Boarding House
|1947
|
|}

== Co-Curricular and Sports ==

=== Co-Curricular Programs ===
[[Image:Photo0053 Correction.jpg|thumb|Upper quadrangle view from Great School]]
Lancing offers a variety of co-curricular programs such as:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Co-Curricular Programme {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/senior-school/co-curricular-programme |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

* A Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
* Duke of Edinburgh's Award
* Equestrian
* Farming programs
* Scouts

=== Sports ===
Lancing offers a variety of sports for students that include cricket, football, hockey, netball, tennis, and swimming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixth Form Sports {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex {{!}} Boarding School |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/sixth-form/sixth-form-sports |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==== Cricket ====
Cricket has been played at Lancing since 1857, the first team was captained by G. Woodard, son of [[Nathaniel Woodard]]. Cricket is offered during the Summer Term and the program is run by Mr. [[Rajesh Maru]], an ex-professional cricket player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricket {{!}} Lancing College {{!}} Independent Senior School & Sixth Form {{!}} Sussex |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/lancing-college/sixth-form/sports/cricket |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=www.lancingcollege.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{Alumni|date=August 2011}}
===Arts===
* [[George Warner Allen]] (1916–1988), artist of the [[Neo-Romantic]] school
* [[Tim Battersby]] (b. 1949), composer, musician and lyricist[[File:Lancing College War Memorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial Cloister]]
* [[David Bedford]] (1937–2011), composer and musician, worked with (among others) [[Mike Oldfield]], orchestrating ''[[Tubular Bells]]''
* [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]] (1918–1966), radio dramatist, injured in The [[Spanish Civil War]], later working with The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Harold Pinter]] and dramatised the works of [[John Wyndham]], [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* [[John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore]] (b. 1951), Patron of the Arts, on the board of the [[National Gallery of Ireland]]
* [[Frederick Gore]] (1913–2009), [[Post-Impressionist]] artist, educator and author
* [[Brodrick Haldane]] (1912–1996), art photographer whom [[Sir Cecil Beaton]] described as the founder of modern society photography
* [[Henry Hardy]] (b. 1949), student and editor of the [[epistemological]], [[dialectical]] and [[historiographical]] works of [[Isaiah Berlin]] and music composer
* [[Sir]] [[Peter Pears]] (1910–1986), [[tenor]], associated with the composer [[Benjamin Britten]], his personal and professional partner
* [[Edward Piper]] (1938–1990), artist (son of British [[Modernist]] painter and Official War artist, [[John Piper (artist)|John Piper]])
* [[Sir]] [[Tim Rice]] (b. 1944), [[lyricist]], best known for work with [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], with whom he wrote ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', and ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]''; with [[Björn Ulvaeus]] and [[Benny Andersson]] of [[ABBA]], with whom he wrote ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]'' 
* [[Neil Richardson (composer)|Neil Richardson]] (1930–2010), composer, arranger and conductor of various [[BBC Radio Orchestra]]s
[[Image:The drive.jpg|thumb|300px|The College Drive]]

===Literature and journalism===
* [[Nigel Andrews]] (b. 1947), film critic and author
* [[Stuart Cloete]] (1897–1976), novelist
* [[Andrew Crofts (author)|Andrew Crofts]] (b. 1953), ghostwriter
* [[Plantagenet Somerset Fry]] (1931–1996), historian and author
* [[Edward Luce]] (b. 1968),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Andrew%20Page%20Speech_Sandersons_0.pdf |title=Sanderson's Dinner, 10th October 2015, Lancing College|work=Lancing College|date=October 2015 |access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref> British journalist and chief US commentator for the ''[[Financial Times]]'', based in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[Mark Mills (writer)|Mark Mills]], novelist and screenplay writer
* [[Jan Morris]] (1926–2020), author and journalist
* [[Alex Preston (author)|Alex Preston]] (b. 1979), novelist
* [[Tom Sharpe]] (1928–2013), novelist
* [[Evelyn Waugh]] (1903–1966), novelist
* [[Philip Womack]] (b. 1981), author and journalist

===Broadcasting, theatre and film===
* [[George Baker (British actor)|George Baker]] (1931–2011), actor best known for portraying [[Tiberius]] in ''[[I, Claudius]]'', and [[Inspector Wexford]] in ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]''
* [[Christopher Hampton]] (b. 1946), playwright
* [[David Hare (dramatist)|Sir David Hare]] (b. 1947), playwright
* [[Alex Horne]] (b. 1978), comedian
* [[Royce Ryton]] (1924–2009), actor and playwright
* [[Jeremy Sinden]] (1950–1996), actor in ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' and ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''
* [[Dali Tambo]] (b. 1959), South African TV presenter
* [[Jamie Theakston]] (b. 1970), TV and radio presenter
* [[John Williams (actor)|John Williams]] (1903–1983), actor, appeared in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[Night Gallery]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', and ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''

===Politics and law===
* [[Nana Akufo-Addo]], [[President of Ghana]] (2017–2025)
* [[Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle]] (b. 1966), [[Department for Energy and Climate Change|Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change]] (2010–2014)
* [[Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson]] (1930–2018), [[Chancellor of the High Court|Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court]] (1985–1991), [[Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary]] (1995–2000)
* [[Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell]] (1905–1976), [[Chairman of the Labour Party]] (1957–1958)
* [[Sir]] [[Roger Fulford]] (1902–1983), [[President of the Liberal Party (UK)|President of the Liberal Party]] (1964–1965)
* [[Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale]] (1911–2008), [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Lanark]] (1951–1959)
* [[Sir]] [[Robert Megarry]] (1910–2006), [[Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division]] (1976–1981), [[Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court]] (1982–1985)
* [[Hugh Molson, Baron Molson]] (1903–1991), [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)|Minister of Works]] (1957–1959)
* [[William Rhys Powell]] (1948–2022), barrister, [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]] (1983–1997)
* [[Sir Charles Arthur Roe]] (1841–1926), [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Lahore High Court]] (1895–1898)
* [[John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey]] (1866–1948), [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (1929–1935)
* [[William Thomas Wells (politician)|William Thomas Wells]] (1908–1990), barrister, Member of Parliament for [[Walsall]] (1945–1955) and [[Walsall North]] (1955–1974)
* [[Rob Wilson]] (b. 1965), [[Minister for Civil Society]] ([[Cabinet Office]]) (2014–2017)

===Diplomatic service===
* [[Sir Philip Adams]] (1915–2001), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Sudan|British Chargé d'affaires to Sudan]] (1954–1956), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Jordan|British Ambassador to Jordan]] (1966–1970), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Egypt|British Ambassador to Egypt]] (1973–1975)
* [[David Lloyd (diplomat)|David Lloyd]] (b. 1940), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Slovenia|British Ambassador to Slovenia]] (1997–2000)
* [[Christopher Meyer|Sir Christopher Meyer]] (1944–2022), [[British Ambassador to Germany]] (1997), [[British Ambassador to the United States]] (1997–2003)
* [[Andrew Page]] (b. 1965), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Slovenia|British Ambassador to Slovenia]] (2009–2013)
* [[Sir]] [[Elwin Palmer]] (1852–1906), [[diplomat]] and [[colonial administrator]]
* [[Sir]] [[John Richmond (diplomat)]] (1909–1990), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Kuwait|British Ambassador to Kuwait]] (1961–1963), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Sudan|British Ambassador to Sudan]] (1965–1966)
* [[Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan]] (1905–1985), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China|British Chargé d'affaires to China]] (1953–1955), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Egypt|British Ambassador to Egypt]] (1955–1956), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Iraq|British Ambassador to Iraq]] (1958–1961), [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Russia|British Ambassador to Russia]] (1962–1965), last [[Aden|High Commissioner of Aden]] (1967)
* [[Edward Twining, Baron Twining]] (1899–1967), [[Governor]] and [[Commander-in-Chief]], [[North Borneo]] (1946–1949); [[Governor]] and [[Commander-in-Chief]], [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]] (1949–1958)
* [[Sir]] [[Armigel Wade]] (1890–1966), [[Chief Secretary (British Empire)|Colonial Secretary]] in [[Kenya]] (1934–1939)

===Sciences===
* [[Roy Calne|Sir Roy Calne]] (1930–2024), pioneer of [[liver transplantation]]
* [[Jack Herbert Driberg]] (1888–1946), anthropologist<ref name="Haddon">{{cite journal |last=Haddon |first=E. B. |title=Mr. J. H. Driberg |volume=157 |issue=3983 |pages=257–258 |journal=Obituary |publisher=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |doi=10.1038/157257b0 |year=1946 |bibcode=1946Natur.157..257H |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree]] (1900–1983), physician and geriatrician
* [[Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton]] (1877–1938), naturalist
* [[Richard Mason (explorer)|Richard Mason]] (1935–1961), last British person to have been killed by [[uncontacted peoples]] in the Amazon
* [[Gino Watkins]] (1907–1932), [[Arctic exploration|Arctic explorer]]

===The Church===
* [[Michael Ball (clergyman)|Michael Ball]] (b. 1932), [[suffragan]] [[Bishop of Jarrow]] (1980–1990) and [[Bishop of Truro]] (1990–1997)
* [[Peter John Ball|Peter Ball]] (1932–2019), [[suffragan]] [[Bishop of Lewes]] (1977–1992) and [[Bishop of Gloucester]] (1992–1993), convicted sex offender
* [[Christopher Campling]] (1925–2020), [[Ripon Cathedral|Dean of Ripon]] (1984–1995)
* [[Thomas Cook (bishop)|Thomas Cook]] (1866–1928), [[Bishop of Lewes]] (1926–1928)
* [[Charles Corfe]] (1843–1921), inaugural [[Bishop in Korea]] (1889–1904)
* [[Anthony Charles Foottit]] (b. 1935), [[Bishop of Lynn]] (1999–2003)
* [[Sir Francis Heathcote, 9th Baronet]] (1868–1961), [[Anglican Bishop of New Westminster]] (1940–1951)
* [[Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet]] (1851–1925), [[Bishop of Burnley]] (1901–1904), [[Bishop of Southwell]] (1904–1925)
* [[Trevor Huddleston]] (1913–1998), [[Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean|Archbishop of the Indian Ocean]] (1976–1984), [[Anglican Diocese of Masasi|Bishop of Masasi]] (1959–1968), [[Bishop of Stepney]] (1968–1978), [[Bishop of Mauritius]] (1978–1984)
* [[John Kirkham (bishop)|John Kirkham]] (1935–2019), [[Bishop of Sherborne (modern)|Bishop of Sherborne]] (1976–2001)
* [[Lewis Meredith]] (1900–1968), [[Bishop of Dover]] (1957–1964)
* [[Cyril Jonathan Meyrick]] (b. 1952), [[Bishop of Lynn]] (2011–2021)
* [[David Reindorp]] (b. 1952), vicar of [[Chelsea Old Church]], Chaplain to the [[Honourable Artillery Company]] and to the [[Worshipful Company of Fan Makers]]
* [[Erik Routley]] (1917–1982), [[Congregational]] minister, [[composer]] and musicologist
* [[James Leo Schuster]] (1912–2006), [[Bishop of St John's]] (1956–1980)
* [[Henry Edward Champneys Stapleton]] (b. 1932), [[Dean of Carlisle]] (1988–1998)
* [[Mark Napier Trollope]] (1862–1930), third [[Bishop in Korea]] (1911–1930)

===Armed forces===
* [[Lt-Gen]] [[Sir]] [[Louis Jean Bols]] (1867–1930), [[Chief of Staff]] to the [[Third United States Army|Third Army]] ([[World War I]]), [[Mandatory Palestine|Chief Administrator of Palestine]] (1919–1920)
* [[Eric Bols|Major-General Eric Louis Bols]] (1904–1985), [[General officer commanding|General Officer Commanding]] (GOC) [[6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|6th Airborne Division]] (1944–1946)
* [[Brig]] [[Sir]] [[Iltyd Nicholl Clayton]] (1886–1965), policy-maker active in formation of the [[Arab League]]
* [[Andrew Croft|Col. Andrew Croft]] (1906—1998), [[explorer]] and member of the [[Special Operations Executive]] 
* [[Lt-Gen]] [[Sir]] [[John Fullerton Evetts]] (1891–1988), [[Assistant Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] (1942–1944), [[Master-General of the Ordnance]] (1944–1946)
* [[Serene Highness|H.S.H.]] [[Major (United Kingdom)|Maj]] [[Prince]] [[George G. Imeretinsky]] (1897–1972), [[Grenadier Guards]] and [[Royal Flying Corps]] Officer
* [[Serene Highness|H.S.H.]] [[Sqn Ldr]] [[Prince]] [[Michael Imeretinsky]] (1900–1975), [[Royal Flying Corps]] and [[Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]] Officer
* [[Colonel|Col]] [[St George Corbet Gore]] (1849–1913), [[Surveyor General of India]] (1899–1904)
* [[Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley]] (1913–1963), soldier, playwright
* [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Capt]] [[John Letts (aviator)|John Letts]] (1897–1918), [[First World War]] [[flying ace]]
* [[Major (United Kingdom)|Maj]] [[George Henry Wellington Loftus, 7th Marquess of Ely]] (1903–1969), soldier
* [[Major (United Kingdom)|Maj]] [[Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore]] (1913–1960), soldier
* [[Lt-Gen]] [[Vyvyan Pope]] (1891–1941), [[XXX Corps (United Kingdom)|GOC XXX Corps]] (1941)
* [[Air vice-marshal|AVM]] [[John Frederick Powell]] (1915–2008), Director of Education Services [[RAF]]
* [[Sqn Ldr]]/[[Lt Cdr]] [[Jeffrey Quill]] (1913–1996), [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] [[test pilot]]
* [[Lt-Gen]] [[Alan Reay|Sir Alan Reay]] (1925–2012), [[Director General Army Medical Services]] (1981–1984)
* [[General|Gen]] [[Sir]] [[Neil Ritchie]] (1897–1983), [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Commander-in Chief, Eighth Army]] (1941–1942)
* [[Maj-Gen]] [[David Rutherford-Jones]], [[Commandant]] of the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst]] (2007–2009), [[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|Military Secretary]] (2009–2011)
* [[Air vice-marshal|AVM]] [[Sir]] [[Stanley Vincent]] (1897–1976), [[Air Officer Commanding]] [[No. 13 Group RAF|No. 13 Group]] (1943–1944), [[Air Officer Commanding]] [[No. 11 Group RAF|No. 11 Group]] (1948–1950), only [[RAF]] pilot to shoot down the enemy in both world wars
* [[Sqn Ldr]] [[Jefferson Wedgwood]] (1917–1942), RAF fighter pilot of the Second World War
*[[Maj-Gen]] [[Sir]] [[Alexander Wilson (British Army officer)|Alexander Wilson]] (1858–1937), [[Lieutenant Governor of Jersey]] (1916–1920)
*[[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|RAdm]] [[Sir]] [[Robert Woodard (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Woodard]], [[Commander]] of the [[Royal Yacht Britannia]] (1985–1990)

===Business===
* [[Sir]] [[Edgar Beck]] (1911–2000), chairman (1961–1979) then president (1981–2000) of [[Mowlem]]
* [[Sir]] [[John Gilbert Newton Brown]] (1916–2003), publisher of the [[Oxford University Press]] (1956–1980)
* [[Sir Michael Darrington]] (b. 1942), [[managing director]] of [[Greggs]]
* [[Paul Duffen]] (b. 1958), chairman of [[Hull City A.F.C.]] (2007–2010)
* [[Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint]] (b. 1948), [[Chairman|Group Chairman]] of [[HSBC Holdings plc]] (2006–2010), [[UK Trade & Investment|Minister of State for Trade and Investment]] (2011–2013)
* [[Sir]] [[Derek Alun-Jones]] (1933–2004), chairman of [[Ferranti]] (1982–1990)
* [[Raymond Kwok Ping Luen]] (b. 1952), [[vice-chairman]] and managing director of [[Sun Hung Kai Properties]], chairman of [[SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited]]

===Sport===
* [[Thomas Southey Baker]] (1848–1902), amateur athlete who was on the winning crew that won [[The Boat Race]] in 1869 and played for England in [[England v Scotland representative football matches (1870–72)|the fourth unofficial]] [[association football|football match]] against Scotland in November 1871<ref>{{cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Andy |title=First Elevens: The Birth of International Football |year=2012 |publisher=Andy Mitchell Media |isbn=978-1475206845 |pages=78 & 106}}</ref>
* [[Reginald Birkett]] (1849–1898), [[England national football team|England]] footballer, [[1880 FA Cup Final|1880]] [[FA Cup]] winner
* [[Tony Bloom]] (b. 1970), chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club
* [[Edward Cawston]] (1911–1998), [[Sussex]] cricketer
* [[Edgar Field]] (1854–1934), [[England national football team|England]] footballer, [[1880 FA Cup Final|1880]] [[FA Cup]] winner
* [[Andy Frampton]] (b. 1979), former footballer
* [[Arthur Greenfield]] (1887–1966), first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Hammond (footballer, born 1866)|Henry Hammond]] (1866–1910), [[England national football team|England]] footballer
* [[Elphinstone Jackson]] (1868–1945), [[England national football team|England]] footballer and co-founder of the [[Indian Football Association]]
* [[Dunlop Manners]] (1916–1994), first-class cricketer
* [[Sholto Marcon]] (1890–1959), England [[field hockey]] player, [[Olympic medal|gold medallist]] at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/998/998205/998205.html Sholto Marcon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904155451/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/998/998205/998205.html |date=4 September 2017}} at cricketarchive.com, accessed 20 December 2011</ref>
* [[Richard Meade (equestrian)|Richard Meade]], England equestrian and [[Olympic medal|gold medallist]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics]]
* [[George Neale]] (1869–1915), cricketer
* [[Cyril Richards]] (1870–1933), cricketer
* [[Peter Robinson (cricketer, born 1929)|Peter Robinson]] (1929–2023), cricketer
* [[Graham Sharman]] (b. 1938), cricketer and squash player
* [[Callum Shepherd]] (b. 1997), jockey
* [[Charles Wollaston]] (1849–1926), [[England national football team|England]] footballer, five times [[FA Cup]] winner, eighth captain of the [[England national football team]]

===Academia===
* [[Rajnarayan Chandavarkar]] (1953–2006), historian and author, reader in the history and politics of [[South Asia]] and fellow at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]
* [[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]] (1953–2012), Nazi era scholar and researcher of [[esoteric]] [[mystical]] and secret orders
* [[Max Mallowan]] (1904–1978), archaeologist and scholar; British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, [[Mesopotamian civilization]] and the heritage of [[Nineveh]]. Appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the 1960 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]], and [[knighted]] in 1968
* [[Brian Manning (historian)|Brian Manning]] (1927–2004), [[radical politics|radical]] [[Marxist]] [[polemicist]] and political activist, member of the Irish [[Socialist Workers Network]]
* [[Rana Mitter]] (b. 1969), historian and political scientist, focusing on [[realpolitik]], [[China]] and the country's increasing role in a multipolar world
* [[Henry Nettleship]] (1839–1893), English [[classical scholar]] of [[Virgil]]
* [[Peter Self]] (1919–1999), scholar, Professor of Public Administration at the [[London School of Economics]], where he was a prominent member and leader of its [[Greater London Group]] research centre. Father of author [[Will Self]]
* [[John Dover Wilson]] (1881–1969), literary critic; professor and scholar of [[Renaissance]] drama, focusing particularly on the work of [[William Shakespeare]]

==Notable former staff members==
[[Image:Lancing in the summer Correction.jpg|thumb|South West side of the College]]
* [[Richard Budworth]] (1867–1937), former Master and an [[England|English]] [[rugby union]] forward
* [[Sheppard Frere]] (1916–2015), former House Master, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces at the [[University of London]] (1961–1966), Professor of the Archaeology of the [[Roman Empire]] at [[Oxford University]]
* [[Harry Guest]] (1932–2021), former Master and [[poet]]
* [[John Inge]] (b. 1955), former chemistry teacher and Assistant Chaplain and current [[Bishop of Worcester]]
* [[Edward Clarke Lowe]] (1823–1912), former Second Master, [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of St Nicholas College Lancing and key participant in the foundation and development of the [[Woodard Schools]], and first Headmaster of [[Hurstpierpoint College]]
* [[Arthur Temple Lyttelton]] (1852–1903), [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of St Nicholas College Lancing, third [[Bishop of Southampton]] (1898–1903)
* [[J. F. Roxburgh]] (1888–1954), former Housemaster, first Headmaster of [[Stowe School]]
* [[G.O. Smith]] (1872–1943), sportsman and footballer of the 19th&nbsp;century
* [[Haldane Stewart]] (1868—1942), former Director of Music. Musician and composer. Organist and choirmaster at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] (1919–1938, 1941–1942). Cricketer for [[Kent County Cricket Club]] (1892–1903). Father of concert viola performer, [[Jean Stewart (violist)|Jean Stewart]], and of Lorn Alastair Stewart ([[Johnnie Stewart]]), who was creator of ''[[Top of the Pops]]''<ref>'Dr. H. C. Stewart: Music at Oxford' (Obituary). ''The Times'', Wednesday 17 June 1942 (Issue 49,264); p. 7 http://www.hcstewart.com/biography--obituaries.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165717/http://www.hcstewart.com/biography--obituaries.html |date=2 April 2015}}</ref><ref>Jean Stewart. Obituaries. The Independent. 17 January 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20100221032223/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jean-stewart-601969.html</ref>

==School Crest and Coat of Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|image = [[File:Arms of Lancing College.svg|200px]]
|escutcheon = Argent, on a bend cotised Sable a cross couped between two martlets of the first; all within a bordure engrailed Azure; the whole surmounted of a chief Ermine thereon between two purses Or a pale of the third charged with a lily also Or.
|motto = 'Beati mundo corde'
|notes = Granted in 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lancing_College |title=Lancing College |publisher=Heraldry of the World |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>}}

== Controversies and Scandals ==

=== Price-Fixing Scandal (2003) ===
In 2003 it was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gray |first=Sadie |title=Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees – Times Online |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article588559.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080058/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article588559.ece |archive-date=7 October 2008 |access-date=31 July 2008 |work=The Times |location=London}}</ref> Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totaling £3 million into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.

==See also==
*[[Grade II* listed buildings in West Sussex]]
*[[List of works by R. C. Carpenter]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lancing College}}
*[http://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/ Lancing College school website]
*[http://www.woodard.co.uk/ The Woodard Corporation]
*[http://www.oldlancingclub.com/ Old Lancing: OLs]
*[http://www.lancingprephove.co.uk/ Lancing Prep Hove school website]
*[http://www.lancingprepworthing.co.uk/ Lancing Prep Worthing school website]
*[http://www.littlelancing.co.uk/ Little Lancing - Lancing College Nursery website]
*[[Independent Schools Inspectorate|ISI]] Inspection Reports – [https://www.isi.net/school/lancing-college-prep-at-hove-6719/ Hove Prep School] & [https://www.isi.net/school/lancing-college-prep-at-worthing-6287 Worthing Prep School] & [https://www.isi.net/school/lancing-college-6628/ Senior School]

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