Ardingly College
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| Motto |
Latin: Beati mundo corde (Blessed are the pure in heart) |
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| Established | 1858 |
| Type |
Independent day and boarding Public school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head Master | Ben Figgis |
| Provost | Lindsay Urwin |
| Chairman of Governors | Jim Sloane |
| Founder | Nathaniel Woodard |
| Location |
College Road Ardingly West Sussex England |
| DfE number | 938/6200 |
| Students | 416 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 13–18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| Colours | Teal, Black & Gold |
| Publication |
Ardingly Annals Old Ardinian Logos Wonderful Bird Ardingly Journal Scientia |
| Former pupils | Old Ardinians |
| Visitor | The Bishop of Chichester ex officio |
| Affiliation | Woodard Corporation |
| Website | Official website |
Ardingly College /ˈɑːrdɪŋlaɪ/ is a selective co-educational boarding and day independent school near Ardingly, West Sussex, England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Woodard Corporation of independent schools and as such has a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition. Originally a boarding school for boys, it became fully co-educational in 1982. For the academic year 2015/16, Ardingly charged day pupils up to £7,710 per term, making it the 29th most expensive HMC day school. It is a public school in the British sense of the term.
There are currently about 416 pupils enrolled at the school, aged between 13 and 18. Additionally, there are about 520 pupils aged from 2½ to 13 at The Ardingly College Preparatory school, whom it shares some common grounds with.
The school is regularly positioned amongst the top ten IB schools in the United Kingdom, and as reported by Tatler, has won the Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench Competition.
Ardingly College was originally founded as "St Saviour’s College", Shoreham in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard whose aim was to provide education firmly grounded in the Christian faith. St Savior’s College opened on 12 April 1858, occupying the New Shoreham buildings in the lee of the churchyard of St Mary de Haura which had been vacated by another Woodard School, Lancing College, when it moved to its permanent home in April 1858. The site at Shoreham however was never intended to be permanent and it was left to Woodard to scour the South of England for a suitable permanent location for St Saviour’s School.
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