Foyle College
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| Established | 1617 |
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| Type | Grammar school |
| Headmaster | Patrick Allen |
| Founder | Mathias Springham |
| Location |
Duncreggan Road Derry County Londonderry BT48 0AW Northern Ireland Coordinates: 55°00′46″N 7°20′07″W / 55.0128°N 7.3353°W |
| Students | 960 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Lawrence, Duncreggan, Springham, Northlands |
| Colours | Maroon, Blue & White |
| Publication | falcon - Foyle And Londonderry College Official News |
| Board of Governors | Representatives from The Honourable The Irish Society, Department of Education, Foundation, Presbytery of Derry and Strabane, Diocese of Derry and Raphoe (Church of Ireland), University of Ulster, Old Boy's Association, Old Girl's Association, Staff & Parents. |
| Website | http: |
Foyle College is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The school's legal name is Foyle and Londonderry College. In 1976, two local schools, Foyle College and Londonderry High School, merged under the Foyle and Londonderry College Act 1976 to form Foyle and Londonderry College. In 2011, the Board of Governors re-branded the school as 'Foyle College' and updated the school's crest. The school is a member of the Independent Schools Council of the United Kingdom and also the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).
Foyle College and Londonderry High School have been providing education for young people in the Derry area and further afield for more than 390 years. In October 2007, the school celebrated its 390th anniversary with a plaque commemorating headmasters of the school since 1617.
Foyle College traces its origins to 1617 and the establishment of the Free Grammar School at Society Street within the city walls of Derry by Mathias Springham of the Merchant Taylors' Company of London. The original building had the following Latin inscription over the main doorway: 'Mathias Springham, A.R. ad honorem dei et bonarum, literarum propogationem, hanc scholam fundavit anno salutis, M.D.C.XVII'. The Free School was built to "the honour of God and the spreading of good literature". The school received no endowment from that company or from The Honourable The Irish Society (the body charged with the plantation of the County of Londonderry in the 17th century). There followed an ongoing dispute between the Irish Society and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry as to who had the authority to appoint the headmaster. The former because one of its representatives had founded the school and the latter because it held the school to be one of the diocesan grammar schools provided for by statute. This was only resolved in the early 19th century by Act of Parliament.
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