Marlborough College
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| Motto |
Deus Dat Incrementum (1 Corinthians 3:6: "God gives the Increase") |
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| Established | 1843 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| President | The Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam, Lord Bishop of Salisbury |
| Master | Jonathan Leigh |
| Visitor | The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby MA(Cantab) BA DipMin |
| Chairman of Council | The Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG PC |
| Location |
Marlborough Wiltshire SN8 1PA England |
| DfE number | 865/6013 |
| DfE URN | 126516 Tables |
| Students | 872 pupils (approx.) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 13–18 |
| Houses | 15 Boarding houses |
| Colours | Navy & white |
| Publications |
The Marlburian The Heretick Piccalilli Polyglot |
| Former pupils | Old Marlburians |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 51°24′58″N 1°44′13″W / 51.416°N 1.737°W
Marlborough College is an independent boarding and day school in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church of England clergy, it is now co-educational. For the academic year 2015/16, Marlborough charges £9,610 per term for day pupils, making it the most expensive HMC day school in the UK. Fees for full boarders are up to £11,310 per term – the 28th most expensive HMC boarding school.
The Good Schools Guide described Marlborough as a "famous, designer label, co-ed boarding school still riding high." The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group. A sister school in Johore, Malaysia opened in 2012.
Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800 pupils, approximately one third of whom are female. New pupils are admitted at the ages of 13+ ("Shell entry") and 16 (Lower Sixth).
Marlborough was, in 1968, the first major British independent school to allow girls into the sixth form, setting a trend that many other schools followed subsequently. The school became fully co-educational in 1989. The school has also been pioneering in other fields, making a major contribution to the School Mathematics Project (from 1961) and initiating the teaching of Business Studies at A level (from 1968). Fagging was officially abolished in the 1920s, and Marlborough was one of the first public schools to do so. However, unofficial fagging did persist beyond this change for some time. In 1963 a group of boys, led by the future political biographer Ben Pimlott, wrote a book, Marlborough, an open examination written by the boys, describing life at the school. The writer and television critic T.C. Worsley wrote about predatory masters at the school in his critically acclaimed autobiography Flannelled Fool: A Slice of a Life in the Thirties.
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