Shebbear College
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| Motto |
Ad Gloriam Per Spinas ("To Glory Through Thorns") |
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| Established | 1829 - Founded as 'Prospect College' 1841 - Re-founded as 'Shebbear College' |
| Type | Independent day and boarding school |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Head Master | Simon Weale |
| Founder | Bible Christian Church |
| Location |
Shebbear Devon EX21 5HJ England Coordinates: 50°51′50″N 4°12′14″W / 50.864°N 4.204°W |
| DfE number | 878/6031 |
| DfE URN | 113605 Tables |
| Students | 342 as of January 2012[update] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | Way Thorne Ruddle |
| Colours |
Red, Gold & Black |
| Former pupils | Old Shebbearians |
| School song | Integer Vitae Scelerisque Purus |
| Website | www |
Red, Gold & Black
Shebbear College is a co-educational independent school situated in Shebbear, Devon, England.
Founded by the Bible Christian Society in 1829, Shebbear is one of the world's oldest Methodist schools, and belongs to a group of independent boarding schools that form part of the Methodist Church's involvement in education.
The Bible Christian Church was one of the denominations that merged in the United Methodist Church, its early preachers appealed solely to the Bible in confirmation of their doctrines. The denomination arose in the agricultural districts and fishing villages of north Cornwall and Devon; a district only slightly influenced by John Wesley and the original Methodist movement. The founder of the movement was William O'Bryan, a Methodist lay preacher of Luxulyan, Cornwall. O’Bryan commenced his labours in north Devon, and in 1815 a small society was formed at Lake Farm, Shebbear.
On O'Bryan’s departure, the first fully recognised minister James Thorne, at whose father’s farm the connexion had started, became its leader. Thorne laid the foundations broadly in evangelism, finance, temperance and education.
Shebbear College began its life in 1829. James Thorne’s two sons, John and Samuel, began a Christian school for 20 boys called Prospect College after the name of the house built to accommodate the school. It was originally formed for the sons of Bible Christians to train for the ministry. The emblem ‘PC’ still remains engraved on the main gates to this day.
The school saw many changes until it was re-founded by the Bible Christian Church in 1841 as Shebbear College. The first headmaster was an Irish clergyman, Rev. H. C. O'Donoghue, formerly Chaplain to William IV, who had seceded from the Established Church on conscientious grounds.
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