Eastbourne College
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Eastbourne College is a British co-educational independent school
for day and boarding pupils aged 13–18, situated on the south coast of England, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The College's current headmaster is Simon Davies. The College was founded by the Duke of Devonshire
and other prominent Eastbourne
citizens in 1867 and has been growing ever since. While the College began as an all-boys' school it has in the last 40 years become co-educational.
The College is located in the Lower Meads area of Eastbourne
, in a mainly residential area. Most of the school buildings are on a central campus area but many others are scattered in the immediate vicinity, such as the Beresford hockey and the links rugby pitches.
The motto, Ex Oriente Salus, is a play on "Eastbourne", meaning "The haven[the bourne]from the East".Salus also means health.
In 2005 the school was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel, exposed by The Times
, which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.
Boarding Houses:
Many of these houses were donated to the school in wills; for example, Powell was given to the college by Stanley Powell.
(Scotland
and Stade Français) and Mark Lock
(Leeds Tykes
) and cricket player Ed Giddins
.
Each term at the college has a single primary sport:
There are also alternative sports, including football, cross country
, swimming
, golf
, tennis
, squash
, rowing
, sailing
, rugby fives
, Fives
and rounders
.
:
James Kirtley
contingent which all of year ten and some of the upper years are involved with. The CCF has Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force sections for the pupils to choose from.
, and the College has a full time Chaplain. Assembly takes place there on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are Sunday services throughout term time, and at the beginning and end of each term there is a whole school service in All Saints' Church, immediately adjacent to the school. There is a student-led College Christian Union which is attended by students of various Christian traditions. There is also a Bible study group (The Connection) led by two members of staff which meets weekly throughout the year.
Every year a confirmation service is held in the Chapel. The Chaplain prepares candidates for confirmation in the months preceding this service and this includes an awayday at Ashburnham Place
.
, and the plaque with its generous inscription commemorating this move and referring to "sympathy... and easy comradeship" has long been a significant feature of the Radley's Chapel Cloister. The Warden at the time, J C Vaughan Wilkes
, was a son of the proprietors of St Cyprian's
prep school
with which Eastbourne College long had close connections. After the war, the College acquired St Cyprian's playing fields and the Memorial Gates were installed at the entrance.
At the turn of the millennium the Arnold Embellishers, a society of friends of Eastbourne College, decided that there should be a similar memorial in Eastbourne itself, and on Sunday 23 June 2002, in a short ceremony introduced by Eastbourne's Headmaster, Charles Bush and Angus McPhail unveiled a plaque in their own Cloisters. The inscription reads "In memory of those who made it possible to survive the Second World War by taking us to Radley College and, when peace returned, bringing us safely home, under the leadership of the Headmaster Francis John Nugee MA". Many of the headmasters of Eastbourne College were Radley boys.
In celebration of the occasion the Radley Eastbourne cricket match was revived.
made great use of steam locomotive names for publicity, and the carrying of pupils to boarding schools at the beginning and end of school terms was a significant traffic flow. Locomotives of the 'V' or "Schools" Class, introduced in 1930, were hence named after prominent English public schools. The fifteenth locomotive, no. 914, was named Eastbourne after the college. Built at Eastleigh
in October 1932, no. 914 remained in service until withdrawn by British Railways in July 1961.
Ideally positioned in the heart of Eastbourne’s cultural quarter, the Birley Centre will become the linchpin in a series of new partnerships the College is forming with leading cultural organisations throughout the South East. Foremost of these is a partnership with Glyndebourne, which will be staging a number of projects at the Birley Centre over the coming years as part of its New Generation Programme, providing, among other things, an outlet for young talent in Eastbourne and the surrounding area. Glyndebourne’s executive chairman, Gus Christie, will officially open the Birley Centre at the beginning of October.
Named after Michael Birley, Headmaster of Eastbourne College 1956-1970, the centre will include:
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
for day and boarding pupils aged 13–18, situated on the south coast of England, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The College's current headmaster is Simon Davies. The College was founded by the Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire KG, PC , styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as The Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor and politician.-Background and education:Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish, eldest...
and other prominent Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
citizens in 1867 and has been growing ever since. While the College began as an all-boys' school it has in the last 40 years become co-educational.
The College is located in the Lower Meads area of Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
, in a mainly residential area. Most of the school buildings are on a central campus area but many others are scattered in the immediate vicinity, such as the Beresford hockey and the links rugby pitches.
The motto, Ex Oriente Salus, is a play on "Eastbourne", meaning "The haven[the bourne]from the East".Salus also means health.
In 2005 the school was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel, exposed by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.
Eastbourne College Houses
Day Houses:- Blackwater (Girls)
- Craig (Boys)
- Powell (Boys)
- Reeves (Boys)
- Watt (Girls)
Boarding Houses:
- Pennell (Boys)
- Gonville (Boys)
- WargraveWargrave HouseWargrave House is one of the three boys boarding houses in the Eastbourne College in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK. It is run by Nick Russell , who lives in the house with his family. Apart from the Housemaster's family the house consists of 63 students, the Matron, house tutors, and cleaners...
(Boys) - Nugent (Girls)
- School (Girls)
Many of these houses were donated to the school in wills; for example, Powell was given to the college by Stanley Powell.
Sports
Sports are played at the many facilities around the college (including College Field which has been used for training by teams such as South Africa upon arrival in the UK and some internationals) and at various locations around the town acquired by the college. Former pupils who have achieved sporting success include rugby players Hugo SouthwellHugo Southwell
Hugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....
(Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Stade Français) and Mark Lock
Mark Lock
Mark Lock is a rugby union footballer for Rosslyn Park.Educated at Westbourne House School and Eastbourne College, his usual position is at flanker.-External links:**...
(Leeds Tykes
Leeds Tykes
Leeds Carnegie is an English rugby union club, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, currently playing in the RFU Championship. In recent years, they have bounced between the Premiership and the second-level National Division One, now known as the RFU Championship; they were either promoted or relegated...
) and cricket player Ed Giddins
Ed Giddins
Edward Simon Hunter Giddins is a former English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1999 to 2000. Giddins played for four counties during his career – Sussex, Warwickshire, Surrey and Hampshire.-New Zealand:...
.
Each term at the college has a single primary sport:
| Term | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|
| Michaelmas | Rugby union Rugby union Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand... |
Hockey Field hockey Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks... |
| Lent | Hockey Field hockey Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks... |
Netball Netball Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ... |
| Summer | Cricket Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
There are also alternative sports, including football, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
, rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
, rugby fives
Rugby Fives
Rugby Fives is a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court. It has similarities with Winchester Fives and Eton Fives....
, Fives
Fives
Fives is a British sport believed to derive from the same origins as many racquet sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet.-Background:...
and rounders
Rounders
Rounders is a game played between two teams of either gender. The game originated in England where it was played in Tudor times. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by...
.
Notable Old Eastbournians
- Nick AtkinsonNick AtkinsonNick Atkinson was the lead singer in the British rock band Rooster until their split in 2007. Before that he was in the band 50.Grind who were most famous for their song Gotta Catch Them All, which was about the Japanese cartoon series Pokémon. He has since launched a new rock/blues project with...
, lead singer of the band Rooster (band)Rooster (band)Rooster were an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2002. Comprising singer-songwriter Nick Atkinson, guitarist and songwriter Luke Potashnick, backing guitarist and vocalist Ben Smyth, bassist Nick Howell and drummer Dave Neale, the band released two studio albums and five UK top-40... - Olav BjortomtOlav BjortomtStein Olav Bjortomt is an England international quiz player. He was the winner of the inaugural 2003 individual World Quizzing Championships, in the absence of Kevin Ashman when it was a fledgling event with then only 45 participants...
, World Quiz Champion 2003, writes quizzes in The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
newspaper - Sir Hugh CassonHugh CassonSir Hugh Maxwell Casson, KCVO, RA, RDI, was a British architect, interior designer, artist, and influential writer and broadcaster on 20th century design. He is particularly noted for his role as director of architecture at the 1951 Festival of Britain on London's South Bank.Casson's family...
, architect - Aleister CrowleyAleister CrowleyAleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
, occultist and mysticMysticismMysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:... - Michael FishMichael FishMichael Fish MBE is a semi-retired British weather forecaster, best known for his BBC Weather television presentations, although he was actually employed by the Met Office....
, weather forecaster - Ed GiddinsEd GiddinsEdward Simon Hunter Giddins is a former English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1999 to 2000. Giddins played for four counties during his career – Sussex, Warwickshire, Surrey and Hampshire.-New Zealand:...
, cricketer - Charles HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
, naturalist - Bob Holness, presenter and musician
- David HowellDavid Howell (chess player)David Wei Liang Howell is an English chess player. He is the youngest chess Grandmaster in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 when he was 16...
, chess Grandmaster - Eddie IzzardEddie IzzardEdward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...
, comedian - Nasser Judeh, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and husband of Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El HassanPrincess Sumaya bint El HassanPrincess Sumaya bint El Hassan is a member of the Jordanian royal family. She was born in Amman, Jordan. Her father is Prince Hassan bin Talal and her mother is Princess Sarvath El Hassan.-Education:* International Community School...
of Jordan - Sam KileySam KileySam KIley , is the Security Editor of Sky News, the 24 hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting. He has occupied this position since November 2010. He is an award-winning journalist of over twenty years' experience, based at different times of his...
, Security Editor of Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New... - Timothy LandonTimothy LandonBrigadier Sir James Timothy Whittington Landon, KCVO, served in the British and Omani armies and was instrumental in the development of the present Sultanate of Oman...
, Brigadier; millionaire - Mark LockMark LockMark Lock is a rugby union footballer for Rosslyn Park.Educated at Westbourne House School and Eastbourne College, his usual position is at flanker.-External links:**...
, rugby player - Oliver W F LodgeOliver W F LodgeOliver William Foster Lodge , was a poet and author; he was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Lodge , the physicist, and his wife Mary , who had studied painting at the Slade...
, poet and author - Sir Charles Masefield, former President of the Royal Aeronautical SocietyRoyal Aeronautical SocietyThe Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a multidisciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.-Function:...
, knighted in 1997 for services to British arms exports - Ruari McLeanRuari McLeanJohn David Ruari McLean CBE, DSC was a leading British typographic designer.-Early life and apprenticeship:Ruari McLean was born in Newton Stewart, Galloway, Scotland and educated at the Dragon School and Eastbourne College. He was apprenticed in the printing trade at the Shakespeare Head Press,...
, designer - 'Dan' Minchin, pioneering RAF pilot, perished attempting transatlantic flight to Ottawa.
- Ian MortimerIan Mortimer (historian)Ian Mortimer is a British historian. He was educated at Eastbourne College, the University of Exeter and University College London . Between 1993 and 2003 he worked for several major research institutions, including the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, and the universities of Exeter...
, historian and historical biographer - Adam MynottAdam Mynott-Education:Mynott was educated at the independent school Eastbourne College followed by Exeter University in 1980 with a degree in Philosophy.-Life and career:...
, BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
journalist - Luke Potashnick, guitarist in the band Rooster (band)Rooster (band)Rooster were an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2002. Comprising singer-songwriter Nick Atkinson, guitarist and songwriter Luke Potashnick, backing guitarist and vocalist Ben Smyth, bassist Nick Howell and drummer Dave Neale, the band released two studio albums and five UK top-40...
- Michael PraedMichael PraedMichael Praed born Michael David Prince, 1 April 1960 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire) is a British actor, is probably best known for his role as Robin of Loxley in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide in the 1980s...
, actor - Charles Rivett-CarnacCharles Rivett-CarnacCharles Edward Rivett-Carnac was a Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.-Early life:Rivett-Carnac, was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, England and soon after his birth, was taken by his father to Assam in India. He lived there until he returned to England at the age of six and spent his...
, Commissioner of Royal Canadian Mounted Police - John Ryley, Head of Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
- David SmithDavid Smith (historian)David L. Smith, born in London on 3 December 1963, is a noted historian of the Early Modern period of British history, particularly political, constitutional, legal and religious history in the Stuart period. He is the author or co-author of eight books, and the editor or co-editor of five others...
, historian and Fellow of Selwyn College, CambridgeSelwyn College, CambridgeSelwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the... - Frederick SoddyFrederick SoddyFrederick Soddy was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also proved the existence of isotopes of certain radioactive elements...
, chemist and Nobel laureate - Hugo SouthwellHugo SouthwellHugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....
, rugby player - Edward SpeleersEdward SpeleersEdward John "Ed" Speleers is an English actor and producer. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Eragon.-Personal life:...
, actor, played EragonEragonEragon is the first book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, who began writing at the age of 15. After writing the first draft for a year, he spent a second year rewriting it and fleshing out the story and characters. Paolini's parents saw the final manuscript and decided to...
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, now starring in the ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
soap Echo BeachEcho Beach (soap)Echo Beach was a short-lived British teen-drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. Set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren, it ran for twelve weekly episodes from 10 January to 21 March 2008... - Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount TenbyGwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount TenbyMajor Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby PC TD was a British politician and cabinet minister. A younger son of Prime Minister David Lloyd George, he served as Home Secretary from 1954 to 1957....
, politician - William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount TenbyWilliam Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount TenbyWilliam Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby is a British peer and soldier. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....
- John WellsJohn Wells (satirist)John Wells was an English actor, writer and satirist, educated at Eastbourne College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford...
, satirist, co-author of the Dear Bill column in Private EyePrivate EyePrivate Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,... - Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford, politician, journalist and diarist
- Royce MillsRoyce MillsRoyce Mills is an English television, stage and film actor.He attended Eastbourne College, then studied fine art for 5 years and qualified as a theatre designer before attending the Guildhall School where he was a prize winning student.He then joined in Bristol Old Vic and appeared in many theatres...
, actor - Sir Christopher Leaver, former Lord Mayor of the City of London
- Rufus Voorspuy, notable charity fundraiser
- Judge Hubert B.D. WoodcockH.B.D. WoodcockHis Honour Judge Hubert Bayley Drysdale Woodcock , known as Judge Woodcock, was a British jurist and amateur botanist...
, botanist and jurist - James YuillJames YuillJames Yuill is an English folktronica musician from London, currently signed to the Moshi Moshi record label.-Biography:Yuill released his first album, The Vanilla Disc, on his own Happy Biscuit Club label in 2005...
, folktronica musician - Stanley Maitland, war pilot and Polish aristocrat
- Jay H. McDowell, General Counsel, Senior Counsel, Withers Bergman
- Daniel O'Day, Jr., Vice President-Scholarships, Professor of English, Kean University
Military
- Wing CommanderWing Commander (rank)Wing commander is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries...
Roland BeamontRoland BeamontWing Commander Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar was a British fighter pilot and test pilot for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and the years that followed...
, British fighter pilot - Admiral Sir Ian Andrew Forbes
- Brigadier General Timothy LandonTimothy LandonBrigadier Sir James Timothy Whittington Landon, KCVO, served in the British and Omani armies and was instrumental in the development of the present Sultanate of Oman...
- Major-General Hugh PrinceHugh Anthony PrinceMajor-General Hugh Anthony Prince, CBE, Chief, Military Planning Office, SEATO, Bangkok, late the 6th Gurkha Rifles and The King's Regiment , died at Arles, France, 6 November 2005. He was aged 94....
- GeneralGeneral (United Kingdom)General is currently the highest peace-time rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. It is subordinate to the Army rank of Field Marshal, has a NATO-code of OF-9, and is a four-star rank....
Sir David Richards, Chief of the General StaffChief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)Chief of the General Staff has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board...
Victoria Cross Holders
Two Old Eastbournians have won the Victoria CrossVictoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
:
- Tirah CampaignTirah CampaignThe Tirah Campaign, often referred to in contemporary British accounts as the Tirah Expedition, was an Indian frontier war in 1897–98. Tirah is a mountainous tract of country.-Rebellion:...
, India- CaptainCaptain (British Army and Royal Marines)Captain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force...
Henry Singleton PennellHenry Singleton PennellHenry Singleton Pennell VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
. He was a LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
when he performed the act for which he received the VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
.
- Captain
- First World War
- Group CaptainGroup CaptainGroup captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above wing commander and immediately below air commodore...
Lionel Wilmot Brabazon ReesLionel ReesGroup Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees VC OBE MC AFC RAF was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
MCMilitary CrossThe Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
AFCAir Force Cross (United Kingdom)The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"...
RAFRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
. He was a MajorMajor (UK)In the British military, major is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines. The rank insignia for a major is a crown...
when he performed the act for which he received the VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
.
- Group Captain
Notable staff or former staff
- Roger KnightRoger KnightRoger David Verdon Knight OBE, MA, BA, DipEd is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007...
- John ShepherdJohn Shepherd (cricketer)John Neil Shepherd is a former West Indian cricketer who played in five Tests from 1969 to 1971...
- Min PatelMin PatelMinal Mahesh Patel is a retired Indian-born cricketer; who made 2 appearances in Test cricket for England. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left arm bowler, who primarily played for Kent....
James Kirtley
Combined Cadet Force
The school has a CCF Combined Cadet ForceCombined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
contingent which all of year ten and some of the upper years are involved with. The CCF has Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force sections for the pupils to choose from.
Chapel
The Chapel is within the 'central' tradition of the Church of EnglandChurch of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
, and the College has a full time Chaplain. Assembly takes place there on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are Sunday services throughout term time, and at the beginning and end of each term there is a whole school service in All Saints' Church, immediately adjacent to the school. There is a student-led College Christian Union which is attended by students of various Christian traditions. There is also a Bible study group (The Connection) led by two members of staff which meets weekly throughout the year.
Every year a confirmation service is held in the Chapel. The Chaplain prepares candidates for confirmation in the months preceding this service and this includes an awayday at Ashburnham Place
Ashburnham Place
Ashburnham Place is an English country house, now used as a Christian conference and prayer centre. It can be found five miles west of Battle in East Sussex...
.
The Link to Radley College
The Second World War saw the evacuation of Eastbourne College to RadleyRadley College
Radley College , founded in 1847, is a British independent school for boys on the edge of the English village of Radley, near to the market town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and has become a well-established boarding school...
, and the plaque with its generous inscription commemorating this move and referring to "sympathy... and easy comradeship" has long been a significant feature of the Radley's Chapel Cloister. The Warden at the time, J C Vaughan Wilkes
John Vaughan Wilkes
John Comyn Vaughan Wilkes was an English educationalist, who was Warden of Radley College and an Anglican priest....
, was a son of the proprietors of St Cyprian's
St Cyprian's School
St Cyprian's School was an English preparatory school for boys, which operated in the early 20th century in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Like other preparatory schools, its purpose was to train pupils to do well enough in the examinations to gain admission to leading public schools, and to provide an...
prep school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
with which Eastbourne College long had close connections. After the war, the College acquired St Cyprian's playing fields and the Memorial Gates were installed at the entrance.
At the turn of the millennium the Arnold Embellishers, a society of friends of Eastbourne College, decided that there should be a similar memorial in Eastbourne itself, and on Sunday 23 June 2002, in a short ceremony introduced by Eastbourne's Headmaster, Charles Bush and Angus McPhail unveiled a plaque in their own Cloisters. The inscription reads "In memory of those who made it possible to survive the Second World War by taking us to Radley College and, when peace returned, bringing us safely home, under the leadership of the Headmaster Francis John Nugee MA". Many of the headmasters of Eastbourne College were Radley boys.
In celebration of the occasion the Radley Eastbourne cricket match was revived.
Recognition
The Southern RailwaySouthern Railway (Great Britain)
The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...
made great use of steam locomotive names for publicity, and the carrying of pupils to boarding schools at the beginning and end of school terms was a significant traffic flow. Locomotives of the 'V' or "Schools" Class, introduced in 1930, were hence named after prominent English public schools. The fifteenth locomotive, no. 914, was named Eastbourne after the college. Built at Eastleigh
Eastleigh Works
Eastleigh Works is a locomotive, carriage and wagon building and repair facility in the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England.-History under the LSWR:...
in October 1932, no. 914 remained in service until withdrawn by British Railways in July 1961.
Birley Centre
A contemporary performing arts centre situated next to the Towner Gallery and close to the Congress and Devonshire Park Theatre, the Birley Centre provides the College and the town with a state-of-the-art facility complete with recording studio and offering a versatile space for performing arts activities including concerts, plays, dance, masterclasses and workshops. The foyer provides a wonderful exhibition and social space and the Birley Centre will also be home to conferences and exhibitions.Ideally positioned in the heart of Eastbourne’s cultural quarter, the Birley Centre will become the linchpin in a series of new partnerships the College is forming with leading cultural organisations throughout the South East. Foremost of these is a partnership with Glyndebourne, which will be staging a number of projects at the Birley Centre over the coming years as part of its New Generation Programme, providing, among other things, an outlet for young talent in Eastbourne and the surrounding area. Glyndebourne’s executive chairman, Gus Christie, will officially open the Birley Centre at the beginning of October.
Named after Michael Birley, Headmaster of Eastbourne College 1956-1970, the centre will include:
- an acoustically designed auditorium with sprung floor
- a fully equipped recording studio with separate control and
- percussion rooms and vocal booth
- two music technology suites
- specialised teaching and rehearsal rooms
- a gallery and exhibition area
- a large foyer with catering facilities
- a bar and catering facilities for events