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Hurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College is a public school (English private boarding and day school), located just north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex. The College was founded in 1849 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard and is a member of the Woodard Corporation.
The school was established in 1849 as St John's Middle School, based in Shoreham. Its first headmaster, Edward Clarke Lowe, had worked with Woodard at Lancing College and stayed at Hurstpierpoint for 22 years until 1872. The school moved to Mansion House in Hurstpierpoint and then, thanks to the local benefactors the Campion family, on 21 June 1853 made its move to the present site. Intended to resemble the collegiate system at Oxford and Cambridge, Nathaniel Woodard designed the College to have adjoining Inner and Outer quads and the chapel and dining hall adjacent to each other.
In 1993 the College ceased to be a boys' school and accepted girls for the first time.
In 1996 the school chaplain and a science teacher were dismissed "after being cautioned by police for possessing child pornography" as reported by The Independent.
In 1997, for the 150th anniversary, Peter King published a book called "Hurstpierpoint College 1849-1995: The School by the Downs" where he gathered the history of the college.
In 2001-2002, it was reported that the College awarded a pupil an out-of-court settlement over claims poor teaching according to The Argus, The Times and The Guardian.
The school was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2019 and in January 2024.
In 2021, the College participated in the Queer Student Awards with an entry of the LGBTQ+ student, staff and allies to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. . The entry was based on the 2021 Pride History Month campaign and featured talks from Dr Sophie Cook, Jude Guaitamacchi and Sarah Jones.
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Hurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College is a public school (English private boarding and day school), located just north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex. The College was founded in 1849 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard and is a member of the Woodard Corporation.
The school was established in 1849 as St John's Middle School, based in Shoreham. Its first headmaster, Edward Clarke Lowe, had worked with Woodard at Lancing College and stayed at Hurstpierpoint for 22 years until 1872. The school moved to Mansion House in Hurstpierpoint and then, thanks to the local benefactors the Campion family, on 21 June 1853 made its move to the present site. Intended to resemble the collegiate system at Oxford and Cambridge, Nathaniel Woodard designed the College to have adjoining Inner and Outer quads and the chapel and dining hall adjacent to each other.
In 1993 the College ceased to be a boys' school and accepted girls for the first time.
In 1996 the school chaplain and a science teacher were dismissed "after being cautioned by police for possessing child pornography" as reported by The Independent.
In 1997, for the 150th anniversary, Peter King published a book called "Hurstpierpoint College 1849-1995: The School by the Downs" where he gathered the history of the college.
In 2001-2002, it was reported that the College awarded a pupil an out-of-court settlement over claims poor teaching according to The Argus, The Times and The Guardian.
The school was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2019 and in January 2024.
In 2021, the College participated in the Queer Student Awards with an entry of the LGBTQ+ student, staff and allies to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. . The entry was based on the 2021 Pride History Month campaign and featured talks from Dr Sophie Cook, Jude Guaitamacchi and Sarah Jones.
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