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90 Years On : Founder’s Day at RENDCOMB COLLEGE

Celebrations at Rendcomb College.
Rendcomb College celebrated its ninety birthday with a celebratory Founder’s Day programme attended by well over 500 guests, including trustees, governors, parents, staff and pupils. Founded in 1920 by Noel Wills, the college still enjoys the generous support of its current trustees who are investing substantial funds this summer which will see a major internal refurbishment of boarding and day houses, as well as additional classrooms in the expanding junior school, which is also ten years old this September. The day also included displays of pupils’ work and exhibitions, two concerts performed to packed audiences and a falconry display organised by Mr James Stutchbury Head of Biology.

Guest speaker, The Rev’d Dr Ralph Waller, Director of The Farmington Institute for Christian Studies and Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford encouraged the pupils to continue to stretch their intellectual horizons and never take learning for granted. Highlights of the day also included reviews from the Head boys and head girls from the junior and senior school.

Gerry Holden
Headmaster

Photo: From left to right: Rev’d Ralph Waller, Sophie Musgrave , Oliver Heneghan, Eleanor Brealy and George Ord.