, motto_translation = Difficulties do not dismay us , patron =

St. Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

, established = , schooltype = All-boys private school , grades = 812 , head_name = Headmaster , head = Mr Aiden Smith (Interim) , head_name2 = Exam board , head2 = IEB , pushpin_map = Eastern Cape , sister_school = Diocesan School for Girls , location = , coordinates = , founder = John Armstrong,

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, address = Somerset Street , city =

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, zipcode = , country = South Africa , students = 480 boys , gender = Male , houses = *Armstrong *Espin *Graham *Merrimen *Mullins *Upper , lower_age = 14 , upper_age = 18 , language = English , schedule = ''07:30 - 15:00'' , colours = Blue, navy, white , song = '' Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult'' , alumni = ''Old Andreans'' , newspaper = , yearbook = , mascot = , free_label = School fees , free = R 320 064 p.a. (boarding)
R 143 064 p.a. (day scholars) , website = St. Andrew's College is an Anglican high school for boys located in Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape province of

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. It was founded in 1855 by the Right Reverend John Armstrong, the first

. It is a semi boarding school, with a number of day boys. St. Andrew's College caters to 480 pupils from around the globe. The school is also a member of the

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group and closely associated with its brother school, St. Andrew's Preparatory School, and its sister school the Diocesan School for Girls. SAC Clock Tower

History

In a letter dated August, 1855, Bishop Armstrong writes: The laying of the foundation stone took place on 15 August 1855. Prior to this there existed a grammar school, founded by Bishop Robert Gray in 1849 on the site currently occupied by the Good Shepherd School, under the management of Mr. M.C. Bendelack, who was soon succeeded by the Rev. F. Bankes. Bankes was appointed principal of the new college, retaining also the title of Head-Master of St. Andrew's College Grammar School, as his school and all funds belonging to it were merged into the new institution. The

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gave £1000 towards the building to which they added £500 in 1857, and a like sum in 1860. A supplementary sum was subscribed by friends of the Bishop. St Andrew's College was incorporated by an Act of the Cape Parliament in September 1887, this Act was amended in

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and

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. It has since been controlled by a council composed of communicant members of the Anglican Church, administering the school in terms of a trust deed, leaving its internal economy and discipline in the hands of the principal, who in terms of the 1887 Act was required to be a cleric. The Bishop of Grahamstown is ''ex officio'' Visitor to the college.

Campus

The school campus straddles the main road from

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into Grahamstown and is an open campus with buildings, sports fields and other facilities spread over a number of city blocks.

Chapel

The chapel, dedicated to

and designed by Sir

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, is at the heart of the school. Chapel, St Andrew's College, Somerset Street, Grahamstown

The foundation stone of the new chapel was laid by the Rt Revd

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, bishop of Grahamstown on St. Andrew's Day, 1905, the jubilee year of the college. But chiefly owing to lack of funds the stone remained built into a buttress at the back of Espin Cottage, and no start was made until 1913 when the building was begun on plans by Messrs.

& Kendall of

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. A corner stone, to commemorate the building, was laid by the Hon. Sir Lewis Mitchell, C.V.O. on 8 September that year. The design for the new chapel is in the early

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manner, but in order to suit the comparatively sunny climate of the Eastern Cape, there is just that suggestion of Italian treatment which prevents it from being a direct copy of an English type. The form is that of a central nave of six bays, spanned by an open timber roof with massive beams, king posts and struts, the prototypes of which form such an attractive feature in: so many old English churches. There are two narrow side aisles to serve as passages, each having space for one row of additional seats in case of emergency. The chancel has an apsidal east end, and is to be covered by a groined roof constructed in concrete, the sanctuary windows being kept high in such a way as to cut into the semi-circular line of the vault in an effective manner. Instead of transepts, the plan provides a projecting vestry on the north side so as to preserve the cruciform plan, while the side aisles at the west are terminated against small projecting porches. At the west end the-baptistry is placed projecting westward of the wall and forming a semi-circular recess, which is to be covered with a grained ceiling. Springing from the projecting baptistry are buttresses which are carried up with diminishing outline and form a picturesque bell cote to terminate the west end of the roof. As far as possible local material was used. The walls throughout were built in Grahamstown stone with a rough face, both inside and out. This stone demands a simple treatment for the dressings-so that most of the windows are plain-but those around the apse include some effective tracery. The roof is covered with tiles made in the province on the

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pattern, and laid to a steep pitch. The aisles are paved with red tiles, while the floor of the chancel is paved in somewhat the same manner, and the floor under the seats is, of course be boarded in the ordinary way. The nave is about × irrespective of the side aisles; the chancel and sanctuary × ; from the floor of nave to ridge of roof about The total accommodation is for 330, of which number about 30 may be seated in the choir. Contrary to the custom of college chapels, the seats are all arranged facing the east instead of being placed down the two sides, facing one another. The contractors were Messrs. Carr & Co., Paarl.

Boarding houses

Six houses comprise the school: * Upper * Merriman named after the Rt Rev'd Nathaniel Merriman, previously known as Lower House * Graham * Armstrong named after the Rt Rev'd John Armstrong this house was built in 1898 * Espin named after

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John Espin, built 1902. * Mullins

Curriculum

The school follows the curriculum set by the

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(IEB), which is the curriculum followed by most private schools in South Africa. In 2019 the school also implemented the

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A Level curriculum as an alternative syllabus to the IEB.

Extracurricular activities

The school has an active

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. The band is an important part of the traditional life of the school, the pipe band leads the

cadet corps A corps of cadets, also called cadet corps, was originally a kind of military school for boys. Initially such schools admitted only sons of the nobility or gentry, but in time many of the schools were opened also to members of other social classes ...

during parades. St Andrew's College is one of the few schools in South Africa that still trains a cadet corps. The cadet corps is attached to the

First City Regiment The Chief Makhanda Regiment (formerly known as the First City) is a reserve air assault infantry regiment of the South African Army. History Colony Frontier The regiment was formed from the First City Volunteers (FCV) of Grahamstown that were ...

The school has three cultural societies whose membership is by invitation: * ''Alchemists'' meet twice a term to discuss matters of general, non-scientific interest. * ''Astronomers'' meet 6 times a year where boys present papers of a scientific nature to the club which is discussed over supper. * '' Cornish'' for a selected group of boys who share a love of poetry.

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

is the most played sport at the school. The school has produced at least two

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rugby players, Ryan Kankowski and Nick Mallett.

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is a popular and well supported competitive sport, and the school has produced at least one

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rower, James Thompson.

School hymn

The school hymn is " Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult", the office hymn for the feast of

Notable Old Andreans

Businessmen

* Sir

Michael Edwardes Sir Michael Owen Edwardes (11 October 1930 – 15 September 2019) was a British-South African business executive who held chairmanships at several companies including motor manufacturer British Leyland. Education Edwardes was born in Port Eli ...

, business executive *

Graham Mackay Graham Mackay (born 12 October 1968) is a former international and state representative rugby league footballer whose club career spanned Ten Australian and English clubs, including Western Suburbs, Penrith, Gold Coast Chargers, Hull FC and ...

, chairman and CEO of SABMiller * Mark Patterson, co-founder of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers * Jacko Maree, former CEO of Standard Bank * Antony Ball, founder Brait Capital Partners * Myles Ruck, former CEO of Liberty Life * Andy Leith, former managing director of Investec South Africa and International Head of Investment Banking, currently serves as CEO of Bud Group (Pty) * Pete Hird, former Director of Dimension Data Holdings Limited * Peter Oliver, owner of Oliver Bonacini Restaurants Ben Kroon

Engineers, scientists, lawyers and medical men

* Athelstan Cornish-Bowden, land surveyor * Sir

Basil Schonland Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland OMG CBE FRS (2 February 1896 – 24 November 1972) was noted for his research on lightning, his involvement in the development of radar during World War II and for being the first president of the South ...

, South Africa's Scientist of the 20th Century,

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- Gold class (OMG), important in the development of radar. * Charles Cummings (lawyer), Chief Justice of the Sudan in 1946 *

Claude Bettington Claude Albemarle Bettington (13 May 1875, Cape Colony, South Africa - 10 September 1912, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, England) was a mining engineer and a pioneer aviator from South Africa. Early life Claude Albemarle Bettington was the son of Col. Ro ...

, mechanical engineer, soldier and aviator * Ernest Edward Galpin, botanist * Francis Wilson (economist) * Guybon Atherstone, railway engineer *

James Henry Greathead James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 – 21 October 1896) was a mechanical and civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railways, Winchester Cathedral, and Liverpool overhead railway, as well as being one of the earliest pr ...

, engineer renowned for his work on the

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railway. * Kim Bailie, aerospace engineer * Lennox Broster, surgeon * Sir

Montagu Cotterill Sir Joseph Montagu Cotterill, CMG, FRCSEd, R.A.M.C (23 November 1851 – 30 December 1933) was a surgeon who as a young man played first-class cricket and made one appearance for England. He became a surgeon in Edinburgh and was President of ...

, surgeon and cricketer, the son of the

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, the Rt Revd Henry Cotterill and brother to George Edward Cotterill,

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of college. *

Newton Ogilvie Thompson Newton Ogilvie Thompson (27 May 1904, Kentani, Cape Colony - 1 July 1992, Kenilworth, Cape Town) was a South African jurist who served as the 13th Chief Justice of South Africa, from 1971 to 1974. Early life and education Thompson was born i ...

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1971–1974 *

Reginald Frederick Lawrence Reginald Frederick Lawrence FRSSAf (6 March 1897 in George, Western Cape – 9 October 1987 in Pietermaritzburg) was a South African arachnologist and myriapodologist at the South African Museum in Cape Town from 1922 until 1935, director of ...

, biologist * Sir Stanley Rees, High Court judge in England * Thomas Graham (lawyer) * William Bleloch, metallurgist * Prof. Bruce Rubidge - Past Director of ESI, currently Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Palaeosciences. Karoo Palaeontologist.

Sportsmen

Adrian Birrell Adrian Victor "Adi" Birrell (born 8 December 1960) in Grahamstown, Cape Province is a South African cricket coach and former first class cricketer. A leg break bowler, Birrell took 75 wickets at 30.16 in his career for Eastern Province, before ...

, former First-Class cricketer and South African national cricket team assistant coach. * Andrew Birch, cricketer for the Warriors *

Anton Murray Anton Ronald Andrew Murray (30 April 1922 – 17 April 1995) was a South African cricketer who played in 10 Test matches in a little over a year from December 1952 to February 1954, appearing four times against Australia and then six times aga ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Antony Roy Clark, cricketer *

Bevil Rudd Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres. Biography Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; ...

, Olympic Gold Medallist -

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( Antwerp, 1920) *

Bill Lundie Eric Balfour "Bill" Lundie (15 March 1888 – 12 September 1917) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1914. A fast bowler, Bill Lundie played eight first-class matches for three provinces between 1909 and 1914. His best figur ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Bill Taberer, rugby player * Brian Skosana, rugby player * Cecil Dixon, former South African Test cricketer * Chase Minnaar, rugby player * Claude Floquet, former South African Test cricketer * Clem Currie, former

rugby player * Chris Benjamin (cricketer) * Cuth Mullins, rugby player * Daantjie van de Vyver, former

rugby player * Dane van der Westhuyzen, rugby player * David Murray, rugby player * Fanie Cronje, former

rugby player * Frank Douglass, former

rugby player *

Harry Birrell (cricketer) Henry Benson Birrell (1 December 1927 – 18 September 2003) was a South African cricketer and schoolmaster who played first-class cricket in South Africa, England, and Rhodesia from 1947 to 1960. Education Harry Birrell was educated at St. A ...

Heinrich Smit Heinrich 'Cooper' Smit (born 21 November 1990) is a rugby union winger who plays for and Namibia. Smit made his debut for the Namibia in 2013 and was part of the squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby ...

, rugby player who represented Namibia at the 2015 World Cup *

Henry Taberer Henry Melville Taberer (7 October 1870 – 5 June 1932) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1902. He was the son of the Revd C. Taberer and was born at a mission station in Keiskammahoek, Cape Province. Career Taber ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Jack Dold, former

rugby player * Jackie Powell, former

rugby player * Jake Green (rower) * James Price (cricketer) * James Thompson, Olympic Gold Medallist - Men's lightweight coxless four, London 2012 Summer Olympics *

John Rowley John Vincent D'Alessio Rowley (12 December 1907 – 30 November 1996) was a South African born English cricketer and colonial governor. He was born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, and went to school at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He ...

, cricketer *

Lewis Gordon Pugh Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate. Dubbed the "Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming", he is the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of th ...

, pioneering swimmer and

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* Martin Hanley, former South African Test cricketer * Michael Price, cricketer for the Warriors * Nick Mallett, former

rugby player and coach * Pat Fairfield, motor racing driver, winner of the 1937 Rand Grand Prix, died after an accident in the

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* Peter van der Merwe, South African cricket captain, 1965—67 * Pompey Norton, former South African Test cricketer * Roger Barrow, coach of the South African national

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

team. * Ronald Wylde, athlete * Ross Geldenhuys, rugby player * Russell Bennett, former

rugby player * Ryan Kankowski,

rugby player * Sintu Manjezi, rugby player * Thomas Gubb (1926), rugby union international, represented

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* Tom Hobson, former

rugby player *

Tyler Paul Tyler Warne Paul (born in Duiwelskloof, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and the in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a lock or a flanker. Career Youth In 2013, Paul was named in the Eastern Provi ...

, rugby player * Worthington Hoskin, cricketer (and rugby player)

Clergy

* Peter Hinchliff, priest and academic * Robin Briggs, Suffragan Bishop of Pretoria * Wilfrid Parker,

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Musicians, actors, authors and artists

* Stephen Gray (writer) * Bongani Ndodana-Breen, musician and composer * Ian Roberts, actor, playwright and singer * Ernest Glanville, author *

Peter Cartwright (actor) Peter Cartwright (30 August 1935 – 18 November 2013)http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-34&gsfn=peter&gsln=cartwright&msbdy=1935&msbpn__ftp=Krugersdorp%2C+Gauteng%2C+South+Africa&msb ...

Jonty Driver Charles Jonathan Driver, usually known as Jonty Driver, (born 1939) is a South African anti-apartheid activist, former political prisoner, educationalist, poet and writer. Childhood "Jonty" Driver was born in Cape Town in 1939, but spent the ...

, poet and writer *

Ivan Mitford-Barberton Ivan Mitford-Barberton (1896–1976) was a sculptor, writer and authority on heraldry. Early life and education Mitford-Barberton was born in Somerset East, in Cape Colony, in 1896. He was a descendant of several 1820 Settler families. His g ...

, sculptor and writer * Vere Stent, war correspondent and editor of the ''

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Nobility and politicians

* Edward Coke,

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CBE, Holkham Estate, Norfolk. Past chairman of the Historic Houses Association * Edward Coke,

CBE, Holkham Estate, Norfolk. Past chairman of the Historic Houses Association * Kingsley Fairbridge * Thomas Graham *

Robert Coryndon Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon, (2 April 1870 – 10 February 1925) was a British colonial administrator, a former secretary of Cecil Rhodes who became Governor of the colonies of Uganda (1918–1922) and Kenya (1922–1925). He was one of the most ...

, British colonial administrator *

Randolph Vigne James Randolph Vigne FSA (1928 – 19 June 2016) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. He was an influential member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, a founding member of the National Committee for Liberation, and the founder of the A ...

, member of the

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Howard Unwin Moffat Howard Unwin Moffat (13 January 1869 – 19 January 1951) served as second premier of Southern Rhodesia, from 1927 to 1933. Early life Born in the Kuruman mission station in Bechuanaland (now in the Northern Cape province of South Africa), ...

, prime minister of

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Soldiers, sailors and airmen

* Air Marshal the Reverend Sir Henry Paterson Fraser * Duane Hudson, British intelligence officer * Brigadier Sir

Miles Hunt-Davis Brigadier Sir Miles Garth Hunt-Davis, (7 November 1938 – 23 May 2018) was a British Army officer who was also the Private Secretary to The Duke of Edinburgh from 1993 until 2010. Early life and education Miles Hunt-Davis was born in Johanne ...

, KCVO, CBE, Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh * Colonel Sir

Ernest Lucas Guest Sir Ernest Lucas Guest (20 August 1882 – 20 September 1972) was a Rhodesian politician, lawyer and soldier. He held senior ministerial positions in the government, most notably as Minister for Air during the Second World War. Guest w ...

KBE, CMG, CVO, LLD * Air Vice Marshal John Howe CB, CBE, AFC, RAF * Major-General William Henry

Evered Poole Major General William Henry Evered Poole, , () was a senior South African Army commander during the Second World War and later a diplomat. Early life William Henry Evered Poole was born in Caledon, Cape Colony on 8 October 1902. He was the so ...

CB, CBE, DSO * Rear Admiral M.R. Terry-Lloyd SSA SM * Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow, RN * Surgeon Rear Admiral Ronald Edward Snow, QHP, CB, LVO, RN *Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Grove-White

Victoria Cross holders

Two Old Andreans have been awarded the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

: * Major Charles Herbert Mullins, VC in the

Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...

and *

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John Sherwood-Kelly, unga Mwelase VC in the

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Notable staff

* Charles Fortune, broadcaster and writer, especially noted for his cricket commentaries on radio. *

Danie Craven Daniël Hartman Craven (11 October 1910 – 4 January 1993) was a South African rugby union player (1931–1938), national coach, national and international rugby administrator, academic, and author. Popularly known as Danie, Doc, or Mr R ...

, international rugby administrator. * Harry Lee (cricketer) * George Cory, chemist and historian * Arthur Matthews (mathematician), first lecturer in mathematics and physical science, and later professor of mathematics at

Rhodes University Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest ...

* Roger Wilson (bishop)

Headmasters

* The Revd F. Bankes (1855–1859) * The Revd F.Y. St. Leger (1859–1862) * The Revd George Edward Cotterill (1863–1865), the son of the Rt Revd Henry Cotterill,

* The Revd Langford S. Browne (1865–1875) * The Revd G. Gould Ross (1875–1881) * The Revd Canon John Espin (1882–1902) * The Revd W. S. Macgowan (1902–1908) * The Revd Canon Percy W.H. Kettlewell (1909–1933) * The Revd Canon C.B. Armstrong (1934–1938) * Ronald F. Currey ( Oxon) (1939–1955) *

Freddie Spencer Chapman Frederick Spencer Chapman, (10 May 1907 – 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya. His medals include the following: the Distinguished ...

(1956–1962) * J.L. Cawse (1962–1964) * The Revd Canon John Aubrey (1965–1971) * Eric B. Norton (1972–1980) * Arthur F.G. Cotton (1981–1993) * Antony R. Clark (

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) (1994–2002) * David B. Wylde ( Oxon) (2003–2008) * Paul A. Edey (2009–2014) * Alan Thompson (2015 - January 2022) * Aidan Smith, Interim Headmaster (2022–present)

Gallery

File:Paul Edey SAC.jpg, 18th headmaster, Paul Edey. File:AlanThompson-2719.jpg, 19th headmaster, Alan Thompson

References

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External links

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Old Andrean site
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