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St Lawrence College is a
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situated in
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,
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and has been established as a "
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" ever since it was founded.


History

The college was founded in 1879 as South Eastern College (colours: gold and black). The name was changed in September 1906 because of its location in the St Lawrence area of Ramsgate. New colours were also given: maroon and white. The school rapidly outgrew the single house, leading to the main building of the present day college by 1884. The chapel was completed in 1927. During the world wars, the school was evacuated to Chester (1915) and Courteenhall in Northamptonshire (1940), seat of Sir Herewood Wake, because of its position on the South-East coast. Later in the school's existence, girls were admitted, and the current mix of sexes is now roughly equal. There were initially four houses: Light Red, Dark Red, Light Blue and Dark Blue; these later became Grange, Tower, Manor and Lodge. During World War II a fifth house was added called Courtenay when a nearby school having failed to maintain numbers was incorporated into the school. Newlands was later added for day scholars and Deacon followed as the Junior end of this house. In 1930, Richard Maunsell designed for the Southern Railway a fleet of 40 "Schools Class" locomotives one of which was named St Lawrence. These locos were compact but particularly powerful, weighing over 100 tons with tender. As late as 1958 the St Lawrence Loco (BR 30934) was attached to the School Train departing from Ramsgate. Parts of the tender still exist on the Bluebell Railway.


Senior and middle school

The Senior School is divided into five separate houses. The oldest, Tower and Lodge, the two boys' boarding houses, were created in 1889. Newlands is the boys' day house, while Laing is the girls' day house. Boarding girls are part of Bellerby. All houses are located in the main school building except Bellerby, who have their own building which is situated in the site of the previous Taylor Hall. Cameron and Courtenay are mixed boarding and day sub-houses, respectively, for the Middle School (Kirby). They accommodate students from age 11 to 13. They are housed in the modern Kirby House Building, which opened in January 2007 by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
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. In January 2013, Mark Aitken retired his post of Headmaster and was succeeded by Antony Spencer.


Junior school

St Lawrence College Junior School is located on the same site as the Middle and Senior schools and accommodates pupils from age 3 to 11. The Junior School pupils study in the Hamblen Block which includes classrooms for Years 3-6.


Performance

In 2009, the
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placed the school 330 in its League Table of Independent School
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results, with 48.81% of pupils gaining A or B grades at A-level. In 2012, the school gained a pass rate of 92.9% with 18% of them being at grades of A and A* at A-level. The
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results had a pass rate of 86.5% and 15.5% being at grades of A*. In 2017, the school had 30% A*/A grades at A-level, and 33% A*/A at GCSE, despite the introduction of the new exams.


Notable former pupils

Old Lawrentians (OLs) of note include: *
Alfred Bellerby Rev. Alfred Courthope Benson Bellerby (26 January 1888 – 10 April 1979) was a British athlete and educator. He competed in the men's long jump and the men's high jump at the 1908 Summer Olympics.''Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920' ...
, Olympic long jumper *
Hubert Broad Captain Hubert Standford Broad, MBE, AFC (1897–1975) was a British First World War aviator and noted test pilot. Early life Born at Aston Lodge, Watford, Hertfordshire on 18 May 1897, the son of Thomas and Amelia Broad (''née'' Coles), hi ...
, World War I aviator and test pilot * John Carr, first-class cricketer and British Army officer * Michael Curtis, Newspaper Editor * Sir Conrad Corfield KCIE, CSI, MC and Chief Advisor in India * John Russell Carlisle, Director of the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association * Lord
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GCB,
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, MC, DL, former
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, defence advisor to the
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. *
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, CBE, chair NCHGordon Edington profile at Debretts Online
/ref> * Captain
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CBE, LVO, ADC, Captain of HMS Coventry during the
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* Ted Fillary, Cricketer *
Humphrey Hawksley Humphrey Hawksley is an English journalist and author who has been a foreign correspondent for the BBC since the early 1980s. Education Hawksley was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate in Kent, after which he joined the Merchant Navy to ...
, BBC World Affairs Correspondent (
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) * John Ironmonger, Novelist * Sir Maurice Laing CBE, DL, FRICS, construction industry entrepreneur, first president of the CBI * Herbert Linnell, cricketer * Eric Mansfield, Aeronautical Engineer, won the Royal Medal in 1994 * Sir George Middleton, diplomat * Major
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, cricketer and soldier * Major General Frank Crowther Roberts VC, DSO, OBE, MC *
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* Robert Summerhayes, cricketer * John Vernon Taylor, Bishop of Winchester *
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References


External links


St Lawrence College website

Old Lawrentian Society

Profile
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