Plymouth College is a co-educational private school in Plymouth, Devon.
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History
The school was established in 1877. In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854), and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead College.
In 1976, the first girls were admitted to the school's sixth form. Plymouth College became fully coeducational in 1995. In 2004, the school absorbed St Dunstan's Abbey School, an independent school for girls founded by Lydia Sellon.
The Whiteworks Outward Bound centre on Dartmoor has a 20-bed bunkhouse.
Sports
The swimming programme has a partnership with the Plymouth Leander Swimming Club. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Rūta Meilutytė won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke for Lithuania.
In 2019, the under-14 girls hockey team won the national tier 2 championships. Other sports activities in this school include Whitewater rafting, Sea kayaking, Sailing, Mountain biking, and Scuba diving.
Former teachers
Henry John Chaytor
Notable alumni
Paul Ackford
Michael Ball
Steve Banyard
Kerenza Bryson
Patrick K. Collins
Chris Constantinou
Michael Cooper (footballer)
Sir Alfred Woodley Croft
William Crossing
Tom Daley
Richard Deacon
Stephen Davies
Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams
John Fabian
Michael Foot
Dawn French
Wilson Harris
Stuart Hibberd
Frank Hoar
Jade Howard
William James
Ronald Jasper
Alexis Kirke
Jamila Lunkuse
Jake Libby
Alexander Macklin
David Forbes Martyn
Sir Alexander Maxwell
Rūta Meilutytė