Kelly College

Kelly College is a coeducational independent school on the outskirts of Tavistock, Devon, with around 350 students ranging from ages 11 to 18; there is an associated preparatory school for younger children, Kelly College Preparatory School, nearby. Although predominantly a boarding school, Kelly also accepts day pupils.

There are some 8 hectares of landscaped grounds, including playing fields, set on the edge of Dartmoor and including a stretch of the River Tavy, and five separate boarding houses, each with its own facilities. The college enjoys a good academic reputation, and is renowned for its strength in sports, particularly swimming and rugby.

The college is at present under the headship of Mr Mark S. Steed MA; its motto is "fortiter occupa portum" - "defend your harbours bravely". This is a quotation from Ode XIV from the first Book of Odes by Horace.⁽¹⁾

History

The school was founded in 1877 after Admiral Benedictus Marwood Kelly left the great part of his real and personal estate to Trustees, founding a charity which he directed should be called "The Kelly College", which should be for the education of the "sons of Naval officers and other gentlemen". The school opened in October 1877, under the Headmastership of Robert West Taylor, late fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, with twelve boys on the school roll. It became co-educational in the late 1980s, initially with entrants into the Sixth Form, and in September 1991 welcomed thirty one girls into the First Form, fourteen of whom became Kelly Veterans in 1998. [(1) Kelly College Chronicle 1997 - 1998]

The governing body have not yet decided whether to follow many other independent schools and a fast growing number of successful state schools by offering the International Baccalaureate or the Pre-U as the sixth form option.

Fees for 2008/2009

Annual Day: £10,800-£13,350, Annual Weekly Boarding: £17,700 - £21,750, Annual Full Boarding: £19,800 - £23,400. These are payable in 3 termly instalments, due at the beginning of each term.

References

External links

* [http://www.kellycollege.com The school's official website]
* [http://www.darch.co.uk/schools/k/kelly/index.html The school's page at "D'Arch's school guide"] , with some data about the school
* [http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/44-KELLY_COLLEGE.html A page from "ISBI Schools"] , with some information from the head
* [http://www.intense.co.uk/cgi/go.cgi?intense,schools/kelly Another page on the school] , from "Intense Educational Ltd."