Ardingly College
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Ardingly College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school, in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England with approximately 754 pupils. Ardingly caters for children from 2 to 18.
A Woodard school, founded in the mid-19th century by Canon Nathaniel Woodard and run on Christian principles, Ardingly moved to its present impressive location in 1870. The main school is a three storey, H-shaped redbrick building.
[edit] Notable Old Ardinians
- Charles Cruft (1852–1938), founder of Crufts
- Victor Silvester (1900–1978), band leader
- George Reginald Starr (1904–1980), Special Operations Executive officer
- Terry-Thomas (1911–1990), actor
- Sir Bill Cotton (born 1928), television producer and BBC executive
- Sir John Gorst (born 1928), politician
- Mike Hawthorn (1929–1959), racing driver
- Sir Andrew Bowden (born 1930), politician
- Alan Howard (born 1937), actor
- Richard Williamson (born 1965), Theatrical Costumer
- Alex Martin Turner (born 1942), journalist
- Stephen Oliver (1950–1992), composer
- Neil Gaiman (born 1960), author (Junior School only)
- Ian Hislop (born 1960), editor of Private Eye and star of Have I Got News For You
- Colin Griffiths (born 1983), TV presenter
- Adam Virgo (born 1983), footballer
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