Mount Kelly School
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| Type | Independent school Day and boarding school |
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| Headmaster | Mark Semmence |
| Chaplain | Richard Bache |
| Chairman of the Governors | Christopher Snow |
| Location | Parkwood Road Tavistock Devon PL19 0HZ England Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| DfE number | 878/6009 |
| DfE URN | 113573 Tables |
| Students | 546 as of December 2015[update] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | College: Marwood, Russell (Girls), Courtenay (Boys), Newton (Boys), Conway (Mixed) Prep: Brunel, Chichester, Hepworth and Scott |
| Colours | Navy, Red & Gold |
| Website | www.mountkelly.com |
Mount Kelly is a fully co-educational independent day and boarding school for children between the ages of 3 and 18.[1]
Mount Kelly was established in June 2014 following the merger of two neighbouring Schools, Kelly College (founded in 1877) and Mount House School (founded in 1881).[2]
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Location
Mount Kelly is located in Tavistock, Devon and is situated within the Tavy River valley on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park, between Exeter and Plymouth.[3] Positioned on the outskirts of the market town of Tavistock the school grounds consist of 140 acres of landscaped grounds, woodland, forest, green fields and a small holding.[4]
Co-Curricular Activities
Mount Kelly offers a co-curricular activity programme, College pupils can take part in the Combined Cadet Force, the Duke of Edinburgh Awards, the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race or the Ten Tors Challenge.[5]
Academic staff, in collaboration with the onsite Adventure Centre, run the Learning Outside the Classroom Programme. Children in the Pre-Prep attend a weekly Forest School activity. The Shackleton programme is run for 9 to 13 year olds and designed to give them increasingly challenging outdoor experiences.[6]
Boarding
Boarding is available on a full, day or flexible basis. Pupils can board from Year 3 to Year 8 at the Prep School. At the College, four houses are allocated; boys in Year 9-11, girls in Year 9-11, a Sixth Form boys’ house and a Sixth Form girls’ house respectively.[7]
Swimming
The Head Coach is the former Olympian, Robin Brew. Pupils and alumni have won a total of 29 Olympic and Commonwealth medals over the last 37 years and been selected for the last five Olympic and Paralympic games.[citation needed] Sharron Davies and Andy Jameson as two of its most celebrated swimmers.[8]
Mount Kelly have begun building the new 50 metre, 8 lane Olympic Legacy Swimming Pool financed, in part, by Sport England[9]
Inspections
The school was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in March 2015.[10]
Admissions
Entry requirements vary according to year group and are a combination of assessments, taster days and visits.[11]
Fees 2015/2016
Annual day fees: £6,375 to £16,440 (GBP)
Annual weekly boarding fees: £14,970 to £26,790 (GBP)
Annual full boarding fees: £16,320 to £28,740 (GBP)[12]
Notable Alumni
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• Dawn Airey, CEO Getty Images, Chairman National Youth Theatre, Managing Director Global Content ITV, SVP EMEA of Yahoo, President CLT Ufa, Chairman and CEO of Channel 5
• Sharron Davies, Swimmer
• Flora Duffy, Bermudan Triathlete
• Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian politician
• George Hacker, Bishop of Penrith
• Andy Jameson, BBC Sports Commentator & former Olympic Swimmer
• John Lucas, Archdeacon of Totnes
• Sir Gordon Minhinnick, Cartoonist
• Gerald Seymour, Novelist and Former ITN Correspondent
• Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark
• Diego Massimiliano De Giorgi, Head of the House of Giorgi
• Charles Symons, Chaplain-General to the Forces
• Sir Hugh Thornton, Civil Servant
• Sir Richard Gordon Wakeford, RAF Officer
• Gerald Seymour, Writer
Mount House School
• Peter Hitchens, Author and Writer
• Sir David Owen MP
• Paul Tyler, Conservative MP for Cornwall
• David Somerset, Chief Cashier, Bank of England
• Adrian Lukis, Actor
• Mark Stone, Wildlife Filmmaker
• Christopher Hitchens, Journalist
• Philip de Glanville, former England Rugby Captain
• Ed Bye, British Film and TV Producer and Director
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- Articles to be merged from November 2015
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2015
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2016
- Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
- Independent schools in Devon
- Boarding schools in Devon
- Tavistock
- Church of England independent schools in the Diocese of Exeter
- International Baccalaureate schools in England
