Madras College

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Coordinates: 56°20′17″N 2°47′53″W / 56.338°N 2.798°W / 56.338; -2.798

Madras College
Established 1833
Type Secondary School
Grades Secondary 1 to Secondary 6
Location St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Website Madras College website
Madras College, South Street, St Andrews

Madras College is a secondary school in St. Andrews, Scotland.

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[edit] History

The school was built in 1832, on an idea by Andrew Bell, and is named after the area in India where Bell served as a Minister and a Teacher. It was there that Bell developed his idea for 'Mutual Tuition'[1], where older children teach the younger children. This is still practised in Madras College today, in the form of 'Peer Tutors'. Dr. Bell died on January 27, 1832, thereby missing by two and a half months the laying of the foundation stone of his school.

[edit] Buildings

The school is today split into two sites, with pupils in the first three years being taught in the Kilrymont Road building and those in years four to six at the South Street building, both of which are listed. The South Street building of the school(pictured) is the older with the other building being built in the 1960s. Although the South Street building is from 1832, only the front part is from that time, there is currently an investigation being carried out by St Andrews university over buildings that predated Madras College at that site. At this time it is presumed a church was built on the site before the school. Over the years more was built and the back is newer and not in keeping with the rest of the building, having a high rise concrete science lab at the back contrasting the old and skilfully decorated stone parts of the building e.g. South Street Quadrangle.

[edit] Rectors

The current rector (headteacher) is Mr Ian Jones who has been at Madras since 2007. Prior to this the rector was Lindsay Matheson who was very proud of the school and can be quoted as saying "Madras College has a very good reputation within the area and our pupils are known for the high standards they set both in school and outside, where they are involved in a large variety of community work."

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Mutual Tuition And Moral Discipline" Retrieved October 6, 2009

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