St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
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| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto | Nec Aspera Terrent |
| Established | 1855 |
| Locale | Rural |
| Headmaster | David Wylde (Oxon) |
| Exam board | IEB |
| Grades | 8 - 13 |
| Number of students | 391 boys |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Fees | R 92 000 p.a. (boarding) R 41 000 p.a. (tuition) |
| Website | www.sacschool.com |
St. Andrew's College is a private senior school for boys located in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It offers boarding and day options for its pupils. It has an excellent reputation in South Africa, as well as abroad.
History
Founded in 1855 by Bishop John Armstrong as an Anglican school to serve the Eastern Province, St. Andrew's was in danger of closing until the tenure of its sixth headmaster, Canon John Espin, began in 1882. Around this time, St. Andrew's sister school, the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) and a junior school, St. Andrew's Preparatory had been established. University classes were also conducted at the school until four St. Andrew's colleagues became founding professors of Rhodes University in 1904.
Co-instruction with DSG from grade 10 upwards began in 1974 and a joint music school was built in the 1980s.
During apartheid in South Africa, St. Andrew's began admitting black boys in 1979, a decade before the lifting of racial restrictions on enrolment.
Headmasters
- Rev. F. Bankes (1855 - 1859)
- Rev. F.Y. St. Leger (1859 - 1862)
- Rev. G.E. Cotterill (1863 - 1865)
- Rev. Langford S. Browne (1865 - 1875)
- Rev. G. Gould Ross (1875 - 1881)
- Canon John Espin (1882 - 1902)
- Rev. W. S. Macgowan (1902 - 1908)
- Canon Percy W.H. Kettlewell (1909 - 1933)
- Canon C.B. Armstrong (1934 - 1938)
- Ronald F. Currey (Oxon) (1939 - 1955)
- Freddy Spencer Chapman (1956 - 1962)
- J.L. Cawse (1962 - 1964)
- Canon John Aubrey (1965 - 1971)
- E.B. Norton (1972 - 1980)
- Arthur F.G. Cotton (1981 - 1993)
- Antony R. Clark (Cantab) (1994 - 2002)
- David B. Wylde (Oxon) (2003 - Present)
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship was instituted in 1903, and St. Andrew's is one of four schools in South Africa that may award a Rhodes Scholarship every year to an ex-pupil (and recently to ex-pupils of the DSG) to study at the University of Oxford.
Similarly, the Douglas Smith Scholarship is awarded to study at the University of Cambridge.
Academics
St. Andrew's is one of the top schools that write the Independent Examinations Board exams.
| IEB Results | 2005 | 2006 |
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| Number of candidates | 72 | 74 |
| Number of failures | 0 | |
| University endorsement (%) | 90 | 92 |
| A aggregates (%) | 32 | 17.5 |
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| Subject distinctions | 99 | 73 |
| Number in top 50 | 1 | 1 |
The College today
440 boys attend the College and it has close interaction with its sister school, the Diocesan School for Girls.
150th Jubilee
The 150th jubilee fundraiser in 2005 raised a total of over R45 million.
Notable Old Andreans (year of matriculation)
- Russell Bennett, former Springbok rugby player
- Sir Michael Edwardes (1947), business executive
- Duane Hudson, British spy
- Nick Mallett, former Springbok rugby player and coach
- Ian Roberts, actor, playwright and singer
- Bevil Rudd, Olympic Gold Medallist - 400m (Antwerp, 1920)
- Sir Basil Schonland (1910), scientist, critically important in the development of radar
Military
Victoria Cross Holders
Two Old Andreans have won the Victoria Cross.