Gordonstoun
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Gordonstoun School | |
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Address | |
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Gordonstoun Road ,, IV30 5RF Scotland | |
Coordinates | 57°42′15″N3°22′18″W/ 57.704167°N 3.371667°W |
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Type | Public school Independent boarding school |
Motto | Plus est en vous(There is more in you) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Inter-denominational |
Established | 1934 |
Founder | Kurt Hahn |
Local authority | Scottish Council for Independent Schools |
Chairman of Governors | Catherine Eve Poole |
Principal | Lisa Kerr |
Chaplain | Christian Collett |
Staff | ~120 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 5 to 19 |
Enrollment | 518 |
Houses | 8 boarding |
Colour(s) | purple, white |
Publication | The Gordonstoun Record |
Former pupils | Old Gordonstounians |
Website | gordonstoun |
Gordonstoun Schoolis a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils inMoray,Scotland. It is in the north-west ofElgin.[1]
Admission is not just a matter of money. There is an interview and references and exam results are considered. It is one of the few full boarding schools in the United Kingdom today.[2]
It is famous as the secondary school whichKing Charles IIIwent to as a teenager. His father,Prince Philip,went there as a teenager.
References[change|change source]
- ↑"Gordonstoun Manor History".2004. Archived fromthe originalon 12 July 2011.Retrieved31 March2010.
- ↑"Good School's Guide Gordonstoun Review".Good School's Guide.Retrieved21 August2020.