Plymouth College is a co-educational private school in Plymouth, Devon. History The school was established in 1877. In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854), and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead College. In 1976, the first girls were admitted to the school's sixth form. Plymouth College became fully coeducational in 1995. In 2004, the school absorbed St Dunstan's Abbey School, an independent school for girls founded by Lydia Sellon. The Whiteworks Outward Bound centre on Dartmoor has a 20-bed bunkhouse. Sports The swimming programme has a partnership with the Plymouth Leander Swimming Club. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Rūta Meilutytė won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke for Lithuania. In 2019, the under-14 girls hockey team won the national tier 2 championships Former teachers Henry John Chaytor Notable alumni Paul Ackford Michael Ball Steve Banyard Patrick K. Collins Chris Constantinou Sir Alfred Woodley Croft William Crossing Richard Deacon Stephen Davies Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams John Fabian Michael Foot Dawn French Wilson Harris Stuart Hibberd Frank Hoar Jade Howard William James Ronald Jasper Alexis Kirke Jamila Lunkuse Jake Libby Alexander Macklin David Forbes Martyn Sir Alexander Maxwell Rūta Meilutytė Cassie Patten Finn Peters David Quantick Sir Leonard Rogers Paul Seymour Henry Slade Milos Stankovic Walter Stoneman Mark Tavener Kavus Torabi John Trevaskis J. C. Trewin Miles Tunnicliff Grace Neutral References External links Profile on the Independent Schools Council website Private schools in Plymouth, Devon Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference International Baccalaureate schools in England Boarding schools in Devon Educational institutions established in 1877 1877 establishments in England