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Runnymede College

Field	Value
name	Runnymede College
logo	File:Rc logo.svg
logo_size	150px
motto	Delight, Ornament, Ability
established	1967
head_label	Headmaster
head	Frank M. Powell
founder	Arthur F. Powell CBE
street	Calle Salvia 30
city	La Moraleja, Alcobendas
county	Madrid
country	Spain
postcode	28109
enrollment	1140 (approximate)
gender	Co-educational
lower_age	2
upper_age	18
houses	Keynes, Locke, Newton, Austen
alumni	Old Runnymedians
website

Runnymede College is a co-educational private school located in La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1967 by Arthur Powell as the first British school in Spain. It is a private non-denominational school offering a British education to boys and girls of all nationalities from the age of two to eighteen.

The education offered follows the English National Curriculum, with pupils taking IGCSEs at the end of Year 11 and their A-levels at the end of Year 13. As of 2010 there were 750 students, with about 50% being from Spanish families and 20% being from British families; there were 37 nationalities in the student body. Warwick Mansell of The Telegraph wrote that Runnymede was "medium-sized" in terms of its student body.

History

Runnymede College was founded as a private senior school in 1967, to provide a British education for English-speaking students of all nationalities who were resident in Madrid. In 1987 the primary school was inaugurated. In 1998 the school moved to its current location.

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Old Runnymedians

Notable alumni include Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, her son Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, rugby union England player Simon Shaw, and women's rights activist Elif Shafak.

References

Klaus Boehm and Jenny Lees-Spalding. ''Guide to Independent Schools (DT Guide)''. Trotman Publishing, 2009.
"Admission to Senior School {{!}} Runnymede College".
Mansell, Warwick. "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/expateducation/7535384/Expat-guide-to-Spain-schools.html Expat guide to Spain: schools]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151004054816/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/expateducation/7535384/Expat-guide-to-Spain-schools.html Archive]). ''[[The Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph]]''. 30 March 2010. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.
(18 July 2017). "Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and her justified claim to the Imperial throne of Russia".
"La familia Romanov".
(19 October 2007). "Come tomorrow evening they may be national heroes. But who exactly are these unlikely lads?".

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