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| The Duke of York's Royal Military School | |
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Guston , Kent , CT15 5EQ England | |
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| Type | Selective academy state boarding school |
| Mottoes | "Looking Forward with Confidence, Looking Back with Pride" Former: "Sons of the Brave" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Protestant |
| Established | 1803 |
| Department for Education URN | 136177 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| President | Prince Edward Duke of Kent |
| Headman | Alex Foreman |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 500 |
| Houses | 11 |
| Colour(s) | Navy, maroon and white |
| Former pupils | Dukies[1] |
| Website | http://www.doyrms.com |
The Duke of York's Royal Military School, in Guston, Kent, commonly known as the Duke of York's, is a co-educational academy with military tradition for students aged 11 to 18.[2][3] In 2010 the school became an academy under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence and accepts applications from any student wishing to enrol, thus altering its former status wherein only students with veteran or still serving parents in the armed forces were eligible to apply.[4]
This transition of status, actually transformed the institution to state boarding school and offered it a membership in the State Boarding Forum and Boarding Schools Association. The latter development yet once again changed the school's oversight and transferred it from the Ministry of Defence to the Department for Education.[5]
The Duke of York's educational apparatus includes some traditions that are rather cogently military, such as ceremonial parades or the use of uniforms.[6] It has a monitorial style of education modelled on the English public school system.[7]
Notable alumni include senior generals (e.g. Sir Archibald Nye, Gary Coward and David Mark Cullen), musicians (Henry Lazarus), athletes (Maurice Colclough), scientists (e.g. Professors Paul Shaw, Timothy Foster, Kevin Allmark and Mark Gardiner) and clergymen (James Jones and Bill Ind).[citation needed]
- ^ "Alumni – The Duke of York's Royal Military School".
- ^ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "The Duke of York's Royal Military School, State boarding school in Kent". www.doyrms.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "House of Commons – Defence Committee: Written evidence from the Duke of York's Royal Military School". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Duke of York's Royal Military School – GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "The Duke of York's Royal Military School honour the former students who lost their lives in the First World War | News | State Boarding Forum – SBF". stateboarding.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Duke of York's Royal Military School and the Legend of the Lone Tree". The Dover Historian. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.