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| Knox College | |
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| Location | |
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Spalding , Clarendon | |
| Coordinates | 18°09′06″N 77°27′16″W / 18.151663°N 77.4543858°W |
| Information | |
| Other name | "The Big, Big School" |
| Type | Traditional High School |
| Motto | Niti Servire Neque Cedere (To Strive to Serve and Not to Yield) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Denomination | United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands |
| Established | 1947 |
| Founder | Mr. David Bent and Rev. Dr. Lewis Davidson |
| School number | 13070 |
| Chairperson | Mrs.Dorothy Miller |
| Principal | Mr. Alexander Bourne |
| Chaplain | Rev. Bryan Stone |
| Staff | ~150 |
| Grades | 7 - 13 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | ~1,587 (2020) |
| Average class size | 40 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Campus | Spalding |
| Campus size | 100 acres |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Houses | Forbes Dennis, Grant, Murray and Webster |
| Colour(s) | Red, Blue and White |
| National ranking | 5 (2019) |
| Newspaper | Chat Bout |
| Website | www |
Knox College (The high school part of the Knox Complex of Schools) is a co-educational high school for both day pupils and boarders in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. The other institutions that form the complex are: the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Institute, Knox Junior School, and Knox Community College. It was co-founded by Rev. Dr. Lewis Davidson and Mr. David Bent in 1947 and is named after John Knox.[1]
The complex occupies around 100 acres (40 ha) of land and is owned and administered by United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Each school operates under its own principal and board of management, nominated by the church and established by the Ministry of Education.