Ardvreck School
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| motto = Honor praemium virtutis
(Honour is the reward of virtue)
| established = 1883
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| type = Preparatory day and boarding school
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| head_label = Headmistress
| head = Ali Kinge
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| city = Crieff
| county = Perth and Kinross
| country = Scotland
| postcode = PH7 4EX
| local_authority = Perth and Kinross
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| enrolment = 130~
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 3
| upper_age = 13
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| free_label_1 = Former pupils
| free_1 = Old Ardvreckians
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| website = http://www.ardvreckschool.co.uk/
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Ardvreck School is an independent boarding and day preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3–13, located in Crieff in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was established in 1873.{{cite web | url = http://www.isbi.com/viewschool.asp?school=2816-Ardvreck_School | title = Ardvreck School, Perthshire and Kinross | accessdate = 11 September 2010 | publisher = Which School Ltd | quote = Founded 1873}}
Notable former pupils
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- Rear-Admiral Hugh Balfour (1933-1999), senior Royal Navy officer.{{Who's Who |title=Balfour, Rear-Adm. Hugh Maxwell |id=U176712 |type=was |volume=2016 |edition=November 2015 online |accessdate=31 March 2016}}
- Jonathan Hammond (born 1980), British sport shooter and Commonwealth Games gold medalist.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662506/Jon-Hammond-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613035145/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662506/Jon-Hammond-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-13 |title=Jon Hammond |date=2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=10 July 2012}}
- Major General George Henry Inglis (1902-1979), senior British Army officer.{{Who's Who |title=Inglis, Maj.-Gen. George Henry |id=U155993 |type=was |volume=2016 |edition=November 2015 online |accessdate=31 March 2016}}
- Jules Molyneaux (born 2008/9), youngest person to climb the Matterhorn.{{Cite news |date=2020-07-10 |title=Crieff boy, 11, youngest to climb the Matterhorn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-53370184 |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
- James Provan (born 1936), farmer and politician.{{Who's Who |title=Provan, James Lyal Clark |id=31560 |volume=2016 |edition=November 2015 online |accessdate=31 March 2016}}
- Ivor Ramsay (1902-1956), Anglican priest.{{cite news |title=Rev. Ivor Ramsay |newspaper=The Times |date=23 January 1956 |page=10 |quote=The Rev. Ivor St Clair Ramsay, whose death at Cambridge is reported on another page, had been the Dean of King's College since the beginning of 1949. He was born in 1902, the son of Alfred Alexander Ramsay, of Glasgow. He was educated at Ardvreck, Crieff, at Uppingham, at Glasgow University, and at King's College, Cambridge.}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ardvreckschool.co.uk Ardvreck School]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100609051815/http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/ardvreckschoolperthkinross.asp Ardvreck School's page on Scottish Schools Online]
- [http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/scotland/perthshire/crieff/ardvreck-school Profile] on the Independent Schools Council website
- [http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/127455/ardvreck-school Profile] on the Good Schools Guide
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Category:Boarding schools in Perth and Kinross
Category:Educational institutions established in 1883
Category:Private schools in Perth and Kinross
Category:Preparatory schools in Scotland