Rye College

History

Ofsted judgement and academic performance

Future plans

Notable former pupils

• Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson
• James McCartney, musician and songwriter
• Mary McCartney, photographer and vegetarian cookery writer
• Stella McCartney, fashion designer

• Prof Percival Allen, Professor of Geology from 1952-82 at the University of Reading, and President from 1978-80 of the Geological Society of London
• Prof , expert on surface acoustic waves at the Royal Radar Establishment from 1955–77, and Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1977-97 at the University of Oxford. His research had great use for airborne radar used by the RAF from the 1970s.
• Harry Peulevé DSO MC
• Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, chaired the Bloody Sunday Inquiry