Varndean College

Location

History

Former Headmasters and Principals

• 1884–1901 Edwin H. Lethbridge
• 1902–1932 William J. Stainer
• 1932–1963 Eric J. Hutchins
• 1963–1970 John E. Mollison
• 1970–1975 David A.G. Turner

• 1975–1988 David A.G. Turner
• 1988–2006 Alan Jenkins
• 2006–date Dr Philip Harland

  Notable alumni

• Alfie Deyes, youtuber
• Celeste, singer
• Bobby Barry, musician
• Tasie Dhanraj, actress
• Darius Danesh actor, singer, reality star.
• Tommy Fraser, footballer
• Darren Freeman, footballer
• Lucy Griffiths, actress
• Natasha Kaplinsky, television presenter
• Toby MacFarlaine, rock musician
• Russell Martin, footballer
• Lisa Francesca Nand, journalist and broadcaster
• Dan and Tom Searle, twin musicians from the Brighton based band Architects
• Rebecca Stephens, musician

  Varndean Grammar School for Boys

• Desmond Lynam OBE, broadcaster
• Rt Rev Walter Hubert Baddeley, Bishop of Melanesia, Whitby and Blackburn
• Trevor Bish-Jones, chief executive from 2002–09 of Woolworths Group
• David Blanchflower CBE, economist
• Frank Bridge, composer
• David Collings, actor
• Prof Anthony French, Professor of Physics from 1964–91 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, worked on the Manhattan Project
• Dave Greenfield, The Stranglers 1960–67
• Harold Foster Hallett, philosopher
• Norman Hammond, archaeologist and Archaeology Correspondent of The Times since 1967
• Alan Hart, chief executive from 1985–89 of the Equal Opportunities Commission
• Major-General Sir Ralph Hone, Governor of North Borneo 1949–54
• Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme, High Master of the Manchester Grammar School and first Vice-Chancellor of the University of York
• Steve Ovett, Olympic athlete
• Ian Ritchie CBE, architect
• Simon Schaffer, historian
• Paul Scofield, actor
• Peter Sharpe, Chief Constable from 1994–2000 of Hertfordshire Constabulary
• Prof Eric Shepherd, Professor of Investigative, Security and Police Sciences at the City University, London.
• Rear Adm Michael Stringer, 1965–67
• Rt Rev Martin William Wallace, Bishop of Selby since 2003
• Mike Winch, Commonwealth Games shot-putter and national coach