General News
150th Anniversary Celebrations

Below is an outline of the events we have planned to celebrate

our 150^th Anniversary

April ‘A School With A View’- a History of Ardingly 1858 – 2008 is

published

12^th April Foundation Service in Shoreham for invited guests

16^th April Full School Photograph

8 May Official Opening of the Farmhouse Preprep. School by HRH The Duke Of Kent

31^st May The 150^th Anniversary Ball (tickets available from Sarah 
Fricker in the School Office Tel : 01444 893000)

10^th Sept An open air Mass for the whole College with the Archbishop of York as the chief Celebrant, followed by an evening BBQ for pupils and staff

16^th Sept The OA Veterans’ Club Champagne Reception and
Reunion Luncheon. Invitations will be sent out in May

November Faure’s Requiem in Chapel (more details in the next Old 
Ardinian)

December Handel’s Messiah in Chapel (more details in the next Old
Ardinian)

We are aware that some of you were expecting to be able to attend more events than just the Anniversary Ball and the Concerts, particularly the Mass in September, but with a school roll of 800 pupils and around 250 staff, we really aren’t able to accommodate more people on campus. This is a great shame but we hope you understand our position. However, we hope to see some of you at the Ball and the Veterans Reunion (OA Day this year has been replaced with the OA Ball).