Duke of York's Royal Military School

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The Duke of York's Royal Military School
Location
Guston , Kent , CT15 5EQ England
Information
Type	Selective academy state boarding school
Mottoes	"Looking Forward with Confidence, Looking Back with Pride" Former: "Sons of the Brave"
Religious affiliation(s)	Protestant
Established	1803; 221 years ago (1803)
Department for Education URN	136177 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
President	Prince Edward Duke of Kent
Headman	Alex Foreman
Gender	Co-Ed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	500
Houses	11
Colour(s)	Navy, maroon and white
Former pupils	Dukies[1]
Website	http://www.doyrms.com

The Duke of York's Royal Military School, more commonly known as the Duke of York's, is a co-educational academy (for students aged 11 to 18)^[2] with military traditions in Guston, Kent.^[3] Since becoming an academy in 2010, the school is now sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, and accepts applications from any student wishing to board. Before 2010, only students whose parents were serving or had served in the armed forces were eligible to apply.^[4]

With the transition to academy status, the school became a state boarding school (it is a member of the State Boarding Forum and Boarding Schools Association). During this time, oversight transferred from the Ministry of Defence to the Department for Education.^[5]

The Duke of York has many in military traditions, such as practices that include ceremonial parades and uniforms.^[6] It has a monitorial style of education modelled on the English public school system.^[7]

Notable alumni include senior generals (e.g. Sir Archibald Nye, Gary Coward and David Mark Cullen), musicians (Henry Lazarus), athletes (Maurice Colclough), scientists (e.g. Professors Paul Shaw, Timothy Foster, Kevin Allmark and Mark Gardiner) and clergymen (James Jones and Bill Ind).^{[citation needed]}