Newington College is a multi-campus independent Uniting Church single-sex and co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

[13] The Reverend John Manton proposed that a collegiate institute, 'decidedly Wesleyan in character', be founded in Sydney and that the school 'be open to the sons of parents of all religious denominations'.

As no suitable buildings were available in Sydney at the time, Newington House, the centrepiece of John Blaxland's 1,200-acre (490 ha) estate at Silverwater, was leased.

In 1869, the Newington College Cadet Corps was formally incorporated by the Governor of New South Wales, Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore.

[16] The Thomas Rowe-designed Founder's Building, including its interior and surrounding grounds, are listed on the heritage register of the former Marrickville Council.

Among the six given the honour of laying the stones were Sir George Wigram Allen KCMG,[19] the philanthropist who was Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

[20] Other local government heritage listings across the Newington campuses include the former Stanmore Methodist Church, also designed by Rowe in 1874 and now part of the Duckmanton Drama Centre[21] and the Victorian Italianate-style parsonage that is now the Deputy Headmaster's residence;[22] and at Abbotsford, the late 20th Century Robert Glasson Boatshed that replaced the 1920s original.

[26] The Stanmore Road boundary of the school is distinguished by a rusticated stone and wrought iron fence and two sets of entrance gates that were designed by Old Newingtonian military engineer and architect Colonel Alfred Warden VD.

[29][30] In 1925, a rowing facility was built at Abbotsford,[31] and in 1957 another preparatory school was founded on the North Shore – first at Killara, and subsequently relocated to Lindfield.

Since World War II, the College buildings and facilities expanded significantly under the ONU Honorary Architects Panel and the convenorship of Hedley Norman Carr.

[34] During 2006, the press reported on an industrial relations dispute at Newington in which then Headmaster David Scott planned to force staff to re-apply for their jobs in a restructure that would also reduce their holidays.

In 2012, the Nesbit Wing named in honour of Robert H. Nesbitt, was built prior to the College centenary in 1963 and was refurbished and extended to encompass the Technology Centre.

[41] The facilities at the Stanmore campus cover over 1,200 square metres (13,000 sq ft) and contain a library, a 250-seat lecture theatre, the new boarders' dining room, a cafeteria, and science labs.

ERECTED BY OLD BOYS IN THE DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR OFTHE OLD NEWINGTONIANS' UNION IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF ENDURING BENEFITS17TH SEPTEMBER 1955These masters are further recognised by the naming of the Buchanan Oval, Ben Jarvie Staff Common Room and Cortis Jones Lecture Theatre.

In 2014, past masters Phil Davis OAM and Robert Buntine were honoured with rooms in the AJ Rae Resource and Library Centre being named after them.

Davis is the college's third-longest serving master (1951–2000), after Cortis Jones and Jarvie, and Buntine was the Deputy Headmaster during the headship of Tony Rae.

For four years in a row the prize was awarded to students who were to serve and die in World War I: David Murray (1910);[58] Morven Nolan (1911);[59] Clifford Holliday (1912);[60] and Roxy Muir (1913).

[64] Students in Years 3–6 compete in the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) Competition held on Saturday mornings.

It was originally placed in a grove of trees to the north of the Founders Wing but was moved to its present location in the early 1960s to make way for the construction of the Centenary Hall which was opened in 1963.

The memorial comprises a semi-circular wall and seat, with pillars surmounted by white stone urns at either end and a column with a sundial stands at the centre.

[83] Included amongst these plaques is one in memory of William Tasker (15 October 1891 – 9 August 1918) who was a World War I soldier who had been a national representative rugby union player making six Test appearances for the Wallabies.

By this act Old Newingtonians remember those Old Boys who gave their lives in the service of God, King and Country, and whose names are recorded on the War Memorial of the School.

The inscription reads: Floreat Newingtonia – Erected by Old Boys of Newington College in honour of Newingtonians who fought for the Empire in South Africa 1899–1902.

With a black and white marble floor and stained glass door panels this space takes on the feel of a small chapel.

A wall of brass and enamel panels in the Centenary Hall foyer records the names of the 814 Old Newingtonians who served in Australia's armed forces in World War II.

This wooden honour board records the names of 45 Old Newingtonians who served in Australia's armed forces in conflicts post-World War II and is on the southern wall of the Centenary Hall foyer.

It is inscribed: In every generation good men must defend what they believe to be right and Newington remembers with pride her sons who served their sovereign and country in the cause of liberty in international conflicts from 1948 to 1973.

[89] The following are presented in honour of Old Newingtoninans who made the supreme sacrifice:[90] The school teaches the core curriculum outlined by the NSW Board of Studies[needs update] (BOS) between Kindergarten and Year 8.

From its early days the magazine was setting the agenda for change in the college and upon the arrival of James Egan Moulton as president an 1894 issue called for a school song.

[123] Glasson Pavilion and Old Chapel Drama Centre Dixon Gates, Stanmore Road fence, Sevington tennis courts and Deputy Headmaster's residence.