St. John's College, started in 1915 and is the only boys' school in Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. It contains two primary sections and upper school. Nugegoda had no English School until 1915. St. John's School commenced with 14 pupils on 5 May 1915. In 1934, the mixed school of St. John's was separated into separate Boys and Girls schools, with the boys school known as the College of St. John, Nugeogda.^[1]

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Quick Facts St. John's College, Nugegoda (National School) සාන්ත ජෝන් විද්‍යාලය, Location ...

St. John's College, Nugegoda (National School) සාන්ත ජෝන් විද්‍යාලය
Location
Nugegoda Sri Lanka
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Type	Government
Motto	Latin: Nil Desperandum ("No Desperation")
Established	1915; 109 years ago (1915)
Principal	S.Dilan Nishantha Gunarathne
Grades	Class 1–13
Gender	Boys
Age	6 to 19
Enrollment	5 000+
Colour(s)	Green and Black
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Affiliation	Church of Ceylon, Anglican.
Website	stjohnscollege.lk

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In 1915, five Wardens of the Church of St. John, led by John Henry Wickramanayake, secured a piece of land in Nugegoda from the Anglican Bishop of Colombo. They collected money to establish an English School with fifteen students.

Initially it was a Christian Mission school and the first principal of the school was Wickramanayake. In 1934, the mixed school was separated into Girls' and Boys' schools. The girls' school was known as St. John's Girls' School and boys' school was known as St John's Boys' College. The schools were under the church of SS Mary and John, Nugegoda.

There was a Tamil stream as well but the classes were initially at the boys' school and then transferred to a building adjacent to the church. It became a separate school and was called Tamil Maha Vidyalaya. In 1963 under the government re-organisation of schools, all English medium classes were transferred to St Joseph's Convent.

• C. E. Rubasinghe (1934–1935)
• Rev. Clarence Pieris (1935–1937)
• J. H. Hill (1937–1939)
• Rev. Canon Harold De Mel (1940–1947)
• E. C. A. Navaratnaraja (1948–1957)
• W. T. Canegeratne (1957–1958)
• Samarawicrama (1958–1967)
• W. T. Bannaheka (1967–1969)
• C. K. Gamage (1970–1983)
• L. A. J. Jayasundara (1984–1994)
• R. A. R. Ranathunga (1994–1994)
• S. Kodikara (1994–1995)
• R. S. Jayasekara (1995–1996)
• S. Athulathmudali (1996–1998)
• Neville Kularatne (1998–1999)
• Asoka Senanayake (2000–2002)
• S. Dissanayake (2003–2006)
• K. Jayasekara (2007–2008)
• Maj. Liyangaskubura (2009–2012)
• Maj. Wanaguru (2012–2014)
• Maithreepala Liyanarachchi (2015–2017)
• Buddhika Aththanayake (2017–2023)
• S.Dilan Nishantha Gunarathne (2023-present)

• Copleston (Lihini) – Yellow –  
• De Winton (Hansa) – Red –  
• Carpenter Garnier (Kokila) – Green –  
• Christopherson (Mayura) – Blue –  

One of the first students, Ossie Abeyratne, became the first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Colombo^[2] and another, Cyril Herath, the 22nd Inspector General of Police.