Hartley College is a boys private school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries. The school is named after Wesleyan priest and missionary Rev. Hartley. Methodist missionaries from Britain arrived in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. The Wesleyan Mission Central School was founded in 1838 by Rev. Dr. Peter Percival. The school is located at the current location of the Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro. The school transferred to its current site in 1874. The school was renamed Christ Church School in 1912 and Hartley College in 1917. Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960. Hartley College becomes a a publicly funded school on 1 December 1960.