St Bede's College
Nunquam Otio Torpebat (Latin: "He never passed his time in idleness")
Established	1875
School type	Independent, Catholic, co-ed.
Headmaster	John Byrne (retiring July 2008)
Deputy heads	Terence Barnes, Rosamund Meehan, Matthew Bartlett
Location	Alexandra Park, Manchester, England
Students	1000 (approx.)
Teaching staff	76
Colours	Blue and gold
Houses	St. Alban, St. Chad, St. Cuthbert, St. Wilfred
Website	St Bede's College

St Bede's College, Manchester is a Roman Catholic Independent Grammar School situated on Alexandra Park Road South in the area of Whalley Range. Image File history File links St_bedes_crest. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women at the same school facilities. ... The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... Saint Alban was the first Christian martyr (protomartyr) in Britain. ... Chad of Mercia (Anglo-Saxon: Ceadda, pronounced chadda) (died March 2, 672) was a monk and priest in 7th century England. ... Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (ca. ... Wilfrid (c. ... Manchester (pronounced ) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... Whalley Range, a district of Manchester, lies about 1. ...

The school was founded in 1875 by the then Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, and moved to its present site a few years later after the acquisition of the former Manchester Aquarium building. The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool. ... Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (April 15, 1832 – June 19, 1903) was a British Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. ...

The diocesan junior seminary, Salford Catholic Grammar School, merged with St Bede's in 1892. Since then over 500 priests have been educated at the school. Although few pupils now go on to enter the priesthood, the school retains an underlying Catholic ethos. The Diocese of Salford is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Roman Catholic priest A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ...

The Vaughan building from Alexandra Road South.

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History

Details from four relief panels by Tinworth and Doulton near the main entrance, Vaughan building

Part of the main playground. In the backround is the Vaughan building, with the Beck building to the right.

The original school was located at 16, Devonshire Street, Grosvenor Square, off Oxford Road and was set up in 1875 by the then Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, later Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. Originally, the school was conceived as a "commercial school" to prepare the sons of Manchester Catholics for a life in business. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (474x640, 293 KB)Relief panels from the Vaughan building of St Bedes College, Manchester. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (474x640, 293 KB)Relief panels from the Vaughan building of St Bedes College, Manchester. ... In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. ... George Tinworth 1843 - 1913 Born on the 5th of November 1843 at 6 Milk Street, Walworth common South London. ... The Royal Doulton Company is a quintessentially English name in tableware and collectables with a pedigree dating back to 1815. ... Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (April 15, 1832 – June 19, 1903) was a British Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. ... Image File history File links 11643079. ... Image File history File links 11643079. ... Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (April 15, 1832 – June 19, 1903) was a British Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. ... George Andrew Beck (28 May 1904 - 13 September 1978) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool from 29 January 1964 to 7 February 1976. ... Wilmslow Road is a major thoroughfare in South Manchester running from Parrs Wood to Manchester City Centre. ... The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool. ... Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (April 15, 1832 – June 19, 1903) was a British Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... The standard of the Archbishop of Westminster The Archbishop of Westminster heads the Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, England. ...

This was the first school under the patronage of St Bede: possibly the name was chosen because the Cardinal’s brother, a Benedictine and the Archbishop of Sydney, was Dom Bede Vaughan. In August 1877, the Manchester Aquarium on Alexandra Road and the plot of land around it was purchased by the then Bishop Vaughan for College purposes. On 10th September 1877, St Bede’s College re-opened in the Manchester Aquarium with 45 pupils who were taught by 11 staff, 8 of them priests. Students in Rome, Italy. ... Bede, commonly known as the Venerable Bede, (c. ...

In the late 1870s and early 1880s, the Vaughan building was constructed (see pictures). The original plan was for a symmetrical building, with five-storey towers at each end. Only one half of this design was ever carried out, but the main ground floor corridor of the Vaughan building is an impressive centrepiece for the school all the same. An imposing entrance on Alexandra Road (decorated with ceramic mouldings by Tinworth^[1]) leads into a corridor adorned with mosaics and marble. The original aquarium building (now the school's Academic Hall) leads off the main corridor directly opposite the main entrance. Appropriately the decorative scheme includes plaster mouldings of fish and other marine animals. George Tinworth 1843 - 1913 Born on the 5th of November 1843 at 6 Milk Street, Walworth common South London. ...

In 1892, Salford Catholic Grammar School (the Diocesan Junior seminary) amalgamated with the College which duly became the place where over 500 priests, not to mention several bishops and archbishops, were educated. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Roman Catholic priest A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      This article is about... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ...

The College Chapel was built in 1898 and the Henshaw Building, named after the fifth Bishop of Salford, was opened around 1932. The Beck Building, named after the seventh Bishop of Salford George Andrew Beck, was opened in 1958 while the Regis Building, built in the first decade of the twentieth Century as a retreat house for the Cenacle Convent, was bought by the College in 1970. It remained empty until 1984 when the Governors took the decision to make St Bede’s co-educational. Over the next three years, the Regis building was completely renovated and allowed the College roll to increase from 630 at the beginning of the 1980s to over 1000 today. Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool. ... George Andrew Beck (28 May 1904 - 13 September 1978) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool from 29 January 1964 to 7 February 1976. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

English Martyrs

From the time of the school's move to Alexandra Road, the College supported the nearby St Bede's Mission, and priests on the school's staff worked to provide for the spiritual needs of the Catholic population in Whalley Range. In 1893 the Bishop of Salford, John Bilsborrow, appointed Father James Rowan, a former teacher at the college, as priest in charge of the district. The new English Martyrs Parish Church was consecrated on the Feast of the English Martyrs, May 4th 1922. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Whalley Range, a district of Manchester, lies about 1. ... The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool. ... To consecrate an inaminate object is to dedicate it in a ritual to a special purpose, usually religious. ...

The School Today

The school now admits children from families of whatever Christian denomination. It provides a wide range of subjects and pupils perform well at GCSE and A-level.^[2] Since September 2005 the school has adopted a two week timetabling system, with alternate weeks operating on schedules named after the school colours — that is, Blue Week is followed by Gold Week and so on. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      A denomination, in the... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students in the final two years of secondary education (commonly called the Sixth Form), or in College (not to be mistaken with the college term some countries such as...

Although St Bede's is a fee-paying independent school, until 1999 many pupils had their fees paid by the Trafford Local Education Authority. Despite lying outside Trafford the school provided education to families from the metropolitan borough as part of the grammar school system in operation there.^[3] This peculiarity resulted in the school having a wider social mix than many in the UK independent sector. The St Bede's College Educational Trust attempts to maintain this broad entry despite the end of this arrangement and the Assisted Places Scheme, by providing bursaries on a means-tested basis. The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom. ... The Assisted Places Scheme was a scheme established in the UK by the Conservative government in 1980 by which children who could not afford to go to fee-paying private schools were provided with free or subsidised places if they were able to pass the schools entrance examination. ...

Several notable television series have been filmed in and around the school buildings. For example, the school featured in Granada Television's The Jewel in the Crown^[4] and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.^[5] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Jewel in the Crown is a British television drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. ... The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, although only the first two series bore that title on screen. ...

Former students of the school are known as Old Bedians, and the Old Bedians Association organises regular events including an annual dinner and golf tournament. Alumni of the school founded the Old Bedians Rugby Union Football Club [1] in Didsbury in 1954. Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. ... A rugby union scrum. ... Didsbury is a suburb of Manchester, in North West England. ...

Famous Old Bedians

Famous former pupils of the college include:

• Colin Baker — actor; the sixth Doctor Who
• Henry Bonsu — journalist and broadcaster
• Clint Boon — musician and DJ
• Terry Christian — radio and TV presenter
• Ed Docx — writer and broadcaster
• Paul Goggins — politician
• Mike Harding — folk singer and DJ
• Nicholas Kenyon — BBC Proms controller
• Sir Ian Kershaw — historian
• Sir John Lyons — linguist and semanticist
• John Maher — drummer, Buzzcocks
• Neil Mellor — Preston North End footballer
• Mike Milligan — footballer
• Peter Noone — singer, Herman's Hermits

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Staff

The college's current teaching staff are:

• Mrs N Alderson — English; Theatre Studies; Head of Drama
• Mrs S Alexopoulos — English as a Foreign Language
• Mrs M Andrews — Religion; PE
• Mrs C Aspinall — Physics
• Mr S Bargery — Maths; Careers
• Mr T Barnes — German; French; Deputy Head
• Mr M. D. Bartlett — Deputy Headmaster: Director of Studies, Ancient and Modern History
• Mr JM Berry — Head of English
• Mr J Bowden — History; Senior Master
• Miss P Brammer — Chemistry
• Mr J Byrne — History; Headmaster
• Mr M Cahill — Maths
• Mr M Campion — Head of Religion
• Mrs Casson — French; Spanish
• Mrs M Cobbold — Head of Music
• Miss F Cochran — English, Drama, i-c English Language
• Mrs M Collins — Technology
• Dr A Dando — Maths, i-c GCSE
• Miss R Darby — Music
• Mrs S de Castro Franco — Head of French
• Fr RA Dearman — Timetabler
• Miss M Delaney — Business Studies, Economics & Head of Lower Sixth
• Mr J Devitt — Physics; Head of Lower Fifth
• Mrs M Devlin — Maths
• Mrs S Dittman — Art
• Dr MJ Duffy — Chemistry
• Mr J Dumbill — Classics
• Mr S Fallon — Technology; Director of Football
• Mr T Fisher — History; Master i/c Cricket
• Mr J Gibson — Classics; Master i/c Assessment
• Mr P Glancy — Head of General Studies; Economics & Business Studies
• Mr P Greer — Assistant Network Manager
• Mr D Grierson — Economics & Business Studies; Deputy Head of Sixth Form
• Mr J Grundy — Politics
• Mrs L Harter — Head of Upper Fourth
• Mrs M Hazell — English; Co-ord Professional Development
• Mr A Hennigan — Head of Technology
• Miss C Hennity — Biology; Head of Upper Fifth
• Mrs J Hudson — Head of Art
• Miss H Jordan — English
• Mr DJ Kearney — Head of Sixth Form; Head of Religion
• Mr J Lalley — Technology; Careers
• Mrs N Lavorini — PE
• Mrs D Lawson — Chemistry
• Mr P Lee — Head of Modern Languages & German
• Mr P Loader — Head of Geology; Physics; Head of Middle School
• Mrs R Lockett — Head of Politics; General Studies
• Mr P Maree — Head of Classics; Deputy Head of Sixth Form (Oxbridge)
• Mr J Martin — Head of Science & Physics
• Mr A McCabe — Religion
• Mrs N McCormick — Head of Girls' PE
• Mr D McCotter — Head of Maths
• Mr P McDaid — Director of ICT; Physics
• Mr K McKeogh — Examination Secretary; Head of Economics & Business Studies
• Mrs RA Meehan — Music; RE; English; Deputy Head
• Mr T Moore — Maths
• Mrs S Norton — English
• Mrs E O'Neal — PE
• Mr B Peden — English; Head of Upper Fifth
• Mr H Peers — Art
• Mrs S Pike — Head of Chemistry
• Mrs E Meakin — Religion
• Mrs S Quirk — Head of Combined Science, Chemistry
• Mr K Rafferty — Geography; Head of Boys' PE; Art; Head of Lower School
• Miss H Roberts — English; Deputy Head of Sixth Form
• Mr I Service — Maths; Examination Secretary
• Mrs M Vidouris — Geography; Head of Lower School
• Mr J Walker — French
• Mrs J Wallwork — Head of Spanish; French
• Mr H Weiss — Geography; Head of Lower School
• Mr C Wright — Maths
• Mr K Henry — Sexology

Notes

1. ^ Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society Database of Ceramic Locations
2. ^ BBC News School League Tables
3. ^ House of Commons Hansard Debates for 18 Jul 1997 (pt 11)
4. ^ IMDB Filming Locations
5. ^ The Tourist's Sherlock Holmes

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External links

• School's Website
• Old Bedians Rugby Union Football Club

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