St Bede's College, Manchester
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St Bede's College | |
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Colour(s) | Blue and gold |
Publication | Baeda |
Former pupils | Old Bedians |
Website | Official website |
St Bede's College is an Independent
Originally founded in 1876 in All Saints, Manchester as a Commercial College by the
History
The original school was at 16 Devonshire Street, Grosvenor Square, off
This was the first school under the patronage of Saint Bede. In August 1877, the Manchester Aquarium on Alexandra Road South and the plot of land around it was purchased by the then Bishop Vaughan for College purposes. On 10 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. The faculty lived in 'Rose Lawn', until the accommodation levels were completed in the Vaughan Building, for both clergy and a large number of boarders. The somewhat spartan conditions were alleviated by a team of long-serving nuns, who took care of the domestic and catering requirements, as well as a number of lay staff.
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[2]) 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.
In 1891, Salford Catholic Grammar School (the Diocesan Junior seminary) amalgamated with the College which duly became the place where over 500 priests, some of whom later became bishops or archbishops, were educated.
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
Between 1886 and 1896, the College had an affiliate school [a '
From the time of the school's move to Alexandra Road, the College supported the nearby St Bede's
Today
The school admits children from Roman Catholic and non-Catholic families. Pupils perform well at
The College continues to grow and each year the college admits no more than 100 pupils into year 7 (Upper 3rd).[citation needed]
The St Bede's College Educational Trust attempts to maintain a broad social mix, despite the end of the Assisted Places Scheme, by providing means-tested bursaries.[citation needed]
Members of the Manchester City Academy attend as part of the Premier League’s Full Time Training Model, funded by the club.[6]
School publications
- Baeda is the school's annual publication and reviews the academic, sporting and other events within the school. It was first published at Michaelmas 1896. It chronicles the achievements of pupils and publishes works of arts, poetry and prose, as well as tales from ex-pupils. Although the editor is a member of staff, it is largely contributed to by pupils. Its name is the school's patron saint's name in Latin.
Notable alumni
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Alumni of the school, led by the games master and former Sale player Des Pastore MBE, founded the Old Bedians Rugby union Football Club in Chorltonville in 1954.[7][8]
Musicians
- Clint Boon – musician and DJ
- Arthur Catterall – classical musician
- Rob Gretton – manager of Joy Division and New Order
- Mike Harding – folk singer and DJ
- Stephen Hough – concert pianist
- BBC Promscontroller
- John Maher – drummer, Buzzcocks
- Peter Noone – singer, Herman's Hermits
Actors, television personalities, writers and journalists
- Colin Baker – actor, the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who
- Terry Christian – radio and TV presenter
- Ed Docx– writer and broadcaster
- Trevor Griffiths – dramatist
- Toby Harnden – journalist and writer
- Ceallach Spellman – actor, Waterloo Road
- Nina Warhurst - journalist and broadcaster, BBC Breakfast
Clergy
- Geoffrey Burke – Auxiliary Bishop of Salford
- Robert Byrne – Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham
- George Patrick Dwyer – Archbishop of Birmingham
- Thomas McMahon – Bishop of Brentwood
- Bishop of Nottingham
- Joseph Masterson – Archbishop of Birmingham
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Thomas Leo Parker – Bishop of Northampton
- Joseph Edward Rudderham – Bishop of Clifton
- Phillip Hughes – Noted historian
Politics and Business
- Sir William Patrick Byrne – Senior Civil Servant
- Professor John Clancy - former Leader, Birmingham City Council
- John P. Connolly – Senior Partner, Chief Executive of Deloitte UK
- Paul Goggins – MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East
- José Gutiérrez Guerra – President of Bolivia 1917–1920
- Sir Edward Hulton– newspaper magnate and racehorse breeder
- Derek Page, Baron Whaddon – MP for King's Lynn
- Steven Woolfe – UK Independence Party spokesman, MEP for North West England region & UKIP parliamentary candidate for Stockport
Sportspersons
- Phil Foden – Manchester City footballer[9]
- Southampton FC
- Jimmy Hogan – footballer and coach
- Preston North Endfootballer
- Michael Keane – Everton and England footballer
- Neil Mellor – footballer and broadcaster
- Mike Milligan – footballer
- Chelsea FCfootballer
- Martin Samuelsen – West Ham United footballer
- Jadon Sancho – Manchester United footballer
- Georgia Stanway — Manchester City, Bayern Munich and England footballer[10]
- Andrew Steele – athlete[11]
- James Trafford – Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers footballer.
- Keira Walsh — Manchester City, Barcelona and England footballer[10]
- Rob Woolley – first-class cricketer
Miscellaneous
- Major General Joseph Baillon – British Army General
- Lord John Carmont– Senior Scottish High Court Judge
- Sir Ian Kershaw – historian
- Sir John Lyons – linguist and semanticist, Master of Trinity Hall Cambridge
- Steve McGarry – cartoonist, President of National Cartoonists Society
- Bernard O'Donoghue – poet
- Robert Churchhouse - Mathematician
Reports of abuse
In recent years the College has found itself involved in two separate historic abuse investigations; in 2008, a former teacher Father William Green was charged with various counts of indecent assault and indecency with pupils at the school in the 1970s and 1980s.[12] He admitted the offences and was jailed, but has since been released and has now died. The diocese said that it had co-operated with the police and that safeguards against this happening again had long been in place.[13] Then in 2011 the Manchester Evening News published an article concerning Monsignor Thomas Duggan, who had been Rector at the college during the 1950s and 1960s. It alleged mental, physical and sexual abuse of pupils at the college at that time.[14][15] An attempt was later made by 57 old boys to bring a private prosecution against the school, but the plaintiffs eventually withdrew the case.[16]
See also
- Listed buildings in Manchester-M16
- Catholic sex abuse cases
- For more information about St. Bede's buildings and other developments see Whalley Range.
References
- ^ "Governance". 12 January 2021.
- ^ Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society Database of Ceramic Locations
- ^ History of the college
- ^ Gregory, L.R., A History of St Bede's College, Manchester, 2014
- ^ "St Bede's College". BBC News. 19 January 2006.
- ^ Pollard, Rob (11 May 2016). "Pivotal Man City moment that helped shape Blues' vision for their next generation". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Old Bedians RUFC
- ^ "Tributes paid to rugby's 'oldest winger'". MEN Media. 16 February 2012.
- ^ Ducker, James (3 August 2018). "Phil Foden may have gone from ballboy to 'Pep Guardiola's lad', but Man City's local hero remains firmly grounded". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ a b "St Bede's newsletter 14 June 2019" (PDF).
- ^ "GB team for 2007 World Championships". BBC Sport. 11 August 2007.
- ^ "Man charged with 28 sex offences". BBC News. 17 April 2008.
- ^ "Priest faces jail for abusing youngsters". South Manchester Reporter. M.E.N. Media. 21 August 2008.
- ^ Keegan, Mike (15 March 2011). "Church says sorry over St Bede's College sex abuse claims". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media.
- TheGuardian.com. 15 March 2011.
- ^ "School of savagery: 'Stuck forever in that room in Manchester with my trousers round my ankles'". The Irish Times.