St Augustine's Church of England High School is a

Voluntary Aided A voluntary aided school (VA school) is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust (usually a religious organisation), contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school. In m ...

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in the West London borough of

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, Kilburn. The school is also a

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and has a

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St Augustine of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – probably 26 May 604) was a monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church.Delaney ''D ...

is the patron saint of the school. It is located adjacent to its affiliated primary school and parish church St Augustine's Church.

History

The school was opened on 16 May 1870 in Andover Place with seven students, with specifically the High School opening in 1884 as an all boys' secondary school; the present division into primary and secondary schools being complete by 1951. In 1969, the present school buildings were opened, with St. Augustine's High School becoming a Church of England comprehensive school. In February 2009, the school received investment under the BSF program for schools. The work was completed in late 2011. In May 2010 the school was given a sports centre used by both the school and the local community.

Layout

The main school consists of two buildings, a larger teaching block and a smaller guest block, connected by a

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. The teaching block is where most of the classrooms and the science laboratories are. The only subjects taught at the guest block are

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, Physical Education and

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. The layout for the school body are that there are five principal forms each named after a saint, namely - *

Aidan of Lindisfarne Aidan of Lindisfarne ( ga, Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Li ...

Bede Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom ...

Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is tod ...

Saint David Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail a ...

* Saint Edward *

Saint Felix Felix is a given name that stems from Latin (genitive ) and means "happy" or "lucky". Its other form is Felicity (given name), Felicity. In German, Dutch, Czech, Slovenian, Romanian and Scandinavian languages the form "Felix" is the same as E ...

These forms are used during 'form time' and occasions such as sport days or are remembered during mass at the end of every term.

Notable former pupils

Julian Golding Julian Emmanuel Golding is an English former international sprinter. Athletics career Golding was born in Harlesden, North West London. Attending St Augustine's Church of England High School in Kilburn, he enjoyed playing all sports before t ...

, Commonwealth games Gold Medal-winning British sprinter *

Ali Milani Ali Reza Milani ( fa, علی میلانی; born July 1994) is a British Labour Party politician. In 2019, he stood as the party's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, a seat held by former Prime Minister Bo ...

, Labour Party politician *

Dwayne Kerr Duwayne Oriel Kerr (born 16 January 1987) is a Jamaican international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Club Kerr has played club football in Jamaica for Reno and Portmore United. Kerr moved to Norway in 2011, and played two season ...

, British entrepreneur *

Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to r ...

, Gold Medal-winning British Olympic cyclist

References

External links

Official Website
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