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St Bede's College is an Independent school (United Kingdom), independent Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic co-educational day school for children from 3–18 years on Alexandra Road South in Whalley Range, Manchester, Whalley Range, Manchester, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Originally founded in 1876 in All Saints, Manchester as a Commercial College by the Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, the College moved to its present site on Alexandra Park Road in 1877 and in 1891 became the Diocesan Junior Seminary. The College is no longer operated by the Diocese of Salford and is today an independent charitable trust run by a board of trustees.
The original school was at 16 Devonshire Street, Grosvenor Square, off Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road (then called Oxford Street) and was set up in 1876 by the then Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, later Cardinal (Catholicism), 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 and the professions.
This was the first school under the patronage of Bede, 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 George Tinworth, Tinworth) 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 George Andrew Beck, was opened in 1958 while the St Regis Building, built in the first decade of the 20th 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 St Regis building was completely renovated and allowed the College roll to increase from 630 at the beginning of the 1980s to just under 1000 today.
Between 1886 and 1896, the College had an affiliate school [a 'realgymnasium'] at Bonn, Germany, then a small town on the Rhine. It was never successful. British victims of the war are commemorated in the College Chapel.
From the time of the school's move to Alexandra Road, the College supported the nearby St Bede's Mission (Christian), Mission, and priests on the school's staff worked to provide for the spiritual needs of the Roman Catholic, Catholic population in Whalley Range, Manchester, 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 List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation, English Martyrs, 4 May 1922.
The school admits children from Roman Catholic and non-Catholic families. Pupils perform well at GCSE and Advanced Level (UK), A-level.
The College continues to grow and each year the college admits no more than 100 pupils into year 7 (Upper 3rd).
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.
Members of the Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy, Manchester City Academy are guaranteed a place at the school, funded by the club.
St Bede's College websiteProfile
on the Independent Schools Council website
Old Bedians Rugby Union Football Club
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Bede's College, Manchester Independent schools in Manchester Roman Catholic independent schools in the Diocese of Salford People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, 01 Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Preparatory schools in Greater Manchester Educational institutions established in 1875 1875 establishments in England Grade II listed buildings in Manchester Grade II listed educational buildings
History
The original school was at 16 Devonshire Street, Grosvenor Square, off Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road (then called Oxford Street) and was set up in 1876 by the then Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, later Cardinal (Catholicism), 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 and the professions.
This was the first school under the patronage of Bede, 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 George Tinworth, Tinworth) 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 George Andrew Beck, was opened in 1958 while the St Regis Building, built in the first decade of the 20th 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 St Regis building was completely renovated and allowed the College roll to increase from 630 at the beginning of the 1980s to just under 1000 today.
Between 1886 and 1896, the College had an affiliate school [a 'realgymnasium'] at Bonn, Germany, then a small town on the Rhine. It was never successful. British victims of the war are commemorated in the College Chapel.
From the time of the school's move to Alexandra Road, the College supported the nearby St Bede's Mission (Christian), Mission, and priests on the school's staff worked to provide for the spiritual needs of the Roman Catholic, Catholic population in Whalley Range, Manchester, 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 List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation, English Martyrs, 4 May 1922.
Today
The school admits children from Roman Catholic and non-Catholic families. Pupils perform well at GCSE and Advanced Level (UK), A-level.
The College continues to grow and each year the college admits no more than 100 pupils into year 7 (Upper 3rd).
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.
Members of the Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy, Manchester City Academy are guaranteed a place at the school, funded by the club.
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
Alumni of the school, led by the games master and former Sale Sharks, Sale player Des Pastore MBE, founded the Old Bedians Rugby union Football Club in Chorltonville in 1954. Musicians * Clint Boon – musician and DJ * Arthur Catterall – classical musician * Rob Gretton – manager of Joy Division and New Order (band), New Order * Mike Harding – folk singer and DJ *Stephen Hough – concert pianist * Nicholas Kenyon – The Proms, BBC Proms controller * John Maher (Buzzcocks drummer), 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 (TV series), Waterloo Road'' * Nina Warhurst - journalist and broadcaster, ''BBC Breakfast'' Clergy * Geoffrey Burke – Auxiliary Bishop of Salford * Robert Byrne (bishop), Robert Byrne – Auxiliary Archbishop of Birmingham, Bishop of Birmingham * George Patrick Dwyer – Archbishop of Birmingham * Thomas McMahon (bishop), Thomas McMahon – Bishop of Brentwood * John Francis McNulty – Bishop of Nottingham (Roman Catholic), Bishop of Nottingham * Joseph Masterson – Archbishop of Birmingham * Philip Pargeter – Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Birmingham * Thomas Leo Parker – Bishop of Northampton * Joseph Edward Rudderham – Bishop of Clifton * Philip Hughes (historian), Phillip Hughes – Noted historian Politics and Business * Sir William Patrick Byrne – Senior Civil Servant * Professor John Clancy (Labour politician), John Clancy - former Leader, Birmingham City Council * John P. Connolly (businessman), John P. Connolly – Senior Partner, Chief Executive of Deloitte UK * Paul Goggins – MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency), Wythenshawe and Sale East * José Gutiérrez Guerra – President of Bolivia 1917–1920 * Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet, 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 (European Parliament constituency), North West England region & UKIP parliamentary candidate for Stockport Sportspersons * Phil Foden – Manchester City F.C., Manchester City footballer *Angus Gunn – Southampton FC * Jimmy Hogan – footballer and coach * Will Keane – Wigan Athletic footballer * Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993), Michael Keane – Everton F.C., Everton and England national football team, England footballer * Neil Mellor – footballer and Sky Sports, broadcaster * Mike Milligan (footballer), Mike Milligan – footballer * Martin Samuelsen – West Ham United F.C., West Ham United footballer * Jadon Sancho – Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballer * Georgia Stanway — Manchester City W.F.C., Manchester City, FC Bayern Munich (women), Bayern Munich and England women's national football team, England footballer * Andrew Steele – athlete * James Trafford – Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers footballer. * Keira Walsh — Manchester City W.F.C., Manchester City, FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona and England women's national football team, England footballer * Rob Woolley – first-class cricketer Miscellaneous * Major General Joseph Baillon – British Army General * Lord John Carmont – Senior Scottish High Court Judge * Ian Kershaw, Sir Ian Kershaw – historian * John Lyons (linguist), Sir John Lyons – linguist and semantics, semanticist, Master of Trinity Hall Cambridge * Steve McGarry – cartoonist, President of National Cartoonists Society * Bernard O'Donoghue – poet * Robert Churchhouse - MathematicianReports 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. 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. 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. An attempt was later made by 57 old boys to bring a private prosecution against the school, but the plaintiffs eventually withdrew the case.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, Greater Manchester, Whalley Range''.References
External links
St Bede's College website
on the Independent Schools Council website
Old Bedians Rugby Union Football Club
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Bede's College, Manchester Independent schools in Manchester Roman Catholic independent schools in the Diocese of Salford People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, 01 Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Preparatory schools in Greater Manchester Educational institutions established in 1875 1875 establishments in England Grade II listed buildings in Manchester Grade II listed educational buildings