St Benedict's School, Ealing
File:St Benedicts School Crest.png
Location
Ealing , London , W5 2ES United Kingdom
Information
Type	Independent
Motto	A Minimis Incipe (From The Smallest Beginnings)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1902
Founder	Fr. Sebastian Cave
Headmasters	Christopher Cleugh (Senior School)[1] Robert Simmons (Junior School)
Gender	Coeducational
Age	3 (Nursery)/4 (Junior School) to 18
Enrollment	~650 (Senior School) ~265 (Junior School)
Houses	Barlow, Gervase, Pickering, Roberts
Colour(s)	Green, Yellow and Black
Publication	The Priorian
Former pupils	Old Priorians
Head Boy 2009/10	Oran Doyle
Head Girl 2009/10	Emma Murphy-O'Connor
Deputy Head Boy 2009/10	Matthew Dever
Deputy Head Girl 2009/10	Hope Abbott
Website	http://www.stbenedicts.org.uk

St Benedict's School is a co-educational independent Roman Catholic school situated in Ealing, West London. The school is part of Ealing Abbey and is governed by the Abbot and monks of Ealing. As the only day school of the Houses of the English Benedictine Congregation the school does not take boarding pupils.

The school was founded as Ealing Priory School in 1902 by Fr Sebastian Cave. The Junior School was 'spun off' as a separate entity with its own headmaster in 1946, and in 1948 the school's name was changed to St Benedict's. The Senior School's first lay headmaster, Dr A.J. Dachs, was appointed in 1987, while the Junior School's first lay headmaster, Dennis McSweeny, was appointed in 2000.

Although St Benedict's was originally founded as a boys school, girls have been admitted to the sixth form of the senior school since the 1970s and to the nursery since it was founded in 2002. In June 2006 the Monastic Chapter voted to extend co-education across the whole school and since the Michaelmas term of 2007 the Junior School has been fully co-educational. The Senior School also became fully co-educational in Michaelmas 2008.

Alumni of the school are known as Old Priorians and include:

• Peter Ackroyd
• Patrick Baty
• David Bermingham
• Christopher Caudwell
• Julian Clary
• Declan Donnellan
• Hugo Ellis^[2]
• Howard French^[3]
• Reginald C. Fuller
• Peter Hennessy
• Damian Hopley
• Colin MacCabe
• Denis MacShane
• Douglas Murray
• Denis O'Regan
• John Bernard Orchard
• Chris Patten
• Andy Serkis
• Labi Siffre
• Iain Softley

• Chris Patten (now Lord Patten of Barnes) serves as an Advisory Governor to the school.

• Dom Sebastian Cave 1902-1916
• Dom Wulstan Pearson 1916-1917
• Dom Dennis Goolden 1917
• Dom Roger Huddleston 1917
• Dom Edward Green 1917-1919
• Dom Dominic Young 1919-1936
• Dom Austin Corney 1936-1938
• Dom Adrian Morey 1938-1939
• Dom Rupert Hall 1939-1945
• Dom Bernard Orchard 1945-1960^[4]
• Dom Gerard Hayes 1960
• Dom George Brown 1961-1965
• Dom Bernard Orchard 1965-1969
• Dom George Brown 1969-1978
• Dom Anthony Gee 1978-1987
• Dr Tony Dachs 1987-2001
• Mr Christopher Cleugh 2001- incumbent

The Senior School has a strong record in Rugby union. Winning the national Under 15 Daily Mail Cup competition in season 2004/5,^[5]and reaching the semi-final of the Cup in 2007.^[6]As finalists again at Twickenham in the Under 18 Daily Mail Cup in 2008, St. Benedict's is the only team in the history of the national competition to have played in both U15 and U18 Daily Mail Cup finals as one year group. The School XV were undefeated in 2008 in 21 of 22 league matches, finishing top of the Canterbury Rankings ahead of Wellington College, Millfield School and Sedburgh.^[7]The same team was selected by the RFU to represent England in the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament, losing only to the eventual winners.^[8]The school also excels in other sports including cricket, golf and fencing.^[9]Pupils spar in a healthy Debating Society, staff a CCF and co-operate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme as well as producing consistently accomplished music and drama.^[10]

• St. Benedict's School website
• BBC League Tables
• The Old Priorian Association