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• Summer term, from late April to early July.
• Summer term, from late April to early July.



[[File:St Benedict's Junior School.JPG|St Benedict's Junior School]]
[[File:St Benedict's Junior School.JPG|St Benedict's Junior School]]



===House System===
===House System===

Revision as of 03:31, 20 January 2011

St Benedict's School, Ealing
File:St Benedicts School Crest.png
Address
Map
Eaton Rise

Ealing
,
London
,
W5 2ES

United Kingdom
Information
TypeIndependent
MottoA Minimis Incipe
(From The Smallest Beginnings)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1902
FounderFr. Sebastian Cave
HeadmastersChristopher Cleugh (Senior School)[1]
Robert Simmons (Junior School)
GenderCoeducational
Age3 (Nursery)/4 (Junior School) to 18
Enrollment~650 (Senior School)
~265 (Junior School)
HousesBarlow, Gervase, Pickering, Roberts
Colour(s)Green, Yellow and Black      
PublicationThe Priorian
Former pupilsOld Priorians
Head Boy 2010/11Alexander Somerville
Head Girl 2010/11Eloise Blondiau
Deputy Head Boy 2010/11Sebastian Umrigar
Deputy Head Girl 2010/11Olivia Ranger
Websitehttp://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 English Houses of the English Benedictine Congregation, the school does not take boarding pupils.

History

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. The present Senior School headmaster, Christopher Cleugh, joined the School in 2001 and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

In October 2009 Dom David Pearce, a monk of Ealing Abbey and former headmaster of the Junior School, was jailed for eight years for sexual abuse offences at the school in the period from 1972 - 2007.[2][3]

St Benedict's Senior School

Move to co-education

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 became fully co-educational in Michaelmas 2008.

School Life

There are three academic terms in the year,

• Michaelmas term, from early September to mid December.

• Lent term, from early January to late March.

• Summer term, from late April to early July.


St Benedict's Junior School


House System

On entry to the School, each pupil is assigned to a house - Barlow (partnered with More House in the Junior School), Gervase (partnered with Gregory), Pickering (partnered with Bede) or Roberts (partnered with Fisher). These houses are named after the Benedictine martyrs St Ambrose Barlow, Blessed George Gervase, Blessed Thomas Pickering and St John Roberts. From the Upper 4th (Year 9) onwards House Captains are appointed in each division, while in Form 3 and Lower 4th (Years 7 and 8) there are house representatives. In addition House Colours are awarded from the Upper 4th for outstanding overall contribution to the life of the School.

Sport

The Senior School has a strong record in rugby union, winning the national Under 15 Daily Mail Cup competition in the 2004/5 season,[4] and reaching the semi-final of the Cup in 2007.[5] As finalist again at Twickenham in the Under 18 Daily Mail Cup in 2008, St Benedict's is one of only two teams in the history of the national competition to have played in both Under 15 and Under 18 Daily Mail Cup finals as one year group (the other being Wellington College). 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 Sedbergh School.[6] The same team was selected by the Rugby Football Union to represent England in the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament, losing only to the eventual winner.[7] St Benedict’s Under 16s are the current holders of the Middlesex Cup, [8] with St Benedict's retaining the Cronk-Cunis National U21 XVs Rugby Festival title in August 2010. [9]

The main sports for girls are netball, hockey and rounders.

The U18 netball squad has had successful tours to Sri Lanka in February 2009[10][11] and the Caribbean in October 2010[12][13], winning three out of four matches on both tours.

The school also offers other sports including cricket, fencing, tennis and swimming.

Other Activities

Pupils run a debating society, staff a Combined Cadet Force and participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme [14], as well as producing consistently accomplished art, music and drama.[15]

Notable alumni

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

Headmasters

See also

References

  1. ^ David Doyle (2006-12-04). "Tribute to school founders". Ealing Times. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  2. ^ 'Devil in a dog collar' priest faces jail for sex abuse London Evening Standard - 12 August 2009
  3. ^ Jailed child pervert priest ruined my life Ealing Gazette, 9 October 2009
  4. ^ Daily Mail Cup Results
  5. ^ Rugby Football Union St Benedict's play Barnard Castle School in the semi-final round
  6. ^ Canterbury Rankings
  7. ^ Sanix rugby youth
  8. ^ [1] Accessed 6 December 2010
  9. ^ Touchline, Issue 127, September 2010, p3 Accessed 6 December 2010
  10. ^ Ealing Gazette, 13th March 2009 Accessed 19th January 2011
  11. ^ [Catholic Herald, 13th March 2009] Accessed 19th January 2011
  12. ^ [Ealing Gazette, 19th November 2010] Accessed 19th January 2011
  13. ^ ISBI Schools, 30th November 2010 Accessed 19th January 2011
  14. ^ School Website - Clubs
  15. ^ School website - Co-curricular drama
  16. ^ Hugo Ellis Profile, England-Rugby, accessed August 2009
  17. ^ Howard French, Obituary in The Guardian, 5 December 2008
  18. ^ "Dom Bernard Orchard". The Telegraph. 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
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