Xaverian College
| Xaverian College | |
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| Address | |
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Lower Park Road , M14 5RB England | |
| Coordinates | 53°27′18″N 2°13′23″W / 53.455°N 2.223°WCoordinates: 53°27′18″N 2°13′23″W / 53.455°N 2.223°W |
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| Former name | The Catholic Collegiate Institute |
| Type | Sixth Form College |
| Motto | Concordia res parvae crescunt (In harmony, small things grow) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1862 |
| Founder | The Congregation of the Xaverian Brothers |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Department for Education URN | 130504 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Tony Knowles |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 16 to 19 |
| Enrolment | 2,158 (approx.) |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Yellow, White |
| Diocese | Salford |
| Website | xaverian |
Xaverian College is a Roman Catholic college in Manchester, England, founded by the Xaverian Brothers in 1862.
Admissions[edit]
In the inner city suburb of Rusholme, close to Wilmslow Road and Oxford Road, many of the college's students originate from ethnic minorities, as well as various socioeconomic classes. Admissions consist of three hierarchal priorities:
1. Pupils studying at one of the seven associated Roman Catholic High Schools and Trinity CE High School in Hulme[clarification needed] are guaranteed a place at Xaverian if they wish to take it.
2. Next priority is given to students in Roman Catholic schools who are in partnership with Xaverian.
3. Priority then falls to Roman Catholic pupils at non-Roman Catholic schools who meet entry requirements.
In addition, there is a NHS Cadets vocational programme which has entry criteria that are not based on an applicant's religion or beliefs[citation needed] and the college also accommodates a group of approximately fifty Manchester University students undertaking foundation degrees in dentistry, medicine and pharmacy.
History[edit]
1862-1976[edit]
The Xaverian Brothers, or Congregation of St Francis Xavier (CFX), are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Theodore James Ryken in Bruges, Belgium, in 1839 and named after St. Francis Xavier. The order is dedicated to Roman Catholic education in the United Kingdom, the United States and many other countries.
The College was founded by the Xaverian Brothers in 1862 and until 1903 was housed in a four-storey building on Oxford Road, Manchester. On the move to the then gated Victoria Park, it was originally housed in a building known as Firwood, but over time, through new building projects and acquisition, the campus grew.
Firwood was home to the Brothers until 1993 when the last of them left. Another former house which has now become part of the college, Ward Hall, was used as a camp for American servicemen in the Second World War.[citation needed]
Mancunian Films, a motion picture production company, used the exterior of the College in several of their films, including It's A Grand Life, starring Frank Randle and Diana Dors. The film company sold their Dickenson Road Studios to the BBC in 1954, making Dickenson Road Studios the first regional BBC TV studio. When the BBC left in 1974 to move to Oxford Road, Xaverian inherited their lighting rigs, now used in the drama studio. From 1946-77, the school was a direct grant grammar school.[citation needed]
1977 to present[edit]
The College was a Roman Catholic grammar school for boys until 1977, when it became a mixed sixth-form college.[1] This led to significant expansion.
Buildings[edit]
The college consists of nine buildings on two sides of Lower Park Road: Ward Hall, Birtles, Marylands, Firwood, Xavier, Sunbury, Ryken, Mayfield, and Teresa Quinn built from 1840 onwards. Additions and renovations have been an ongoing feature of the campus's development, with Birtles a key example of this process. The Ryken and Mayfield buildings, added at the start of the 21st century, along with Teresa Quinn , opened in 2020, house information technology equipment. The Ryken building was named after one of the founders of the Xaverian order, Theodore James Ryken. The college buildings are around the perimeter of a central grassed area where sporting and social activities take place.
- Ward Hall accommodating Art, Graphic Design, Photography, Textiles, Film Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Criminology, Law and Year 14 Art Foundation students.
- Birtles for Sports Studies, Drama and Music.
- Marylands for English Language and English Literature
- Firwood houses the main student common room, catering facilities, student services, learning support suite, additional learning support and tutorial rooms, college chapel and RE rooms, administration offices and the main reception.
- Xavier is home to the University of Manchester foundation courses in Biology, Medicine and Dentistry and also houses Mathematics and Sciences.
- Sunbury houses RE classes, Theology and Philosophy, and the NHS cadet course, among others and Uniformed Public Services.
- Ryken for Foundation Level 1 courses. The careers service and library. It also provides a seminar room for visiting speakers, and a large drop-in centre where students are able to make use of college ICT facilities.
- Mayfield accommodating Accounting, Business Studies, Computer Science, Economics, Geography, Government and Politics, History, Mathematics, Modern Languages ICT and Psychology (Mayfield College was a Xaverian college in East Sussex.)
Notable alumni[edit]
Sixth form college[edit]
- Caroline Aherne: actress and writer
- Peter Ash: actor
- Andrea Ashworth: writer and academic
- Afshan Azad: actress, best known for playing Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films
- Mark Collins: guitarist, The Charlatans
- Sally Lindsay: actress and comedian
- Mani: musician, Notably the Bassist for The Stone Roses and briefly Primal Scream
- Chris Ofili: artist and recipient of the Turner Prize
- Nedum Onuoha: footballer, playing for Queens Park Rangers F.C.
- Lucy Powell: Labour MP for Manchester Central and former shadow secretary for education
- Shaun Wright-Phillips: footballer, playing for MLS team New York Red Bulls
Grammar school[edit]
- Brian Bagnall: cartoonist and writer for Private Eye (Bagnall was a writer for the satirical Dear Bill letters feature)[2]
- Chris Buckley: footballer
- Anthony Burgess: author, poet, composer; A Clockwork Orange.[3]
- Wilfred Carr: Professor of the School of Education at the University of Sheffield from 1994
- Denis Carter, Baron Carter: politician
- James Cunningham: Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, 1958–74
- Augustine Hailwood: Conservative MP for Manchester Ardwick, 1916–22
- Martin Hannett: record producer; co-founder of Factory Records
- Peter Hebblethwaite: journalist
- Bernard Hill: actor
- Major Henry Kelly (VC)
- Bernard Longley: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham from 2009
- Gary Mounfield: musician, member of The Stone Roses
- Tim Willocks: doctor and novelist
- John Heffernan : Industrial Designer.Designed 1986 Aston Martin Virage and co-designed 1991 BentleyContinental R to list of pupils
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Staff (22 March 1978). "Direct Grant Schools". HANSARD 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Mark Bryant (18 August 2004). "Obituaries > Brian Bagnall". The Independent. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^ Burgess joined the Xaverian College on 15 September 1928, and stayed to complete his School Certificate examinations. His first published poems appeared in the school magazine, The Manchester Xaverian, under his birthname of John Burgess Wilson.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Audio interview with Brother Cyril - headmaster of Xaverian College from 1962 to 1989.
- EduBase[permanent dead link]
| General | |
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- Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Salford
- Schools sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers
- Buildings and structures in Manchester
- Education in Manchester
- Defunct grammar schools in England
- Educational institutions established in 1862
- Sixth form colleges in Greater Manchester
- Catholic universities and colleges in England
- 1862 establishments in England