St John's Beaumont School
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St John's Beaumont School is a
canonised that year.[4]
History
The school was founded by the
Society of Jesus and was built as a preparatory school for Beaumont College.[1] On 25 September 1888 the school was opened by the Bishop of Southwark, John Baptist Butt.[5]
In 1970, after an initial period of uncertainty following the closure of Beaumont College in 1967, the governors of Stonyhurst College accepted responsibility for St John's. However students go on, as well as to Stonyhurst, to nearer schools such as Eton College, Winchester College, Radley College and Harrow.[6]
Facilities
It is located 11 miles away from both Heathrow Airport and Central London.[3]
The school was built initially for 60 boys aged between 7 and 13 and this can still be seen in the provision of 60 carved wooden chapel pews and 60 individual dormitory cubicles. However, the school has expanded both its classroom provision and its facilities to accommodate over 300 pupils.[7]
In 1993 a new swimming pool with four lanes was opened by
Queen Elizabeth II,[3] giving the school day pupils, boarders and the local community access to football, cricket, judo and rock climbing of a 30-foot wall.[1]
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Entrance -
Cricket pavilion -
School chapel
Notable alumni
- Zafar Ansari, Surrey and England cricketer
- William F. Buckley Jr., conservative writer and political commentator
- Andrew Maxwell Morris, singer, songwriter and composer
- Amar Singh (born 1989), art and non-fungible token (NFT) dealer, philanthropist, women's rights and LGBTQ+ activist, and film producer
List of headmasters
- Fr J. Lynch SJ (1888–1894)
- Fr M. Cullen SJ (1894–1897)
- Fr J. Lynch SJ (1897–1902)
- Fr J. O'Gorman SJ (1902–1904)
- Fr T. Ellison SJ (1904–1907)
- Fr R. Dalrymple SJ (1907–1908)
- Fr F.W.Green SJ (1908–1917)
- Fr J. Manning SJ (1917–1918)
- Fr G. Sexton SJ (1918–1929)
- Fr J. Hill SJ (1929–1936)
- Fr J. Sharkey (1936–1946)
- Fr E. Basset SJ (1946–1949)
- Fr T. Dunphy SJ (1949–1964)
- Fr K. McHugh SJ (1964–1970)
- Fr I. St Lawrence SJ (1970–1974)
- Fr C. Taunton SJ (1974–1978)
- Fr B. Walker SJ (1978–1984)
- Mr B. Duffy (1984–1987)
- Mr D. Gogarty (1987–2005)
- Mr G. Delaney (2006–2022)
- Dr D. Smith (2022–2023)
- Mr P. Barr (2023–present)
See also
- List of Jesuit sites in the United Kingdom
- List of Jesuit schools
References
- ^ a b c St John's Beaumont from Independent Schools Council, retrieved 25 July 2017
- ^ Queen visits St John's Beaumont School from Independent Catholic News, 22 October 2009, retrieved 24 July 2017
- ^ a b c St John's Beaumont from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 25 July 2017
- ^ St John's Beaumont from Jesuits in Britain, retrieved 25 July 2017
- ^ Hoy S.J., David, 1987, The Story of St John's Beaumont
- ^ St John's Beaumont from Tatler, Schools Guide 2017, retrieved 25 July 2017
- ^ St John's Beaumont School Old Windsor from Good Schools Guide 2017, retrieved 25 July 2017
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St John's Beaumont School.
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