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St. Bede's College, Manchester is a Roman Catholic Independent Grammar School situated on Alexandra Park Road South in the area of Whalley Range . The original school was located at 16, Devonshire Street, Grosvenor Square, off Oxford Road and was set up by the then Bishop Of Salford , Herbert Vaughan , later Cardinal Archbishop Of Westminster . Originally, the school was to educate the sons of Manchester Catholics. It was the first School under the patronage of St Bede : possibly the name was chosen because the Cardinal’s brother, a Benedictine and the Archbishop of Sidney, was Dom Bede Vaughan. In August 1877, the Manchester Aquarium on Alexandra Road and the plot of land around it was purchased by the then Bishop Vaughan for College purposes. On 10th 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. In the late 1870s and early 1880s, the Vaughan building was constructed and in 1892 , Salford Catholic Grammar School (the Diocesan Junior seminary) amalgamated with the College which duly became the place where over 500 Priests , not to mention several Bishops and 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 , was opened in 1958 while the Regis Building, built in the first decade of the twentieth 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 Regis building was completely renovated and allowed the College roll to increase from 630 at the beginning of the 1980s to almost 1000 today. Famous former pupils of the college include: the footballer Mike Milligan , the folk singer and DJ Mike Harding , the actor Colin Baker (the sixth Doctor Who ), the Herman's Hermits singer Peter Noone , the radio and TV presenter Terry Christian , the musician and DJ Clint Boon , the noted historian Sir Ian Kershaw and the journalists and broadcasters Ed Docx and Henry Bonsu. STAFF The college's current teaching staff are: Mr J Byrne (Headmaster) Mr D Kearney (Head of Religion) Mr A McCabe (Religion) Miss E Plant (Religion) Mrs M Andrews (Religion and PE) Mr J M Berry (Head of English) Mrs M Hazell (English and Co-ord Professional Development) Mrs N Alderson (English and Head of Drama) Miss F Cochran (English, Drama, i-c English Language) Mr B Peden (English and Head of Fifth Year) Miss H Roberts (English and Deputy Head of Sixth Form) Miss H Jordan (English) Mrs S Norton (English) Mrs R Meehan (English, RE, Music and Deputy Head) Mrs N Alderson (English and Head of Drama) Miss F Cochran (English, Drama, i-c English Language) Mrs S Alexopoulos (TEFOL) Mr D McCotter (Head of Maths) Dr A Dando (Maths, i-c GCSE) Mr S Bargery (Maths and Careers) Mr M Cahill (Maths) Fr R A Dearman (Timetabler) Mr T Moore (Maths) Mr C Wright (Maths) Mrs M Devlin (Maths) Mr I Service (Maths and Examinations Secretary) Mr J Martin (Head of Science and Physics) Mr P McDaid (Physics) Mrs C Aspinall (Physics) Mr J Devitt (Physics) Mrs S Pike (Head of Chemistry) Mrs S Quirk (Head of Combined Science, Chemistry) Miss P Brammer (Chemistry) Dr M J Duffy (Chemistry) Mrs D Lawson (Chemistry) Mr M Nally (Head of Biology) Miss C Hennity (Biology & Head of Upper Fifth) Dr M Di Mauro (Biology) Mrs E Duffy (Head of History) Mr M.Bartlett (History & Director of Studies) Mr J Bowden (History and Senior Master) Mr T Fisher (History and PE) Mrs L Harter (History and Head of Upper Fourth) Mr P Maree (Head of Classics & Deputy Head of Sixth Form) Mr J Dumbill (Classics) Mr J Gibson (Classics and Teacher i/c Assessment) Mr P Lee (Head of Modern Languages and German) Mrs S de Castro Franco (Head of French) Mrs J Wallwork (Head of Spanish French) Mr T Barnes (German and Deputy Head) Mrs Cassin (French & Spanish) Mr J Walker (French) Mrs H Knight (Head of Geography) Mr H Weiss (Geography,Art & Head of Lower School) Mrs M Vidouris (Geography & Head of Lower School) Mr K McKeogh (Head of Economics & Business Studies) Miss M Delaney (Economics and Business Studies) Mr P Glancy (Head of General Studies, Economics and Business Studies) Mr D Grierson (Business Studies, Economics & Head of Lower Sixth) Mrs M Cobbold (Head of Music) Miss R Darby (Music) Mrs R A Meehan (Music, English and Deputy Head) Mrs R Lockett (Head of Politics, General Studies) Mr J Grundy (Politics) Mr A Hennigan (Head of Technology) Mr J Lalley (Technology and Careers) Mr S Fallon (Technology and i/c Football) Mrs M Collins (Technology) Mr P Loader (Head of Geology, Head of Middle School and Physics) Mrs J Hudson (Head of Art) Mr H Peers (Art) Mrs S Dittman (Art) Mr P McDaid (Head of ICT Network Manager and ICT) Mrs C Earles (Head of ICT Network Manager and ICT) Mr D Walton (ICT Technician) Mr K Rafferty (Head of Boys' PE and Geography) Mrs N McCormick (Head of Girls' PE) Mrs N Lavorini (PE) Mrs E O'Neal (PE) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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