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, country = United Kingdom , postcode = W5 2ES , local_authority = , ofsted = , staff = , enrolment = , gender = Co-educational , lower_age = 3 , upper_age = 18 , free_label_2 = Annual tuition , free_2 = £18,300 , houses = Barlow, Gervase, Pickering, Roberts , colours = Green, Yellow and Black , publication = ''The Priorian'' , free_label_1 = Former pupils , free_1 = Old Priorians , free_label_3 = , free_3 = , website = http://www.stbenedicts.org.uk St Benedict's School, usually referred to as St Benedict's, is a British co-educational

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, West London. A

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Roman Catholic school, it accepts and educates pupils of all faiths.

History

Foundation

St Benedict's School, Ealing was established following the arrival of Benedictine monks from

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into

in 1897 to found the first Benedictine Abbey in London since the Reformation. Under the leadership of Sebastian Cave, Ealing Priory School, as the school was known, (becoming St Benedict's School in 1948) opened on 2 October 1902, with three boys enrolled. The school was founded upon a £5 donation, which was later published in the first issue of the school's ''Priorian'' magazine.

Location

The school has occupied various premises at various times in its history, firstly in Blakesley Avenue, then taking rooms in the priory in 1904 before moving across to Orchard Dene (which currently houses the junior school) in Montpelier Avenue. In 1906 , about a mile from the main school grounds, in

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were purchased to provide a sports ground. By the 1920s Orchard Dene was used for boarders and the school was located in two houses on Eaton Rise. A purpose built school building linking these houses was in use by 1936. During the Second World War pupils were evacuated into the now junior school – boarding ceased – and the abbey church was badly damaged by a bomb on 7 October 1940.

The junior school

The junior school was 'spun off' as a separate entity with its own

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, in 1946. The junior school's first lay headmaster, Dennis McSweeny, was appointed in 2000. The present headmaster, appointed in 2005, is Robert Simmons, himself a former pupil of St Benedict's School. Visits to many places of interest in London, and further afield, extend pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the world around them. In year 5, pupils visit Normandy and in year 6 they visit the

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on a PGL style activity. The school has links with the local and wider community through supporting local and international charities. Concern for the environment is demonstrated, for example by the purchase of a piece of land in

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which has been planted with trees. Each year on the official feast of St Benedict, a whole school (junior and senior) charity day takes place at the end of March to support a charity of the pupils' choosing. St Benedict's Junior School

Nursery

A co-educational nursery was founded in 2002, in the building on Montpelier Avenue which formerly housed the middle school. The governors have approved plans for a three-storey development to replace the existing ‘Ark’ in the junior school. Work on this was scheduled to start in summer 2016 and, when complete, this new building will house the pre-preps and also the nursery, which will be re-located to the main site.

Move to co-education

Although St Benedict's was 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

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across the whole school and since the

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of 2007 the junior school has been fully co-educational. The senior school became fully co-educational in Michaelmas 2008. As of 2014 girls formed 34% of pupils in the school.

Sex abuse cases

In October 2009, David Pearce, a monk of

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and former headmaster of the junior school, was jailed for eight years, subsequently reduced to five years, for sexual abuse offences at the school in the period from 1972 to 1992 and for one further offence in 2007 after he had ceased to work in the school. In March 2011, Laurence Soper, the abbot of Ealing Abbey during the 1990s, was arrested on child abuse charges relating to the period when he was a teacher at, and the

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of, St Benedict's School; it was reported in October 2011 that he had failed to answer bail and was being sought by the police.Father Laurence Soper of Ealing wanted over sex abuse
BBC News 14 October 2011 In 2016, he was arrested in Kosovo and extradited to the UK to face trial. In early December 2017, following a 10-week trial at the Old Bailey in central London, Andrew Soper (as he is now known) was found guilty on 19 counts of child sexual abuse including buggery, indecency with a child and indecent assault. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. Children suffered severe corporal punishment which was often used as a means to initiate sexual abuse or for sexual gratification. It was claimed that there were daily queues of boys outside the headmaster's study waiting to be caned. A stated that aged 11 he got into trouble in class. The teacher made him kneel in front of the class and continued the whole of the lesson standing on the boy's hands. Jurors at the trial were told about Soper's victims getting sadistic beatings. One survivor said in court, "I have tried countless times to take my own life as I just cannot cope any more." Following these incidents, and other alleged offences, the Abbot commissioned a report to be prepared by

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with a view to making recommendations on the school's governance.Carlile Report
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said in its 2013 inspection report that the pastoral care at St Benedict's was excellent.St Benedict's School 2013 Inspection Report
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ordered its own enquiry into the same matters, to be conducted by bishop John Arnold. In 2016, Peter Allott, deputy head, and former local

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councillor who had worked at the school since 2004 was jailed for 33 months for possession of child abuse images, as well as possession of a class A substance. However, it was made clear by the CPS that there was no evidence that Allott had abused his position of trust within the school, and no offensive material was found there. In 2018–2019, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) commissioned by the UK Government was investigating any institutional failures to protect children from sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, and the handling of complaints about Catholic schools and specifically relating to investigations at

and St Benedict's school. The pope's representative in Britain, archbishop Edward Adams, refused to co-operate with the inquiry. The school was described as a "grim and beastly place" by the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), and that "a culture of cover-up and denial of sexual abuse operated at Ealing Abbey." By October 2019 the IICSA had received 18 further allegations against 8 monks and staff, and believed that the true scale of the abuse is "likely to be much higher", than those convicted the report found.

School life

Governance

Since its foundation members of the monastic community at Ealing Abbey have taught at, and provided pastoral, spiritual and educational leadership, within the school. Until the senior school's first

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headmaster, A.J. Dachs, was appointed in 1987, all headmasters were monks of the abbey. Since 1951 the senior school headmaster has been a member of the

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. Following the recommendations of the Carlile report (see above) the school, which had been under the trusteeship of the monks of Ealing since its foundation in 1902, became an independent charity in the form of a company limited by guarantee, independent of the Abbey Trust. New governance arrangements, with a lay chairman, came into effect from September 2012.

Student representation and the student council

(ISI) recommended the school consider enhancing internal student representation prompting the formation by the school of a school council with its formal powers outlined in its

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. Students may run in elections throughout the school, from the third form to the upper fifth with two representatives elected from each year. Sixth form students can run for the offices of student president and chair of the sixth form common room. The structure of the school council consists of the student president and the student president's chapter. Members are appointed to the chapter by the newly elected student president to represent students in matters regarding food and health, estates and buildings, pastoral and equality, finance and investment, sixth form, upper and middle schools, and the vice president's office. The first codified school council constitution was signed in January 2016 by the student heads of school, student president, school chaplain, headmaster, chair of the sixth form common room, leader of the upper and middle school council and the chair of the school governing body.

Structure

On entry to the senior school each pupil is assigned to a

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: 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

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martyrs St Ambrose Barlow, Blessed George Gervase, Blessed Thomas Pickering and St John Roberts. From the upper fourth onwards house captains are appointed in each division, while in the third form and lower fourth there are house representatives. In addition house colours are awarded from the upper fourth for outstanding contribution to the life of the school. Members of the upper sixth may apply to be a prefect, known as decans or senior decans. Their roles include helping at parents' evenings and other school events such as concerts, plays and dinners. The heads of the decans and senior decans are the student heads of the school. The school uses this name system for each academic year from age 5 to age 18 (with the equivalent shown in brackets): Junior school * Pre-prep 1/PP1 (reception) * Pre-prep 2/PP2 (year 1) * Pre-prep 3/PP3 (year 2) * Lower prep (year 3) * Upper prep (year 4) * Form 1 (year 5) * Form 2 (year 6) Senior school * Third form (year 7) * Lower fourth (year 8) * Upper fourth (year 9) * Lower fifth (year 10) * Upper fifth (year 11) * Lower sixth (year 12) * Upper sixth (year 13) The school year is divided into three terms,

(from early September to mid December), Lent term (from early January to late March) and Trinity term (from late April to early July).

Ethos

The school promotes Catholic Benedictine values through its mission of ''"Teaching a way of living"'', based on the

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. Registration sessions are accompanied by prayer, in which pupils participate and sometimes lead. Mass is celebrated weekly in the school chapel or in the

, for those staff and pupils who wish to attend. Retreats organized for each year group give time for reflection and for spiritual growth. Trips are organized, for instance to Rome on a study pilgrimage and to Lourdes, where pupils develop their understanding or are able to express their commitment to service. The

noted in its 2013 report that, at all ages, pupils' personal development is excellent. In line with the Benedictine mission, pupils show respect for themselves, for others and for the world around them, in 'learning how to live'. They enjoy relationships with peers and adults alike and their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding.

Sport

The main sports for boys are rugby and cricket and for girls netball and hockey. The school is notably good at fencing, producing national and international fencers. Fencing is a main sport for both boys and girls. The school also offers other sports including dance, tennis, swimming, basketball, athletics and boys' hockey. In rugby the school was runner-up in the

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at under 18 level in 2008; at under 15 level it was winner in 2005 and runner-up in 1993. The school XV was undefeated in 2008 in 21 of 22 league matches, finishing top of the Canterbury Rankings, and was selected by the

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to represent England in the

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, losing only to the eventual winner. The under 13 side won the 2012 junior champions of the Rosslyn Park

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, the world's largest rugby tournament.

Co-curricular activities

In the senior school there are over 70 clubs and societies. Pupils run a

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, staff a

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and participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, as well as producing art, music and drama. The junior school runs a daily programme of after-class hobbies including Mandarin, ballet, chess, cross stitch, fencing, computing and swimming. Both senior and junior school pupils contribute to the ''Priorian'', the school magazine.

People

Headmasters

* Sebastian Cave (1902–1916) * Wulstan Pearson (1916–1917) * Dennis Goolden (1917) * Roger Huddleston (1917) * Edward Green (1917–1919) * Dominic Young (1919–1936) * Austin Corney (1936–1938) * Adrian Morey (1938–1939) * Rupert Hall (1939–1945) *

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(1945–1960) * Gerard Hayes (1960) * George Brown (1961–1965) * Bernard Orchard (1965–1969) * George Brown (1969–1978) * Anthony Gee (1978–1987) * Tony Dachs (1987–2001) * Christopher Cleugh (2001–2016) * Andrew Johnson (2016–present) It was announced in June 2015 that Andrew Johnson, the head of

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, was to become headmaster from September 2016.

Notable alumni

Alumni of the school are known as Old Priorians, derived from its original name of Ealing Priory School. OPs include: *

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* Patrick Baty, historian of architectural paint and colour, consultant in the decoration of

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* David Beaumont, diplomat for the CRO, and the

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who later served as high commissioner to Botswana *

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, member of the NatWest Three, a group of three British businessmen involved in a high-profile court battle against charges of fraud * Peter Biller, academic specialising in medieval thought, heresy, and medicine, emeritus professor of medieval history at

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* Paul Bradley, British-born Irish actor, played Nigel Bates on Eastenders * Robert Brooks, chairman of

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2008-10 * Christopher Caudwell,

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, comedian and novelist *

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, sports administrator, latterly chief executive of

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* Robin Devenish, retired physicist at the

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, professional tennis player, current British no. 2 in doubles *

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, emeritus professor of electrical engineering at

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* Peter Linehan, scholar of medieval Iberia, fellow, tutor, and dean of

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. * Duncan McNair, commercial and corporate litigation lawyer, author and charity campaigner *

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from 1994 to 2012 *

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, associate editor of ''

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,'' who appears regularly in the British broadcast media *

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movement,

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, and

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, Catholic Benedictine monk, and

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who would later return as headmaster of the school * Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, former

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minister,

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, British

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, chairman of the

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, and governor of the BBC Trust, current

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of the

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to two

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titles, and a gold medal in sevens rugby at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

* John Sauven, economist, and executive director of

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UK since 2008 *

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, film actor known for his roles in prominent films such ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'', '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi '' and '' Planet of the Apes trilogy 2011, 2014 and 2017'' *

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, singer, songwriter, musician and poet * James Smythe, novelist and screenwriter * Iain Softley, film director, producer and screenwriter, whose best-known films include '' Hackers'' and '' K-PAX''. *

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for Rother Valley. * William James Nigel Withall, British Army officer

References

External links

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St Benedict's School Portal

BBC League Tables

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website
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