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Xaverian College is a
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college in
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, England, south of the city centre in
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. Established in 1862, Xaverian College has become one of the most oversubscribed
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in
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, along with Loreto College and
Ashton Sixth Form College Ashton Sixth Form College (commonly referred to as ASFC) is an 'Outstanding' sixth form college in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. Founded in 1928 as Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School, the college has an acceptance rate of 28% (2021). Hist ...
. It consistently ranks in the top 10 facilities for 16-18 education. Xaverian College is a member of the Association of Colleges. As of 2019, the acceptance rate is 30%. It is near world-renowned educational institutions such as the
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and the Royal Northern College of Music. As it is in partnership with the University of Manchester, Xaverian houses the foundational courses of Sciences on behalf of UoM and Xaverian College students are also able to access the
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with over 4 million resources able to be used.


History


1862-1976

The
Xaverian Brothers The Xaverian Brothers or Congregation of St. Francis Xavier are a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by Theodore James Ryken in Bruges, Belgium, in 1839 and named after Saint Francis Xavier. The institute is dedicated to education. Hist ...
, or Congregation of St Francis Xavier (CFX), are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by
Theodore James Ryken Theodore James Ryken, CFX ( Theodoor Jacobus Rijken; 1797–1871) was a Dutch Catholic missionary who founded the Xaverian Brothers. Life Theodore James Ryken was born August 30, 1797 in Heusden, the son of devout Catholics Antonius and Maria Anna ...
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
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.
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, a motion picture production company, used the exterior of the college in several of their films, including ''It's A Grand Life'', starring
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and
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. The film company sold their Dickenson Road Studios to the
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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 to 1977, the school was a direct grant grammar school.


1977 to present

The college was a Roman Catholic grammar school for boys until 1977, when it became a mixed sixth-form college. Direct Grant Grammar School status ended and Xaverian became a Sixth Form College for young men and women aged sixteen to nineteen within the Manchester Local Education Authority. In 1993, the College Principal Mrs Quinn led an expansion in student numbers, refurbished and modernised many of the buildings and updated the curriculum with vocationally based courses and the introduction of information technology across many subjects. Her greatest success, however, was to maintain the distinctive Xaverian mission and ethos in a period of much change and uncertainty. Capital from the Xaverian Brothers and grants from the FEFC allowed a new multi-resource building, The Ryken, to be constructed in 2002. By 2005, the FEFC had become the Learning and Skills Council and recognised the college's progress by part funding a state-of-the-art new building, which was named Mayfield. In 2007, Mrs Mary Hunter was made Principal. Her appointment can be seen as another watershed in the life of Xaverian. Hunter, whose previous experience was in the general FE sector, brought both an objective eye and a heart-felt empathy to a college truly committed to a special Mission. This was recognised in the latest Ofsted Inspection when the college was graded outstanding in all areas of the report. The college was subsequently awarded Beacon status.


Campus

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
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s 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 Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...
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 (previously the US Embassy Northern Outpost in World War Two) has been transformed to inspire the creative success of students passionate about Art, Graphic Communication, Photography, and Textiles. It also features extensive film and media facilities, a cine room where students can organise film afternoons, and brand-new classrooms for Criminology, Classical Civilisation, Law, Sociology, and History courses. * Birtles Sport, Geography, Music and Drama students are housed in the new Birtles building. Built to have drama and music studios, rehearsal rooms, a recording suite and computer labs. * Marylands for English Language and English Literature * Firwood houses the main student common room,
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facilities, student services, learning support suite, additional learning support and
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rooms, college
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and RE rooms, administration offices and the main reception. * Xavier is home to the
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foundation courses in
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,
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and Dentistry and also houses Mathematics and Sciences. * Sunbury houses RE classes, Theology and Philosophy, and the
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cadet course, among others and Uniformed Public Services. * Ryken for Foundation Level 1 courses. The careers service and
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. 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,
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ICT and Psychology (
Mayfield College Mayfield College is a defunct Roman Catholic boys' boarding school founded as thin 1865–1866 by the American-born Dowager Duchess of Leeds one mile from Mayfield, East Sussex. The main building and attached chapel were built in the Gothic sty ...
was a Xaverian college in East Sussex.) * Teresa Quinn is the newest building in the campus for BTEC courses such as Criminology, Health & Social Care, Information Technology and other non A-level qualifications.


Notable alumni


Sixth form college

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in the '' Harry Potter'' films * Mark Collins: guitarist, The Charlatans *
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and briefly Primal Scream *
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: Labour MP for Manchester Central and former shadow secretary for education *
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: actress


Grammar school

* Brian Bagnall: cartoonist and writer for ''Private Eye'' (Bagnall was a writer for the satirical ''
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'' letters feature) * Chris Buckley: footballer *
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: author, poet, composer; ''
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''.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. * Wilfred Carr: Professor of the School of Education at the
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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 *
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Peter Hebblethwaite Peter Hebblethwaite (30 September 1930 – 18 December 1994) was a British Jesuit priest and writer. After leaving the priesthood, he became an editor, journalist (' Vaticanologist') and biographer. Life Hebblethwaite was born in Ashton-unde ...
: journalist *
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: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham from 2009 *
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: musician, member of
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*
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: doctor and novelist * John Heffernan : Industrial Designer.Designed 1986 Aston Martin Virage and co-designed 1991 BentleyContinental R to list of pupils


See also

*
Listed buildings in Manchester-M14 Manchester is a city in Northwest England. The M14 postcode area is to the south of the city centre, and contains the areas of Fallowfield, Moss Side, and Rusholme. The postcode area contains 59 listed buildings that are recorded in the ...
*
List of direct grant grammar schools This article lists the 179 direct grant grammar schools that existed in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976. Early departures from the scheme A total of 164 schools were accepted onto the scheme when it opened in 1945. Of these, three school ...


References


External links

*
Audio interview with Brother Cyril
- headmaster of Xaverian College from 1962 to 1989.
EduBase
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