Head’s Half Marathon

On March 7th, training for Heaton Park, I went out running and, feeling quite good, I decided just to keep going. By the time I had finished, I had covered 13 miles (gmaps pedometer). I had been mulling over how we might raise a significant sum for the Lourdes fund and decided that I would find a [...]

900 Club Winners

April
£50  Marie Mannion
£25  Joan Silcock
£20  Louise Dickinson
May
£50  M.Ogilvie
£25  Eamonn O’Malley
£20  David Campbell
June
£50  Jackinta Thompson
£25  Janet McHale
£20  Anne Clinton

Manchester Cup Victory

St Bede’s College U14 Football Team has regained the Manchester Schools
Football Trophy which they last won in 2005.  The team beat St Matthew’s High School 2-1 in the final on Friday 22 May at Wright Robinson Playing Fields. “There are many similarities between this year’s team and the 2005 team,’ said Mr Dumbill, the team’s coach. [...]

Professor of Chemistry visit

Dr James Hutchinson from the Royal Society of Chemistry visited St Bede’s College to talk to Year Nine pupils about the latest developments in Chemistry.
A spellbound group of some one hundred and twenty students were treated to an illustrated talk by the young professor about the latest developments in the pharmaceutical sector of the Chemistry [...]

Celebration Dinner

Over 120 former pupils and staff celebrated with current staff to mark 25 years of co-education at St Bede’s College. Mr Byrne introduced girls to the College in 1984 with the first intake of Sixth Form girls and then in 1986 with the first intake of girls at 11+.
The evening began with a drinks reception [...]

Run for Life

The College Run for Life took place on Sunday 21st March 2010 with over 300 students, family, friends and staff of the College, including toddlers and canine friends. Thank you all for taking part either as a runner/walker or just as a supporter to cheer everyone along. The weather was very kind and we all [...]

Competition

Here’s your chance to bring your favourite storybook characters to life……and win some amazing prizes. We want you to paint a picture, create a collage or make model for the St Bede’s College *Art of Reading *competition.
It may be a character from the Harry Potter saga in which case you’ll have a good idea of [...]

Newman Oratory

The life and work of The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman has been celebrated in a Musical Oratory by pupils at St Bede’s College.
A packed College chapel heard senior students at the Manchester Catholic grammar school give readings and performances of chamber and choir music by Beethoven, Telemann, Mozart, Elgar, Purcell and Bruckner in a [...]

Oxbridge Success

Six students from St Bede’s College have been given conditional offers to study at Oxford or Cambridge next year. Head Boy, Philippe Lopeman, (Chorlton) and Head Girl, Zoe Li, (Wythenshawe) have been offered places respectively at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, to read Law, and St John’s College, Cambridge to read Medicine.  Meanwhile James Crewdson (Heaton Moor) also [...]

Back to the 70s

Students and the school were given a 70s makeover as the cameras rolled on the follow-up to the award-winning film East Is East.
Over 40 students worked as extras when the school was transformed into a Salford comprehensive, the setting for West Is West, and four students were chosen to play the school bullies who make [...]