A Vintage Year at St Bede’s

GCSE students have much to celebrate this week, after a bumper crop of examination results. Nine students have obtained a full set of A* grades, with almost 25% of the year scoring exclusively grades A* or A. Twins Leah and Anna Grace each produced a full set of A* results; showing that a little sibling [...]

A Level Students Flourish

  Our Upper Sixth pupils once again produced an excellent set of A-level results this summer. Overall a figure of 71% A*/AB grades was achieved and 17% of those grades were A*s, which is more than double the national average; 33 candidates gained straight A*/A grades, seven of whom succeeded in meeting their offers of [...]

U16 Manchester Cup Cricket

The St Bede’s U16 cricket team won the Manchester Cup cricket competition with an impressive 30 run victory over a very strong Abraham Moss side. Bede’s were sent in to bat on a damp, green wicket and Captain Conor Hey and fellow opener Max Woodruff did very well to negotiate some difficult overs. The pair [...]

Sport’s Day

The students enjoyed a highly competitive Sport’s day at Brantingham Road fields, cheered on by their families and friends.  Mr Dean Grierson, the Deputy Headteacher presented the medals to the track event winners, whilst the teachers in charge of the field events presented their medals at the end of each contest.  The weather was mixed with some [...]

Top Mark in Degree Course

Twenty year old Liz Evans, a former student, is celebrating after securing a first class BA (Econ.) honours degree at Manchester University. She also scored the top result for her cohort, beating 687 other students. Liz specialised in Accounting and Finance and she now hopes to pursue a career in Accountancy. She was given a [...]

Maths Challenge Gold

Five students have just won Gold in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge.  Over 235,000 pupils enter the national Junior Maths challenge with roughly the top 6% receiving a gold certificate.  A further 10 students won silver and 26 Bronze. The five students who achieved a Gold certificate were:  Year 8 student, Max Hayes (aged 13) and [...]

Gaelic Football

Rory McCormack and Michael Dolan, both of the L4, have won places to represent the Lancashire GAA U14 team in a world Gaelic Football tournament in Ireland.  The ‘Féile Peil na nÓg’ tournament takes place in Cork from Wednesday 29 June to Saturday 2 July.  A total of 30,000 players compete against each other during [...]

New Headmaster

Dear Parents Further to Monsignor Quinlan’s letter of 10 June 2011, I am writing to outline my vision for St Bede’s College. Before I do so I would like to give you a brief résumé of my teaching career and experiences so far.  I joined St Bede’s College in 2001 as the Head of Religion. [...]

Supplementary Exam Available

Last few places available for a Supplementary Exam available for entry in September 2011. Please contact Mrs McGoff, Headmaster’s PA 0161 226 3323 for details.

Ambition to be an Airline Pilot

Seventeen year old James Boyce, from Heywood, is hoping to become the youngest airline pilot in the UK. The Upper Sixth student is currently completing A-levels in Physics, Mathematics and Geography and has already, acquired BTEC qualifications in Aviation Studies, Public Services and Music.  Despite receiving five offers from leading Universities for flying related degrees, [...]