Nsikan Obong-Essien, from Nigeria, is one of seven students from St Bede’s College in Manchester to have been offered Oxbridge places this year. The seventeen year old student arrived in the UK just over sixteen months ago to take up a place in the Sixth Form. He has just secured a place at Churchill [...]
Well done to all our winners September Andrea Drogan £50 Keiran O’Flynn £25 C.Drogan £20 October B.Finnerty £50 Declan McGoff £25 Pete Loader £20 November Keiran O’Flynn £50 Anne Marie Morrisey £25 Sandra McLean £20 December Wendy Morrow £50 G.Feeney £25 Joan Silcock £20 if you would like to know more about the 900 club go to [...]
St Bede’s College staged a Christmas Fantasia on the evening of Tuesday 14 December and held the annual Carol Service for L5 to U6 at English Martyrs Church on Wednesday afternoon. The Carol Service was a very prayerful occasion, celebrated by Fr Dearman, with Benediction, readings, community carols and those sung by the choir. The parish church of [...]
LIFE and the EARTH: interlocking histories by Prof. Aubrey Manning 13th December 7:30pm Academic Hall St Bede’s College Geology Society hosted a wonderful lecture given by Professor Aubrey Manning. In this year’s lecture we heard the fascinating story of the unique interactions between our planet and the origins and evolution of life from very early [...]
Isabelle and Maria have been selected for the U14 England Rounders squad. Declan and Harvey have been selected to represent Cheshire U15 rugby. Sean and Paul have been selected for Greater Manchester U15 Rugby Tom, Harvey and Sean represented Lancashire at the All Britain Under 17 Gaelic Football Final 2010 and won. They will be representing Britain at the Intercontinental [...]
Twelve St Bede’s Sixth Formers were at Eastlands on Saturday 4 December to help collect money for the Manchester City Charity Appeal 2010-11. The charities represented can be found by following the link below. Manchester City Charities We were delighted to be able to help in this way. For further information about the charities supported, [...]
The Sir Rhys Davies Schools Mock Trial Competition Congratulation to the St Bede’s team, who finished 4th, particularly to Harriet Brook, who won the MEN Court Reporter award (for the second year in succession). The competition is organised annually by barristers in Manchester, and takes place in the Crown Courts in Minshull Street. Schools provide [...]
On Sunday 28 November, Christy O’Brien’s team of three runners from Sale Harriers became national U13s road relay champions. This is a magnificent achievement. Christy went on to win the National Cross Country Championships. This is the first time Sale Harriers have done “the double”. Congratulations Christy.
The St Bede’s Literary and Philosophical Society was delighted to be given a unique insight into the world of Counter Terrorism by Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Porter QPM, LLB. Tony is the head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit and he gave a talk to the students about “A Terrorist in a Town near [...]
Two old Bedians and former servicemen who had fought for their Country in World War Two returned to St Bede’s College to take part in its annual Armistice Day Service on Thursday November 11 at 11am in the College Memorial Chapel. Tom Webster (Captain Tom Webster who served in the Royal Corps Signal Squad in [...]