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During [[World War 2]], the puils were evacuated from London, with the boys evacuated to a girls school - both sets of pupils shared the facilities for six days a week, and had one day off<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/27/a5190527.shtml</ref>. |
During [[World War 2]], the puils were evacuated from London, with the boys evacuated to a girls school - both sets of pupils shared the facilities for six days a week, and had one day off<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/27/a5190527.shtml</ref>. |
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Post the war, the school became a [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|Grammar School]] |
Post the war, the school became a [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|Grammar School]] under the title the '''Lambeth Inner London Roman Catholic boys grammar''', and in [[1997]] attached a sixth form college and became '''Clapham College''. |
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== Old Xaverians: == |
== Old Xaverians: == |
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Revision as of 14:35, 12 November 2006
Clapham College school for boys, known as the Lambeth Inner London Roman Catholic boys grammar untill 1977, has developed from a small beginning made in the early sixties by St Francis Xavier (SFX), into a leading sixth form college with an influential position among English Catholic colleges.
A centre for the Oxford local examinations, it adjoins Clapham Common in South London. A former Grammar School, it retains its name as a fully encompassing comprehensive school and sixth form college.
Background
The Xaverian Brothers or Congregation of St. Francis Xavier (CFX) are a religious order founded by Theodore James Ryken in Bruges, Belgium in 1839 and named after Saint Francis Xavier. The order is dedicated to Roman Catholic education in the United States.
On returning to Europe in 1837, Ryken had developed a different vision. He wanted to found a missionary institute rather than a congregation that would address the needs of a specific region - through schooling. By 1841, the community had grown beyond the space available in the little house on Ezelstraat, and Ryken, with financial help from a sympathetic banker, purchased a large estate in a neighboring section of Bruges called "Het Walletje ". The Xaverian brothers began to attract candidates from Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, Ireland and France.
In 1848, a colony of brothers went to England to open schools in parishes in Bury and Manchester; and eventually they opened Clapham College.
Past History
Charles Bradley's fourth son was George Granville Bradley, afterwards Dean of Westminster, who was educated at a school kept by a Mr. Elwell on Clapham Common and was afterwards under Pritchard (see below) at Stockwell School and Clapham Grammar School. In 1834 Charles Pritchard, the astronomer, became head master of the Clapham Grammar School, which was founded to give him a free hand in his educational experiments when difficulties with the governing body at Stockwell had caused him to resign his headship of that school. He carried on the Clapham school with a success which is marked by the fact that Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir George Biddell Airy, Sir William Hamilton and Charles Darwin, among others, sent their sons to be educated there. While head master he used to lend his schoolroom for the once celebrated meetings of the Clapham Athenaeum.
During World War 2, the puils were evacuated from London, with the boys evacuated to a girls school - both sets of pupils shared the facilities for six days a week, and had one day off[1].
Post the war, the school became a Grammar School under the title the Lambeth Inner London Roman Catholic boys grammar', and in 1997 attached a sixth form college and became Clapham College.
Old Xaverians:
- Walter Balls-Headley - Gynaecologist
- Charles Efford - journalist, writer of "None of the Above"[2]
- His Eminence Mario Francesco, Cardinal Pompedda
- Bernard Gentry - Leader of the Conservative Group on Lambeth Council. Raised concerns over the renaming of Christams Lights to Winter Lights in 2005[3]
- Sir George Grove - Writer on music
- George Jackson Mivart - Biologist
- Sir Arthur Rücker - Member of the Editorial Committee of Volume 1 of Science Abstracts 1898
- C. P. Scott - Journalist, publisher and politician
- Sir Nicholas Scott PC, JP
- The Most Revd Peter Smith - The current Archbishop of Cardiff[4][5]
- Jim Sweeney - actor and comedian[6]
Pupils Memories:
I went to Clapham College Grammar School, a bit of a dump with the appearance of quality, where I learned a great deal but very little that helps one pass exams. I did quite well in the first two years, ok in the next 2, passing English and Maths in the 4th year, and terribly thereafter, once I discovered that the main thing was to be registered in the morning and afternoon and then one was largely free... but then, to invert a line, which I believe comes from Ursula Le Guin, the teachers didn't know what I was studying. - Lawrence Upton, poet and graphic artist
References
- Parishes: Clapham - A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 36-41. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43028. Date accessed: 30 October 2006
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/27/a5190527.shtml
- ^ http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/robots/04-2342.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4398680.stm
- ^ http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/dioc/biogs/smith.htm
- ^ http://www.catholiceastanglia.org/bishop/index.php?module=article&view=4&MMN_position=66:66
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842132/bio
External Links
- claphamhighstreet.co.uk
- Catholic Encyclopedia-Xaverian Brothers
- SFX Sixth Form
- Clapham Old Xaverians football team
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