St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool

This article is about the college in Liverpool. For other schools and colleges of the same name, see St Francis Xavier College (disambiguation).
St. Francis Xavier's College
Motto Jesus came that we might have life, "........life in all its fullness." Jn 10:10
Established Thursday 27 October 1842
Type Academy
Religion Roman Catholic
Headteacher Mr J.D Rippon
Chair Mr. H. N. King[1]
Founder Society of Jesus
Location Beaconsfield Road
Woolton

Liverpool
Merseyside
L25 6EG
England
Coordinates: 53°22′58″N 2°52′49″W / 53.382662°N 2.880281°W / 53.382662; -2.880281
Local authority Liverpool City Council
DfE URN 138463 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff 130
Students 1297
Gender Boys, Coeducational in the 6th form
Ages 11–18
Colours Year 7-11
Maroon & Blue          
Year 12-13
Black & Blue          
Publication SFX Extra and Prospectus
Website www.sfx.liverpool.sch.uk

St Francis Xavier's College is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Woolton, Liverpool, England. Year 7 to Year 11 are male only, whereas the Sixth Form (years 12 and 13) are coeducational.

The College is under the trusteeship of the Brothers of Christian Instruction. Their mission is that of their founder, Jean Marie de la Mennais, ‘To make Jesus better known and loved’.

The school is a specialist school for Mathematics and Computing, and was the first school in Liverpool to gain specialist school status in that category.

Origins and History

The college was founded in 1842 in association with Stonyhurst College, Lancashire by the Society of Jesus which is a Roman Catholic religious order.[2]

1842–1843: Soho Street

The college had a rector from 1842 to 1844. It had two pupils.[3]

1843–1845: St. Anne Street

A year later, it had a dozen pupils. Father Francis Lythgoe moved the college to St. Anne Street where it stayed until 1845.[3]

1846–1877: Salisbury Street

In 1844 Father Johnson took over from Father Francis Lythgoe and moved his 24 pupils to the newly opened Presbytery on Salisbury Street. Father Collyns took over the college in 1853.

With more than 50 pupils the rector Father Collyns decided that a new premises was needed. By 1856 the college had its own building built alongside the Presbytery and in 1877 a new college was built on 6 Salisbury Street.[4]

Second College Building

The newest Salisbury Street building was designed by Henry Clutton, a Catholic architect. He used the designs of Father Vaughan as the bases of his designs. The new college was completed in the summer of 1877 and cost £30,000.[4]

Move to Woolton

In 1961 the college was transferred as a grammar school to its present twenty-six acre site at High Lee, Woolton. For many years the Lower School site for Years 7, 8 and 9 was located on Queens Drive in Childwall. Later, the Lower School was re-sited with the Upper School at High Lee. In 1990, the college opted out of local authority control, becoming a grant-maintained school. The college was granted Technology College status from April 1996. In September 1999 it became a Foundation School. In 1992, the college became co-educational in the sixth form and in September 2000 the De La Mennais Sixth Form Centre was opened.

School choir

The choir was formed in 1994 and has performed in front of Pope John Paul II. They have toured Europe and the United States, and gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records for singing at every cathedral in England and Wales.[5]

The school sang on the reworked version of The Farm's 1990 hit "Alltogethernow", remixed by BBC Radio 1's DJ Spoony. The single, which reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart, was the official song for the England football team at the UEFA Euro 2004 competition. It was performed by the choir on Top of the Pops in 2004.[6]

Head Teachers

Headteacher Start year End year
Mr L.D Rippon 2004 Present
Brother Francis Patterson 1979 2004
Brother Robert Power 1974 1979
Father Doyle 19621974
Father Edward James Warner 1953 1961
Father Neylan 19391953
Father Brinkworth 1937 1938
Father Woodlock 19191937
Father J. Sponson 19021919
Father Thomas Poter1870 1902
Father Collyns1853 1870
Father West 1851 1853
Father Johnson 1844 1853
Father Francis Lythgoe 1842 1844

Notable alumni

See also

References

Notes
  1. "Contact Us". St Francis Xavier's College. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  2. "College History". St. Francis Xavier’s College. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  3. 1 2 Heery, Pat; Bewley, Bill (2002). "Chapter 2: The College Premises". The History of St.Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool 1842-2001. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-9535782-1-4.
  4. 1 2 Heery, Pat (2002). "Chapter 2: The College Premises". The History of St. Francis Xavier's College Liverpool 1842 - 2001. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-9535782-1-4.
  5. "Liverpool choir's Number One goal". Liverpool City Council. May 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  6. "Gold disc for Euro anthem choir". BBC. June 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  7. "Family Record". http://www.burkes-peerage.net. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. "The History of Everton Football Club - Dr James Baxter". http://www.efchistory.co.uk. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. "Charles Brabin - Bio". http://connect.in.com/. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. Jones, Catherine (28 June 2008). "Pop star Elvis Costello awarded degree honour". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  11. Gabriel Coury from Catholic Herald Archived October 16, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Grange Hill back for Series no. 27 from Liverpool Echo, 2 February 2004, retrieved 18 December 2014
  13. Heery, Pat (2002). "Chapter 7: The Fr Neylan Years 1939-1953". The History of St. Francis Xavier's College Liverpool 1842 - 2001. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-9535782-1-4.
  14. Sammy Lee from BobPaisley.com, retrieved 18 December 2014
  15. Rampton, James (30 November 1996). "Profile: Jimmy McGovern: TRUTH WILL OUT". The Independent (London). Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  16. Students looking to Ferry elite cup across the Mersey from Liverpool Echo, 14 May 2003, retrieved 18 December 2014
  17. "Edward J. Phelan". The Irish Times.
  18. "Peter Serafinowicz". The Sunday Telegraph. September 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  19. Lamb, Andrew. "Barrett, Thomas Augustine (1863–1928)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, May 2007, accessed 26 May 2012 (subscription required)
  20. In Jesuit Tradition; Felicity Newson on the History of One of Liverpool's Most Famous Schools . . from Liverpool Echo, 15 June 2003, retrieved 18 December 2014
Bibliography
  • Heery, Pat (2002). The History of St. Francis Xavier's College Liverpool 1842 - 2001. Pat Heery. ISBN 978-0-9535782-1-4. 

External links

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