St Ignatius' College
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St Ignatius' College is a Catholic
secondary school
for boys, aged 11–18, located in Enfield
, Middlesex
. Formerly a grammar school
, only accepting boys who had passed their Eleven plus exam, its educational philosophy was originally based upon the Jesuit
precept of Ignatius of Loyola
:
Its current Headmaster
is Mr John-Paul Morrison, whose appointment was announced on 22 June 2007, succeeding Mr Paul Adams.
, South Tottenham
, London N.15. on 10 September 1894.
The College and the Jesuit community were initially accommodated in two houses called Morecombe Lodge and Burleigh House, located near Tottenham High Road
. The school originally had only 46 boys, 4 Jesuits
and a dog in 1894. In 1907 the College was recognised by the Board of Education and began to receive public money towards its support.
From the early 1950s the school complement averaged about 700 boys. Its longest serving Headmaster, Fr Guy Brinkworth SJ, retired in 1963. Today the school has about 1,300 pupils. The school remained at Stamford Hill as a grammar school until 1968. The school then became a two-tier, seven-form entry comprehensive school
, the Lower School being located at the old Cardinal Allen School, which had been there for eight years prior to the school moving there, and the Upper School located in Stamford Hill.
In 1987, the Lower and Upper schools amalgamated at Turkey Street, a development made possible by a major building programme. The school became Grant maintained in 1993 but returned to Voluntary Aided
status in September 1999. At the centenary
celebrations in 1994, the newly refurbished chapel was unveiled, and every pupil received a book detailing the history of the school and past teachers. In 1998 the school started to build the 'Octagon' which houses a computer suite and a library. The building work was completed in 2000 and was handed over to the school later that year. Also in 2000, the newly refurbished Roselands centre for the sixth form was opened.
In 2006 the school won a specialist status in Humanities after raising £50,000 through various events held at the school and donations from past pupils.
who had a place of residence there. Also the school built another floor on top of the current technology wing to serve as the "First Line" block, in this extension project a section dedicated to the study of music was built and a new gym, commonly known to students as the "New Gym." In 1987 there was another extension which added several new rooms to the side of the building, one of which is the current staff room. In 1999 a further extension, known as the Octagon was built.
Priest
s. However, as the number of priests in Roselands diminished, the Jesuits no longer saw fit to occupy the Roselands site and sold off the building to the main school. Roselands has now become the place for the Sixth form
to study, however some subjects such as science cannot be taught in Roselands since there is no facility to and, as a consequence, some Sixth Form students have to go to the main building.
" library
. Opened in 1999, it is the most recent extension to the school. On the top floor there is an ICT suite which contains 40 computer
s, as well as various smaller offices dedicated to tasks such as housing the servers
and ICT teachers. On the bottom floor is a library containing a vast array of books primarily for study, but there is a large selection of fiction too. The library and the ICT suite are both open at lunch time for pupils to study in.
– meaning to the greater glory of God – was abbreviated to AMDG and is still customarily appended to students' essays or homework, in much the same way as quod erat demonstrandum
or Q.E.D. was used to sign off the proof of a mathematical theorem.
during May and October, Advent prayer and Stations of the Cross during Lent.
The outgoing college chaplain is: Fr. John Moffatt S.J.
, M.A., M.Theol, who has been succeeded by the Liverpool FC mad Fr Tim Byron S.J.
, M.A. (Hons). Members of the college from various years help with running masses, for both yeargroups and the whole school. These boys are called sacristans, and are headed by the master of ceremonies, an upper 6th former.
They are:
The College offers a sequential programme of Retreats, carefully structured in content and style to address the perennial and changing needs of the pupils as they move through the school.
Members of years 7, 9 and 11, have retreat days each year and these take place in the pastoral centre, a detached property which stands on the College site.
Residential retreats are organised for members of the Second Line, Year 10 and Sixth Form. A variety of centres and formats are used. Most recently, these retreats have been held at St John's Beaumont
, Old Windsor, southwell house, at the Jesuit youth centre in Hampstead
, and at the De La Salle centre at Kintbury
.
At speech day, GCSE
and A-Level certificates are also distributed. Speeches are normally made by the headmaster and the principal guest.
tie, while a normal Sixth form student wears a blue tie.
is the highest honor that a student can receive. Before Easter
, the current college captain and his vice will write up a shortlist on those they believe should take over next year. The Headmaster, who selects the Captain and Vice Captains is not bound by the results of the poll. The Captain and the 2 Vice Captains are announced at the college mass at the end of the Spring Term.
Recently, a new system has been introduced; One college captain, one vice captain and several 'head prefects'.
For the first half term at the College, pupils are placed into mixed ability classes, eg: 1.1, 1.2... etc. Pupils then sit the NFER
test. The test is designed to help teachers predict what kind of grades the pupils will achieve later in their career at the school. This process is commonly known at the school as "Banding", and does not solely rely on the NFER test but also from teacher recommendations. From the beginning of the next half term, pupils are placed into Houses.
The House system is named after 6 Jesuit Martyrs:
Top Band:
Main Band:
Pupils change bands if the Line Master feels that the pupil is not coping or the pupil would be more suited to another band. Students may also change between classes in the same band, usually to break-up troublesome groups of friends. This can take place at any time the line master feels necessary but usually happens around the time of a "Band Review", in which every pupil is re-assessed to make sure that they are progressing well.
, is published yearly and features a selection of highlights from the previous school year. Pictures of art and reports on music and sport in the college are normally included, along with the Headmaster's report. It is produced and edited by members of the Sixth Form. It is customary to ask the Art students to produce a piece of artwork that will become the front cover of the Ignatian. The Deputy Head editor will ask students and other Sixth formers to write articles that can be included into the magazine. The editors will usual complete the magazine in time for before the start of the summer holidays so that when the pupils come back to school in the following year they can get a copy.
The 2006 version is available to read here http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/_files/ignation_proof.pdf
summarising the college's achievements for that half term, is published. It also includes a list of Merits attained for that half term.
Copies are available to view here. http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Newsletters&pid=169http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Old+Newsletters&pid=167
.
The Contingent has both an Army
Section and a Royal Air Force
(RAF) Section. Weekly Section training takes place on a Monday at the College. Cadets also get the chance to attend camps, Field Training Exercises (FTX), Adventurous Training (AT) and courses throughout the UK and occasionally abroad. Courses include flying, parachuting, signalling, catering, physical training instructor (PTI), schoolboy commando course, mountain leader training and rock climbing.
The CCF is administered and supported by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Regular and Reserve Army and Air Force. Trainng is carried out by Permanent Staff Instructors (PSIs) from the college staff and Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) from specialist army Cadet Training Teams (CTT) and RAF Training, Evaluation and Support Teams (TEST).
The school has a prestigious sporting background. The school regularly attends Sporting tournaments all around the UK. One notable achievement from one of the tournaments is the under 11s winning a mini-bus for the school.
The school recently signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur to allow the use of Tottenham's playing fields.
Although having been in existence for many years, the Old Ignatian Association changed dramatically in the early 1960s. Through the efforts of a dedicated and enthusiastic group of Old Ignatians a sports ground was acquired and a pavilion built on a site in Woodford. In the 1970s the proposed motorway, the M11
, caused the association to be subject to a compulsory purchase order and were left without a suitable meeting place for the good part of the 1970s.
In 1999 the Old Ignatians purchased a former sports ground in Turkey Street, Enfield, and planned to build their new headquarters there. Their plans are to re-establish a social centre and to provide some new sporting facilities that were not available in the Woodford centre. Their plan also, is to make sure that the new facilities at the new site not only cater for the sports minded people, but the less so as well. In 2002, after obtaining planning permission for the new pavilion, building began. The now completed pavilion named 'The Loyola Ground' was opened in 2008 and is used by the Association as well as the school for sporting, social and many other events.
(whale bone covered in leather) which was administered on one hand. In serious cases the punishment would be twice six on two hands, but administered on separate days on account of the hand becoming numb. Adding psychological to corporal punishment, offenders were given a week to decide when they would receive their ferula otherwise additional punishment was liable to be added (according to the school rules). Corporal punishment
ended in the early 1990s.
The ferula was usually administered in the current technology wing on the bottom floor.
Two types of ferula or "Tolly" were used - the one mentioned above for the lower school and a longer one for the upper school.
However, if pupils seriously break the College regulations and rules on frequent occasions, the Headmaster and the Board of Governors may wish to exclude a pupil for a set amount of time or to expel the student indefinitely.
Pupils in Top Band take Latin and German (in year 9), and pupils in Main Band take Classical Studies.
. All pupils take Maths, Science (Double Science), English, Religious Education and Physical Education.
Pupils choose from:
* Technology is split into 3 groups; Resistant Materials, Graphic Products, Systems and Control - (Electronics)
course in either Business Studies or Information Systems, or AS/A2 levels. The conditions for taking AS/A2 Levels are:
Pupils can then choose from:
Some years, Music is offered when a sufficient number of pupils of the necessary standard (minimum grade 5 in an instrument and theory) enter the 6th form.
- in 2007, 69.9% of pupils were awarded at least 5 A*-C grades, which is down 3.9% from 2006 but up 3.2% from 2005. The pass rate for Advanced Level exams is similarly high, with 97.9% of exams passed in 2007 (up 1.8% from 2006), of which 39.8% were with A or B grades (up 6% from 2006). http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Exam+Results&sid=19
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
for boys, aged 11–18, located in Enfield
Enfield Town
Enfield Town is the historic town centre of Enfield, formerly in the county of Middlesex and now in the London Borough of Enfield. It is north north-east of Charing Cross...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
. Formerly a grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, only accepting boys who had passed their Eleven plus exam, its educational philosophy was originally based upon the Jesuit
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
precept of Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
:
- Give me the boy and I'll give you the man.
Its current Headmaster
Head teacher
A head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....
is Mr John-Paul Morrison, whose appointment was announced on 22 June 2007, succeeding Mr Paul Adams.
History
The school was founded in Stamford HillStamford Hill
Stamford Hill is a place in the north of the London Borough of Hackney, England, near the border with Haringey. It is home to Europe's largest Hasidic Jewish and Adeni Jewish community.Stamford Hill is NNE of Charing Cross.-History:...
, South Tottenham
Tottenham
Tottenham is an area of the London Borough of Haringey, England, situated north north east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:Tottenham is believed to have been named after Tota, a farmer, whose hamlet was mentioned in the Domesday Book; hence Tota's hamlet became Tottenham...
, London N.15. on 10 September 1894.
The College and the Jesuit community were initially accommodated in two houses called Morecombe Lodge and Burleigh House, located near Tottenham High Road
Tottenham High Road
Tottenham High Road is the main thoroughfare through the district of Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey. It runs from Edmonton in the North to Stamford Hill in the South . It follows, for the whole of its length, the course of the erstwhile Roman Road, Ermine Street...
. The school originally had only 46 boys, 4 Jesuits
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
and a dog in 1894. In 1907 the College was recognised by the Board of Education and began to receive public money towards its support.
From the early 1950s the school complement averaged about 700 boys. Its longest serving Headmaster, Fr Guy Brinkworth SJ, retired in 1963. Today the school has about 1,300 pupils. The school remained at Stamford Hill as a grammar school until 1968. The school then became a two-tier, seven-form entry comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
, the Lower School being located at the old Cardinal Allen School, which had been there for eight years prior to the school moving there, and the Upper School located in Stamford Hill.
In 1987, the Lower and Upper schools amalgamated at Turkey Street, a development made possible by a major building programme. The school became Grant maintained in 1993 but returned to Voluntary Aided
Voluntary aided school
A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school...
status in September 1999. At the centenary
Century
A century is one hundred consecutive years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages .-Start and end in the Gregorian Calendar:...
celebrations in 1994, the newly refurbished chapel was unveiled, and every pupil received a book detailing the history of the school and past teachers. In 1998 the school started to build the 'Octagon' which houses a computer suite and a library. The building work was completed in 2000 and was handed over to the school later that year. Also in 2000, the newly refurbished Roselands centre for the sixth form was opened.
In 2006 the school won a specialist status in Humanities after raising £50,000 through various events held at the school and donations from past pupils.
Main building
Originally built in the early 1970s to alleviate the problems of over crowding at the Stamford Hill and Morecombe Lodge site, the main building of the school has seen improvements made to it such as new extensions. Years 7 to 11 occupy the building. There are 3 floors, each one holding at least 3 departments such as the Art Department or the Maths Department. Originally the school only used 2 floors for years 7 to 11, and the 6th form occupied the 3rd floor. However, overcrowding again became a problem and the school acquired the "Roselands" building from the JesuitsSociety of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
who had a place of residence there. Also the school built another floor on top of the current technology wing to serve as the "First Line" block, in this extension project a section dedicated to the study of music was built and a new gym, commonly known to students as the "New Gym." In 1987 there was another extension which added several new rooms to the side of the building, one of which is the current staff room. In 1999 a further extension, known as the Octagon was built.
Roselands
Roselands was originally built as a place of residence for the JesuitSociety of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
Priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
s. However, as the number of priests in Roselands diminished, the Jesuits no longer saw fit to occupy the Roselands site and sold off the building to the main school. Roselands has now become the place for the Sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
to study, however some subjects such as science cannot be taught in Roselands since there is no facility to and, as a consequence, some Sixth Form students have to go to the main building.
The Octagon
The Octagon is a 2 story octagonal building on the site which houses the computer suite and the "LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
" library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
. Opened in 1999, it is the most recent extension to the school. On the top floor there is an ICT suite which contains 40 computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
s, as well as various smaller offices dedicated to tasks such as housing the servers
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
and ICT teachers. On the bottom floor is a library containing a vast array of books primarily for study, but there is a large selection of fiction too. The library and the ICT suite are both open at lunch time for pupils to study in.
CCF Hut
Where the CCF section training is centred. Used for administration and training of the cadets.Motto
The school motto Ad maiorem Dei gloriamAd maiorem Dei gloriam
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam, also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is the Latin motto of the Society of Jesus, a religious order within the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church...
– meaning to the greater glory of God – was abbreviated to AMDG and is still customarily appended to students' essays or homework, in much the same way as quod erat demonstrandum
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase , which translates as "which was to be demonstrated". The phrase is traditionally placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when what was specified in the enunciation — and in the setting-out —...
or Q.E.D. was used to sign off the proof of a mathematical theorem.
Religious life
The College aims to assist each individual pupil in his spiritual development. The range of opportunities offered at the college increase as pupils progress through the school.Mass
The first formal act of each school day is Mass every morning in the College Chapel before school, when the school day and school community is offered up to God. The whole school meets for Mass at the beginning of each academic year and at the conclusion of each term. All pupils have an opportunity to attend Mass on holy days of obligation and on some other major feasts.Morning Prayers
At the beginning of each day at registration, the whole form class says a prayer from the college diary. This is so pupils are reminded that the work they do is for the Greater Glory of God (AMDG). Other occasions pupils are invited to say the RosaryRosary
The rosary or "garland of roses" is a traditional Catholic devotion. The term denotes the prayer beads used to count the series of prayers that make up the rosary...
during May and October, Advent prayer and Stations of the Cross during Lent.
Chaplaincy Team
Helping in all aspects of religious life is the College Chaplain. The Chaplain often celebrates mass for the school and at special college occasions.The outgoing college chaplain is: Fr. John Moffatt S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, M.A., M.Theol, who has been succeeded by the Liverpool FC mad Fr Tim Byron S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, M.A. (Hons). Members of the college from various years help with running masses, for both yeargroups and the whole school. These boys are called sacristans, and are headed by the master of ceremonies, an upper 6th former.
Chaplaincy Groups
There are 4 groups that members of the Sixth Form can join. These groups help to run spiritual activities and help to celebrate the Mass.They are:
- Arrupe - Arrange Retreats
- Gonzaga - Paired Reading Scheme
- Loyola - Justice and Peace
- Ogilvie - Extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion
Retreat opportunities
The opportunity for pupils regularly to take part in Retreats, devised and directed according to their stage at the school, is an essential part of the Jesuit educational ideal. A Retreat is a time when, away from their usual environments of home and school, the pupils can reflect on their personalities, their relationships with others, and with God.The College offers a sequential programme of Retreats, carefully structured in content and style to address the perennial and changing needs of the pupils as they move through the school.
Members of years 7, 9 and 11, have retreat days each year and these take place in the pastoral centre, a detached property which stands on the College site.
Residential retreats are organised for members of the Second Line, Year 10 and Sixth Form. A variety of centres and formats are used. Most recently, these retreats have been held at St John's Beaumont
Beaumont College
Beaumont College was a Jesuit public school in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England. In 1967 the school closed. The property became a conference centre, and from 2008 an hotel.-History of the estate:...
, Old Windsor, southwell house, at the Jesuit youth centre in Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, and at the De La Salle centre at Kintbury
Kintbury
Kintbury is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England, between the towns of Newbury and Hungerford.-Amenities:In Kintbury there is the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary, Church of England primary school, post office, corner shop, and a butcher...
.
Awards
At the College there are a number of chances to be given an award. Awards are usually given for good behaviour or for exceptional work.- Commendations - A small certificate that says the name of the pupil and how they attained the award.
- Merits - For exceptional work or a big achievement. These are presented in front of the school.
Speech Day
The college has an annual speech day, normally held around the end of November http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=School+Diary&sid=143. At speech day a vast array of prizes are awarded. In years 8 to 11, each class has prizes for general attainment, general effort, religious education, which are awarded based on their achievements in their previous school year. Also, one pupil from each class in years 8 to 11 is awarded the class prize. For the lower sixth form there is a single prize in each subject. There are also 15 college prizes, each of which have their own criteria for winning. The recipients of all of these prizes are determined by the relevant staff.At speech day, GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
and A-Level certificates are also distributed. Speeches are normally made by the headmaster and the principal guest.
Prefecture
When Sixth formers enter the Sixth form they are given a recommendation from their previous head of year if they should become prefects or not. Prefects are appointed by the Headmaster, in consultation with the Head of Sixth Form and his tutorial staff. At the college, a prefect is identified by his maroonMaroon (color)
Maroon is a dark red color.-Etymology:Maroon is derived from French marron .The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.-Maroon :...
tie, while a normal Sixth form student wears a blue tie.
College Captaincy
The title of College CaptainSchool Captain
School Captain is a student appointed or elected to represent the school.This student, usually in the senior year, in their final year of attending that school...
is the highest honor that a student can receive. Before Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
, the current college captain and his vice will write up a shortlist on those they believe should take over next year. The Headmaster, who selects the Captain and Vice Captains is not bound by the results of the poll. The Captain and the 2 Vice Captains are announced at the college mass at the end of the Spring Term.
Recently, a new system has been introduced; One college captain, one vice captain and several 'head prefects'.
House system
At the College there are 6 houses per year, excluding the 6th Form (Year 12).For the first half term at the College, pupils are placed into mixed ability classes, eg: 1.1, 1.2... etc. Pupils then sit the NFER
National Foundation for Educational Research
The National Foundation for Educational Research was founded in 1946 as a centre for educational research and development in England and Wales. NFER's head office is located at 'The Mere' in Slough, Berkshire, England...
test. The test is designed to help teachers predict what kind of grades the pupils will achieve later in their career at the school. This process is commonly known at the school as "Banding", and does not solely rely on the NFER test but also from teacher recommendations. From the beginning of the next half term, pupils are placed into Houses.
The House system is named after 6 Jesuit Martyrs:
Top Band:
- Campion - St Edmund CampionEdmund CampionSaint Edmund Campion, S.J. was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Jesuit priest. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Protestant England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason by a kangaroo court, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn...
SJ, (1539–1581) - Southwell - St Robert Southwell SJ, (1560–1595)
Main Band:
- Arrowsmith - St Edmund ArrowsmithEdmund ArrowsmithSaint Edmund Arrowsmith SJ is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. The main source of information on St Edmund is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death...
SJ, (1585–1628) - Garnet - St Thomas GarnetThomas GarnetSaint Thomas Garnet was a Jesuit priest. He is the protomartyr of Saint Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. He was executed at Tyburn and is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Thomas Garnet's family:Thomas Garnet was born into a prominent family...
SJ, (1575–1608) - Lewis - St David LewisDavid Lewis (martyr)David Lewis was a Catholic priest and martyr. Lewis was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.- Early life :...
SJ, (1616–1679) - Page - Blessed Francis Page SJ, (15?? - 1602)http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?category=Francis+Page&sid=130
Pupils change bands if the Line Master feels that the pupil is not coping or the pupil would be more suited to another band. Students may also change between classes in the same band, usually to break-up troublesome groups of friends. This can take place at any time the line master feels necessary but usually happens around the time of a "Band Review", in which every pupil is re-assessed to make sure that they are progressing well.
The Ignatian
The Ignatian, the college magazineMagazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
, is published yearly and features a selection of highlights from the previous school year. Pictures of art and reports on music and sport in the college are normally included, along with the Headmaster's report. It is produced and edited by members of the Sixth Form. It is customary to ask the Art students to produce a piece of artwork that will become the front cover of the Ignatian. The Deputy Head editor will ask students and other Sixth formers to write articles that can be included into the magazine. The editors will usual complete the magazine in time for before the start of the summer holidays so that when the pupils come back to school in the following year they can get a copy.
The 2006 version is available to read here http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/_files/ignation_proof.pdf
The yearbook
For the first time in the school's history, in 2006, it was decided to produce a yearbook for the outgoing Year 11. Instead of being a soft back publication, the yearbook is a hardback and had a price of £5. Again, a pupil doing art was asked to produce a front cover for the year book.College newsletter
Every Half Term, a newsletterNewsletter
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summarising the college's achievements for that half term, is published. It also includes a list of Merits attained for that half term.
Copies are available to view here. http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Newsletters&pid=169http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Old+Newsletters&pid=167
CCF
The College has a Contingent of the Combined Cadet ForceCombined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
.
The Contingent has both an Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
Section and a Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
(RAF) Section. Weekly Section training takes place on a Monday at the College. Cadets also get the chance to attend camps, Field Training Exercises (FTX), Adventurous Training (AT) and courses throughout the UK and occasionally abroad. Courses include flying, parachuting, signalling, catering, physical training instructor (PTI), schoolboy commando course, mountain leader training and rock climbing.
The CCF is administered and supported by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Regular and Reserve Army and Air Force. Trainng is carried out by Permanent Staff Instructors (PSIs) from the college staff and Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) from specialist army Cadet Training Teams (CTT) and RAF Training, Evaluation and Support Teams (TEST).
Sports
Sports played at the College include:- Football
- Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Cross country runningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
The school has a prestigious sporting background. The school regularly attends Sporting tournaments all around the UK. One notable achievement from one of the tournaments is the under 11s winning a mini-bus for the school.
The school recently signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur to allow the use of Tottenham's playing fields.
Old Ignatian Association
Former pupils of the school are commonly referred to as "Old Ignatians." The main objective of the Old Ignatian Association is to serve the interests of the former pupils of the College. They provide spiritual, social, recreational and sporting facilities so that they may serve the interests of not only the Old Ignatians but, the current pupils at the College.Although having been in existence for many years, the Old Ignatian Association changed dramatically in the early 1960s. Through the efforts of a dedicated and enthusiastic group of Old Ignatians a sports ground was acquired and a pavilion built on a site in Woodford. In the 1970s the proposed motorway, the M11
M11 motorway
The M11 motorway in England is a major road running approximately north from the North Circular Road in South Woodford in north-east London to the A14, north-west of Cambridge.-Route:...
, caused the association to be subject to a compulsory purchase order and were left without a suitable meeting place for the good part of the 1970s.
In 1999 the Old Ignatians purchased a former sports ground in Turkey Street, Enfield, and planned to build their new headquarters there. Their plans are to re-establish a social centre and to provide some new sporting facilities that were not available in the Woodford centre. Their plan also, is to make sure that the new facilities at the new site not only cater for the sports minded people, but the less so as well. In 2002, after obtaining planning permission for the new pavilion, building began. The now completed pavilion named 'The Loyola Ground' was opened in 2008 and is used by the Association as well as the school for sporting, social and many other events.
Old Ignatian Football Club
The Old Ignatian Football Club is open to former and present pupils of the College to play football on Saturday afternoons throughout the season. They run 5 teams plus a vets side on a Sunday so every level of ability is catered for. With the new clubhouse completed the OIFC once again have a place they can call home after many years without a base. They now play their home matches on the main pitch as well as sharing the schools bulls cross pitches at the Loyola Ground on Saturday afternoons. The football club has seen a new generation of players make the transition from the college sides to the Old Boys sides in the last couple of years and hope to attract even more leavers in future years.Discipline
Most Old Ignatians will recall the form of corporal punishment administered at the school. The cane was never used: instead it was the ferulaFerula
Ferula is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 1–4 m tall, with stout, hollow, somewhat succulent stems...
(whale bone covered in leather) which was administered on one hand. In serious cases the punishment would be twice six on two hands, but administered on separate days on account of the hand becoming numb. Adding psychological to corporal punishment, offenders were given a week to decide when they would receive their ferula otherwise additional punishment was liable to be added (according to the school rules). Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable...
ended in the early 1990s.
The ferula was usually administered in the current technology wing on the bottom floor.
Two types of ferula or "Tolly" were used - the one mentioned above for the lower school and a longer one for the upper school.
Discipline today
Nowadays, discipline is in the form of a detention which is 1 hour long and takes place after school with the subject tutor. In extreme circumstances, line masters can issue a pink detention form with requires the pupil to attend a Saturday Detention. For less serious offences, Line masters can give litter duty to the pupils which involves them collecting litter around the school.However, if pupils seriously break the College regulations and rules on frequent occasions, the Headmaster and the Board of Governors may wish to exclude a pupil for a set amount of time or to expel the student indefinitely.
Key Stage 3
At Key Stage 3 Pupils follow the same subjects for years 7-9.Pupils in Top Band take Latin and German (in year 9), and pupils in Main Band take Classical Studies.
Key Stage 4
In Year 9 pupils can choose what subjects they wish to take for their GCSEsGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
. All pupils take Maths, Science (Double Science), English, Religious Education and Physical Education.
Pupils choose from:
| Top Band: | Main Band: |
Key Stage 5
Entry to the 6th form is subject to a satisfactory report from the Year 11 Line Master and an interview with the Head of the 6th form. In the 6th form, pupils again choose what they would like to study. This time there are two routes which they may take. Pupils may take a 1-year BTECBusiness And Technology Education Council (BTEC)
The Business and Technology Education Council is the British body which awards vocational qualifications. Such qualifications are commonly referred to as "BTECs"....
course in either Business Studies or Information Systems, or AS/A2 levels. The conditions for taking AS/A2 Levels are:
- the pupil has gained a minimum of 5 A* to C grades at GCSE level in a suitable combination of subjects.
- a recommendation from the appropriate Head of Department.
Pupils can then choose from:
Some years, Music is offered when a sufficient number of pupils of the necessary standard (minimum grade 5 in an instrument and theory) enter the 6th form.
Notable staff
Michael Blundell became the college's first lay Headmaster when he succeeded Fr Antony Forrester SJ, in 1986. Mr Blundell was in turn succeeded as Headmaster by Mr P Adams, who has retired as of 2007, and has now been replaced by Mr J P Morrision. Mr A M Dickson and Mr J Duffy, are Deputy Headmasters. Brian Duffy was a highly respected Deputy Headmaster for much of Father Forester's Headship. He had formerly been Head of PE. Bernie Cove, formerly Head of PE, is one of the longest serving members of staff having been at the school since 1968.Notable former pupils
See also :Category:Old IgnatiansPerformance
St Ignatius' College has a high pass rate for pupils who take GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
- in 2007, 69.9% of pupils were awarded at least 5 A*-C grades, which is down 3.9% from 2006 but up 3.2% from 2005. The pass rate for Advanced Level exams is similarly high, with 97.9% of exams passed in 2007 (up 1.8% from 2006), of which 39.8% were with A or B grades (up 6% from 2006). http://www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Exam+Results&sid=19