In celebration of our 425th anniversary year, the College launched a series of lectures on topics surrounding our great history and tradition. 

Lower Grammarians enjoyed a morning off timetable recently to participate in the LG Careers Fest. 

The potential medical students in Poetry have been attending a number of sessions throughout the year organized by Mrs Anderton, the College’s Careers Advisor, in order to prepare them for making strong, competitive medical school applications.

A rich and varied range of topics were presented by Rhetoricians concluding their Extended Project Qualifications last week. They ranged from the academic to the practical, from ancient to modern, and candidates showed a tremendous level of engagement with and understanding of their chosen subject matter. Topics included: Should euthanasia be legalised? Should we have …

Around 30 pupils, representing all playrooms, gathered in Southwell classroom in order to take part in the Persons essay competition. 

Rhetoric A Level Business students recently spent a excellent afternoon at Graham and Brown Ltd’s Shuttleworth Mead distribution centre in Padiham learning about their global-commerce operation, gaining some great material for their A Level business essays along the way.

On Tuesday, the Careers Department were delighted to welcome Mark Huntington from ‘A Star Future’ together with Naomi Eustace from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. 

Huge congratulations to our first cohort of IBCP students, who have all passed their first business examinations as part of the course.

Figures pupils from St Mary’s Hall have been working on a unit of work that reflects the bravery and service of the soldiers found in the Stonyhurst War Record.

Once again our Poets were inspired by a morning trip to the UCAS exhibition in Manchester, an annual trip for Poets that really kick-starts the university research process.

This term has seen another busy calendar of visiting speakers for the Politics, PAST and Senior Essay Societies, coming to broaden our pupils’ horizons and engage them on a fascinating range of topics.

For the first time, Stonyhurst pupils competed in this Europe-wide Latin and Classics competition, which tests translation, comprehension, grammar, and knowledge of mythology, history and culture.

There was keen interest in the National Apprenticeship Week stand on the Lower Gallery

Stonyhurst’s Lower Line mathematicians have enjoyed their most successful year ever in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge, with ten pupils achieving a gold award.  Our Head of Maths, Mr Rawkins, writes:

Congratulations to the Higher Line pupils who excelled in the British Biology Olympiad, which challenges and stimulates students from around the world with an interest in biology to expand and extend their talents!

Just before the half term break, fourteen keen linguists from Lower Grammar visited Manchester Metropolitan University, where they attended a languages enrichment event.

GCSE History students recently attended The Doctors Show at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, a drama presentation about the history of medicine since c.1000AD. 

Higher Line students of Spanish not one but two wonderful evenings recently, savouring some of the flavours of Spain, through dishes they learned to cook for themselves.

Dr Quigley, who organized the trip takes up the story…

In the words of Matisse, “drawing is putting a line around an idea,” and this is what Grammar GCSE art pupils did on their recent trip to The Sea Life Centre in Blackpool.

The Syntax Pre-IB German class participated in the yearly writing and video competition by the German Academic Exchange Service (in cooperation with the Institute of Modern Language Research).

Mrs Kate Wright, Head of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Politics, writes: This term, the focus of teaching and learning has been stretch and challenge.  Teachers have been raising discussion and sharing best practice on topics such as differentiated learning outcomes, questioning and the use of assistive software.  Stretch and challenge has also been …

Mrs Rushworth, Head of Computer Science, writes: On Thursday, all our Lower Grammar pupils took part in a Computer Science day, which I am pleased to say was our best yet. LG used Hungarian dance to demonstrate sorting algorithms with Mr McGarvey, built bridges out of paper and sellotape with Mr Curran to test their resilience, took …

We were delighted to welcome a team of six external careers advisers from Cambridge Occupational Analysts to the College on Thursday last week.  Syntaxians received feedback on their Preview Careers Programme which was taken last term.  The interviews were very well received and we hope the information contained in the reports will prove to open …

Many congratulations to Toby who has already received three offers to read Medicine at university next year, including an offer from Downing College, Cambridge.  Imperial College London has also offered Toby an undergraduate President’s Scholarship, their most prestigious award. To support his application, Toby carried out a considerable number of observations of medical procedures, observing the …

  OUTSTANDING ‘VALUE ADDED’ SCORES AT STONYHURST COLLEGE STONYHURST RANKED #1 IN LANCASHIRE FOR ‘VALUE ADDED’ AT A LEVEL VALUE ADDED IS THE PRIMARY GOVERNMENT MEASURE OF PUPIL PROGRESS STONYHURST’S A LEVEL ‘VALUE ADDED’ SCORE HIGHER THAN SEDBERGH, AMPLEFORTH, WORTH, DOWNSIDE, RUGBY, GIGGLESWICK, ROSSALL   On Thursday 24 January the Government published its results and …

Start is an online careers platform, designed to connect 11-18 year-olds with their future career potential, and we are delighted to announce the launch of Start Profile (previously known as U-Explore) with our pupils. We were pleased to welcome the company CEO – and Stonyhurst parent – Mr Andy Pickles to the College at the start …

We were delighted to welcome back Dr Guy Sutton to Stonyhurst College for our annual ‘Brain Day’ event.  Dr Sutton provided a series of inspiring and informative neuroscience lectures throughout the day for Poets studying biology and psychology. In the morning we were joined by our visitors from Colegio Seminario in Uruguay for a lecture …

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FOUNDING PRINCIPAL Start Date – September 2019 School Opening – September 2020   INTRODUCTION TO STONYHURST COLLEGE UNITED KINGDOM Stonyhurst College is the UK’s leading co-educational Catholic boarding and day school, with over 425 years of history, set in a magnificent grade I listed building. The College has a long history of nurturing men and …

Saturday Rugby vs Giggleswick 1st XV Draw 12 – 12 U17 XV Won 31 – 5 U15 XV Won 34 – 5 U14XV Won 50 – 5   Wednesday Rugby Semi Final Lancashire Cup vs Lancaster RGS 1st XV Lost 18 – 0 Rugby Round 3 Nat West Cup vs Wirral GS U15 XV  Lost 29 …

Portrait Miniatures of Mary, Queen of Scots  c.1578 and mid-18th century Mary, Queen of Scots was born on the 8th of December, 1542. Stonyhurst Collections care for a remarkable group of objects related to her, including her Book of Hours and a thorn from the Crown of Thorns given to her on her marriage to …

This exciting day is specifically designed for Higher Line Biology students and it was a fantastic event.  We heard some of the best scientists who are working at the cutting edge of their specialisms and also had the opportunity to attend two sessions from a specialist Biology examiner, giving hints and tips to help improve exam …

Last week Irene, Jason, Annabel and Clint  represented the College in the North West Area final of the senior maths team challenge at Lancaster University. They finished a creditable 8th out of a large field of schools from across the Northwest. The UK Maths Challenge took place earlier this month. The results represented a very pleasing …

The Bayley room was the venue for the majority of our individual Oxford, Cambridge and Medic mock interviews which took place during the week commencing 12th November. All were given individual feedback and advice on steps they should take to improve further. On Monday, Physics candidates were put through their paces by Mr David Lewis. …

Connie in Lower Grammar has been selected for the U15 Lancashire Girls cricket team. Connie also represented Lancashire last year whilst she was at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall. Well done Connie!

We asked our foreign language assistants to introduce themselves: “Bonjour. My name is Domitille. I am coming from Bordeaux in the South-West of  France – for those who do not know: French region very famous for its beautiful landscapes with huge vineyards, popular and tasty wines, culinary specialities, and rugby. I am currently, since last …

As part of the 2020 Medical Society programme a group of 22 potential medical applicants from Poetry welcomed Mr Jonathan Bailey from the Nottingham University Medical School. They enjoyed a most interesting presentation on ‘How best to prepare for applying to health related courses’ and ‘Making a more competitive application’ Pupils left well informed and …

The Languages Faculty is delighted to announce that a new Twitter account has been created with the following objectives: – Provide additional information, sources and ideas to aid students’ studies in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Latin (Classics) – Expose students to additional authentic resources to further enhance their linguistic and intercultural knowledge – Keep students AND …

Last Saturday, Higher Line students braved a rainy Liverpool to attend the youth part of the Adoremus National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage. The event was organised by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and was attended by hundreds of young people from across the country. The students were treated to a mixture of …

GCSE Results Joy for Stonyhurst Students Pupils from Stonyhurst College have every reason to celebrate with 57% of results being awarded in the new top band of Grade 9 – 7, equivalent to A*-A in the former system.  These results are the best on record for Stonyhurst. The Chemistry department is especially delighted that 90% of students achieved …

Pupils from Stonyhurst College are celebrating A-level success with 36% of all entries achieving an A* or A grade and 61% achieving A*- B.

This year we had 18 pupils attending our Preparation for IB Week, including a mix of UK and EU, day and boarding, current and new pupils.

As LG completed the unit on Judaism for Religious Studies GCSE they gathered together in Claver to partake in a Seder meal and to revise some of what they have been learning about together in an interactive way.

What a fantastic showcase our students and staff put together for Great Academies this year! As always, the Mass was poignant and emotional, particularly for our Rhetoricians and their families. The Rhetoric boys raised the roof at the end of Mass with a sterling singing performance, which was praised by Fr Provincial. This year the …

On Saturday evening, Higher Line took advantage of the stunning weather to continue the Royal Wedding celebrations by holding a party on the Cricket Flats as the sun went down. Lancashire at its most beautiful best.  

Our lower line girls’ house celebrated the Royal Wedding all day!

Before joining the rest of the school to watch the Royal Wedding on Saturday, Lower Grammar celebrated with cake in their Religious Studies lesson that morning, whilst learning about Jewish weddings.

On Wednesday (23 May) eight Grammar Computer Science students visited Oxford University for Women in Computer Science day.