Education

Georgia Bell, a former pupil at St Mary's Primary School, Chiswick; Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith; and Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School will be competing in the 1500m event for Team GB at this year's Olympic Games in Paris. Her talent for running was noticed at a young age when her nursery teacher wrote in her first school report 'Georgia is very good at running!' She joined Ealing, South... Read More

The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton recognised the active faith and service of a significant number of young people across 12 diocesan Catholic schools earlier this month, with Bishop Richard Moth presenting 132 Faith in Action Awards to students during celebrations held at Arundel Cathedral, Sussex, and Christ the Prince of Peace Church in Weybridge, Surrey. The Faith in Action Award - supporte... Read More

Primary school pupils in Coventry wowed a 100-strong crowd with a top-quality performance of a beloved childhood tale during the last week of term. Year 6 children at Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, took to the stage at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, where many of them will head in September, to impress parents, visitors and former pupils with a... Read More

A charity leader who has dedicated her career to tackling poverty in the UK and abroad has been awarded an honorary degree from Liverpool Hope University. Christine Allen, the Executive Director of CAFOD, has received the University's highest honour in recognition of her distinguished career in international development. Christine, who has led the international development charity since 2019, was ... Read More

As the Paris Olympics get closer, pupils at a Coventry school have delivered a trophy-laden end to the season after impressing with their maths and athletics skills. Pupils at Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, came out on top in the Coventry Catholic Schools Athletics meeting at the University of Warwick, beating 18 other city primary schools. A group of 1... Read More

At Rye Saint Antony School in Oxford, a splinter of what is believed to be from the True Cross has been found. The relic was found during a clean-out of the premises of Rye St Antony as they are set to merge with another school, Rye Headington School. While clearing the site of the school, a very old and dog eared envelope was discovered inside of a safe. This envelope was then delivered to Fran W... Read More

Margaret Beaufort Institute offers a range of degrees including MA, PhD, and DProf, with specializations such as Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy, Christian Spirituality East and West, Contemporary Ethics, and Contemporary Faith and Belief in the Global Context. Here are some key features of our programmes: Lectures are conducted online via Zoom, allowing you to participate in engaging discussions fro... Read More

Bishop Marcus Stock, Chair of the Catholic Education Service (CES), has written to diocesan schools commissions informing them that Friday 24 January will be the launch day for schools to mark the year of Jubilee in 2025. On that date, Catholic schools and colleges can come together to celebrate the launch of the Jubilee. They are also encouraged to make a 'Jubilee Pledge', for the common good, to... Read More

Stonyhurst has announce a record set of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme results. Pupils achieved an impressive average of 35 points, with 25% achieving 40 points or more (acknowledged as equivalent to 4A* grades at A-Level) and 40% achieving 36 points or more, well above the international average of 30 points for Diploma candidates. The cohort of 49 pupils was the schools largest to ... Read More

St Bonaventure's School, an Outstanding secondary school in Newham, proudly announces that three students have been honoured at the 2024 Brentwood Catholic Schools Citizenship Awards in St Helen's Cathedral by Bishop Alan Williams, Bishop of Brentwood. The three students from different year groups have been recognised for displaying outstanding awareness of good citizenship and contributions to th... Read More

In new analysis published by Times Higher Education (THE), St Mary's University, Twickenham (SMU) has been rated in the top ten nationally for Student Satisfaction. The University also tied first in London in the THE analysis of this year's National Student Survey (NSS). SMU continued its outstanding performance in the 2024 NSS, which was published earlier in the week. The NSS surveys graduating s... Read More

As we come to the end of this academic year, first and foremost, I would like to thank everyone who is reading this message for being there and being part of the Margaret Beaufort Institute community. Special thanks to all those who contributed to our synodal listening process last Autumn and responded to the online survey. We have now produced a new five-year strategy which I invite you to view... Read More

Cardinal Vincent Nichols joined Nicholas Breakspear School (NBS) at a Mass held at St Albans Cathedral last Thursday, to celebrate the school's 60th anniversary. In his homily, Cardinal Nichols encouraged the students and staff at the St Albans school to not be afraid in their doubts and in their opinions and to continue to uphold the school's motto Per Tuas Semitas by living 'In Thy Ways' of Ch... Read More

A memorial garden created in memory of a pupil has been officially opened during a primary school's 50th anniversary celebrations. Daniel Rigley was eight years old when he passed away in 2021, after being diagnosed with leukaemia when he was 39 months old. Pupils and staff at St Thomas' Catholic Voluntary Academy, where Daniel was a pupil, raised over £6,000 to create the memorial eco-garden at ... Read More