Database of Benedictine Schools Worldwide |
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United Kingdom |
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Name and Address of School |
Head of School |
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| Ampleforth College | Fr. Gabriel Everett OSB | ||
| York | |||
| Yorkshire | |||
| GB-YO62 4ER | |||
Phone |
+44 (1439) 766000 | Fax |
+44 (1439) 788330 |
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Web Site |
www.ampleforthcollege.york.sch.uk | ||
Type of School |
Boarding | Co-Ed |
yes |
Number of Students |
505 | Age range |
13-18 |
Male |
499 | Number of teaching Staff |
60 |
Female |
6 | Staff of Religious Order |
12 |
Religious Diversity |
85% Roman Catholic | ||
Ethnic Diversity |
85% British citizens | ||
Address of Head where different from above |
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Phone |
+44 (1439) 766800 | ||
Fax |
+44 (1439) 788330 | ||
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School Statement | |||
| HISTORY Ampleforth College is an English Benedictine Foundation which was founded in 1607 at Dieulouard in Lorraine by English monks who had strong links with the mediaeval Benedictines of Westminster Abbey. After the French Revolution the monastic community was resettled at Ampleforth in 1802 and the present School was started there soon after. The Community is dedicated, first to prayer, and then to religious and charitable works. Ampleforth College and St. Martin's, Ampleforth are the works of St Laurence Education Trust. The other works of the Community include parishes in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, St Benet's Hall in Oxford and pastoral involvement both at Ampleforth and elsewhere. Motto: "Dieu le Ward" CHARACTERISTICS Our aims are: To share with parents in the spiritual, moral and intellectual formation of their sons, in a Christian community with which families may be joined in friendship and prayer for the rest of their lives. To educate boys in the tradition and sacramental life of the Church. Our mission is to encourage each boy towards a joyful, free and self-disciplined life of faith and virtue, ready to listen to the Holy Spirit. To work for excellence in all our endeavours, academic, sporting and cultural. We ask each boy to give of his very best. We ask much of the gifted and we support the weak. Each is taught to appreciate the value of learning and the disinterested pursuit of truth. To help boys to grow up mature and honourable, capable of high ideals and the responsibility of leadership; serving others generously, strong in friendship, loyal and loving towards their families. | |||
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