St John's College (Portsmouth)
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| Crest of St John's College
Per Laborem Ad Honorem
'Through Work to Honour'
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| Grove Road South Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 3QW, England |
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| Coordinates | 50°47′18″N 1°05′09″W / 50.7882°N 1.0858°W |
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| Type | Independent school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | Jean-Baptiste de La Salle |
| Established | 1908 |
| Headmaster | Graham Best |
| Age | 2 to 18 |
| Number of students | 620 |
| Campus | Portsmouth |
| Houses | Alan, Damien, Edwin, Leo |
| Alumni | Anthony Minghella, George Alagiah |
| Website | http://www.stjohnscollege.co.uk/ |
St John's College is an independent Catholic day and boarding school in Southsea, Hampshire, England run by the De La Salle brothers. St John's caters for students between the ages of 2 and 18 aiming towards the national assessments of GCSE at 16 and A-Level at 18. Established in 1908 as an all-male institution, the school now resides at Grove Road South, in Southsea. The school began transition to coeducation in 1996, it is now fully coeducational.
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[edit] Structure
St John's is split into two sections, a junior school (with nursery) for children aged between 2 and 11 and an upper (secondary) school for children 11 and upwards. It also has a Sixth Form College for students studying for their A-Levels (or equivalent). St John's structures its years into a house system. Currently there are four houses: Leo, Edwin, Alan and Damian in the Upper School all named for notable Brothers who have served as Headmaster over the years. The school fosters this system encouraging intra-house activities such as house 5-a-side matches. Points from each of these are tallied and at the end of each academic year a trophy is awarded to the house with the highest score. A similar system exists on the academic side with the Warren Trophy.
[edit] Alumni
St John's ex-students formed the Old Johannian Society in 1919. Currently its members run to around 200. Subscriptions are paid at £10 per annum, which pays for the club's postage and allows for its publications. The association runs several gatherings a year, notably the AGM and Dinner Held on the first Saturday after Easter, and a Golf tournament[1].
[edit] Notable former pupils
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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources cited within this article showing they are notable and alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (February 2012) |
- Film director Anthony Minghella [2]
- The drummer Mike Hugg of the band Manfred Mann's Earth Band[citation needed]
- BBC newsreader George Alagiah [3]
- Former Black Rod Lieutenant General Sir Michael Willcocks
- Lawrence Prittipaul, former Hampshire county cricketer and holder of the highest SJC 20-over batting total
- Tomasz Schafernaker, BBC weather presenter
- Andy Scott, Entrepreneur + Businessman
- Alfie Allen, actor and brother of Lily Allen & son of Keith Allen & Alison Owen
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain football player for Arsenal F.C.
- Steve Foster football player for Portsmouth F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., and England International
- Neil Hamilton, former MP, taught at St John's in the 1970s
- Mike Robinson Noted aviation expert, military historian and author of The Battle of Quatre Bras'
- Notable Pupils Harold , Danny , Gilbert , and that new girl.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "St John's OJA event board". Archived from the original on 2008-03-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080310230629/http://www.stjohnscollege.co.uk/OJA/Page-14899/Page-14931.html. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Telegraph Online: Anthony Minghella". The Daily Telegraph (London). 2008-03-19. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/03/19/db1901.xml. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "BBC Press Office: George Alagiah". http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/georgealagiah.shtml. Retrieved 2006-12-28. backup: http://www.webcitation.org/5Xw7SWb96
