Headteacher Welcome

NsoWelcome to St Ignatius College

As Headteacher, it is a pleasure to welcome you to our website which I hope will give you a flavour of life here at St Ignatius College.

First and foremost, our goal is academic excellence and intellectual formation. We believe that with the right support, all students can achieve and they do. We are all boys at KS3 and KS4 and our boys achieve exceptionally well, significantly better than boys locally or nationally.  With a mixed thriving and highly successful Sixth Form, we believe that we have the best of both worlds.

Our students are believed in and cared for: they are known and valued as individuals.  Human flourishing is at the core of our Catholic, Jesuit philosophy of education.  Each individual student is supported to develop fully: academically, socially, emotionally, culturally and spiritually. Our goal is for our students to have the qualifications, confidence, skills and clear sense of self to fulfil their ambitions, live full lives and to go into the world and make it a better place.

Partnership with our parents is fundamental to all we do. We foster strong, open, honest, mutually supportive relationships and welcome and expect parents to be involved in all aspects of school life. We are outward looking and work closely with many other organisations, both locally and nationally.

The social, economic and cultural diversity of our community enriches us.  We are a Catholic, Jesuit school but in addition to Catholics, our students and staff belong to other faiths and other Christian traditions, and we encourage all of them to play a full part in the spiritual life of the school and to gain a deeper understanding of their faith. We have a wide catchment and are oversubscribed but you don’t need to be Catholic to attend this school.  

I warmly invite you and encourage you to visit to witness for yourselves life at St Ignatius College.

Natasha Socrates
Headteacher 

 

Latest Tweets

@st_ignatius Oct - 6
The Word of the Week is boycott, an act of voluntary abstention from a product, person, organisation  The Person of the Week is Dr Paul Stephenson who organised the Bristol bus boycott and was instrumental in bringing about the Race Relations Act in 1965 
@st_ignatius Oct - 3
Year 12 were delighted to have Jermaine Clarke for our Ambition Programme this morning, giving them an insight in to different pathways into architecture and construction. We are grateful he volunteered his time to help inform our students' career choices  
@st_ignatius Oct - 3
We currently have 2 opportunities to join the team at St Ignatius College. Please take a look at our website to see if this is the right place for you- the rest of your career might start here!  buff.ly/ItlS4Fu
@st_ignatius Oct - 2
With Year 7 Open Evening just behind us, we are already looking ahead to our Sixth Form Open Evening in January. This summer 85% of our students were accepted by their FIRST CHOICE UNIVERSITY. Visit us and see if St Ignatius College could work for you too  
@st_ignatius Oct - 1
Today, on what would have been his 14th Birthday, we remember our fellow pupil and friend, Josiah Bennett. May he rest in peace. 🕊️
@st_ignatius Sep - 30
We were delighted to welcome even more prospective pupils and families to our Open Morning today. The Headteacher led the tours personally, guiding visitors through the school, into lessons, and answering a wide range of questions about school life.  
@st_ignatius Sep - 29
The Word of the Week is animal welfare, the physical health, mental well-being, and behavioural fulfilment of an animal   The Person of the Week is Dr Samantha Gaines who specialises in the effects of kennelling on the welfare of working dogs 
@st_ignatius Sep - 26
Today's speaker was Jadesola Egunlae who spoke about her experiences in Investment Banking and using internships to boost your CV and employability. She was very inspirational to many of our students and we are very grateful for her giving up her time.  
@st_ignatius Sep - 24
We were very happy to welcome over 500 people to our Open Evening last week. If you weren't able to make it and would like to visit us, there are still a small number of places left for our Open Mornings next week. YOU MUST BOOK:  buff.ly/RvNMRh2
@st_ignatius Sep - 22
The Word of the Week is polyglot, a person who knows and speaks several languages   The Person of the Week is Romelu Lukaku who as well as having a successful football career is also a famous polyglot. It's cited that he speaks between 6-8 different languages!
@st_ignatius Sep - 18
Calling all Old Ignatians! We invite you to catch up with old faces and to tour the school in it's current state before the School Rebuilding Programme gets started. Further details will follow but get this in your diary now before December gets booked up!  
@st_ignatius Sep - 18
Christopher Brolly SJ, a much loved former teacher will be ordained as a deacon on 20th September at 3pm UK time at St Ignatius Church, Boston College USA You can watch the Mass live via  buff.ly/ge1ReCn We send him many congratulations and hold him in our prayers