Men & Women For Others
Stonyhurst is a school where pupils have a vast array of opportunities that are both educational and character forming, developing well-rounded individuals who make a positive impact on the world around them
Imagine an education unlike anywhere else, where the links to the past are as strong as they are in creating bright futures, by shaping young people as confident, caring, global citizens through a broad curriculum, vast co-curricular opportunities and teaching based on values.
Stonyhurst is that place. The only school in the county to feature in the renowned Tatler Schools Guide, pupils aged three to 18 years from all over the world, experience all that the school has to offer in terms of academia, sports, performing arts and charitable endeavours, while developing crucial life skills and lifelong friendships. Boarders in particular thrive in a seven-day-a-week home-from-home, benefitting greatly from living with their peers and learning about cultures different to their own.
Parents and children alike value the strong family identity of Stonyhurst, from the Pre-Prep at Hodder House, which is celebrating 20 years in 2024, through to the Prep School at St Mary’s Hall, which prolongs childhood by providing a much cherished ‘middle school’ option by going up to Year 8, allowing children a more positive transition to more senior education.
At the College, a wide range of learning styles and interests continue to be catered for, with A levels, the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the Cambridge Technical in Business and Sport. This is alongside a comprehensive co-curricular provision, with exceptional facilities such as the tennis dome, observatory, swimming pool and dance studio, allowing new passions to be discovered and existing ones to flourish. Many of these activities take place on the school’s beautiful, 1,000-acre campus in the Ribble Valley – a setting that has inspired many minds over the last two centuries, including novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Parity is ensured across the board in terms of opportunities, with a real girls’ sporting culture continuing to go from strength to strength, with recent Sixth Form leavers representing England at international tournaments in rugby and cricket. The school also sees regular annual success in a range of other sports, including hockey and tennis, which is led by former professional and previous LTA Performance Coach of the Year winner, David Shaw.
Stonyhurst College is also home to the oldest museum in the English-speaking world, housing a fascinating collection of over 100,000 historic books and artefacts, dating back to the school’s origins in St Omer, France, in 1593. The museum and historic libraries are used regularly by all year groups to bring the curriculum to life, with topical exhibitions also held each year for members of the public and visiting schools. This recently included celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio and in 2024 exploring issues surrounding the changing natural world, with pupil research and curation shaping this exhibition.
Indeed, it is just one of many opportunities for pupils to get involved in the working aspect of the school, which is encouraged through the traditions of being the oldest continually active Jesuit school in the world. The values of the Jesuit Pupil Profile are woven into all areas of school life, centred on formation of the whole person, and creating ‘men and women for others’ – knowledgeable, compassionate and well-rounded individuals who strive to make a positive impact on their communities throughout their time at Stonyhurst and beyond.
Stonyhurst
Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9PZ
01254 827073
admissions@stonyhurst.ac.uk
stonyhurst.ac.uk
