Private preparatory school in London, England
Diocese | Westminster |
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Website | www.choirschool.com |
Westminster Cathedral Choir School is a boarding and day preparatory school for about 270 boys in the area of Victoria in the City of Westminster. It is one of two Roman Catholic cathedral schools in the United Kingdom, the other being St John's in Cardiff, Wales.
Curriculum
The school curriculum was rated as Excellent in the 2018 inspection. Many past pupils have gained entrance to some of the country's public schools including Eton College, Harrow School, St Paul's School and Westminster School.[1]
Besides music, boys are taught English, maths, science, etc. and are required to learn French. In Year 8, pupils are prepared for the Common Entrance Examination.[2]
Notable former pupils
- Colin Mawby (1936-2019) – conductor, organist, composer
- Michael Berkeley (b. 1948) – composer, broadcaster[3]
- John Landor – conductor
References
- ^ 13+ leavers' destination schools
- ^ Academic
- ^ Moss, Stephen (23 June 2000). "Public man, private passions". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Profile on the ISC website
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- Churches
- St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
- St Casimir, Bethnal Green
- Benson Memorial Church
- Brompton Oratory
- Holy Trinity, Brook Green
- St Mary, Cadogan Street
- Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town
- Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic, Camden
- Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea
- Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea
- Our Lady of Grace and St Edward, Chiswick
- St Peter, Clerkenwell
- St Etheldreda, Ely Place
- Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Fulham
- St Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham
- St Andrew Bobola, Hammersmith
- St Augustine, Hammersmith
- St Theodore, Hampton
- St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington
- Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow
- Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Heston
- St Joseph, Highgate
- St Monica, Hoxton
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington
- Our Lady of Victories, Kensington
- Sacred Heart, Kilburn
- St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth
- St Anselm and St Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields
- Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane
- St Mary Moorfields
- Mary Immaculate and St Peter, New Barnet
- Notre Dame de France
- St Monica, Palmer's Green
- St Alban and St Stephen, St Albans
- St Patrick, Soho Square
- St Anselm, Southall
- St James, Spanish Place
- St Ignatius, Stamford Hill
- St Mary and St Michael, Stepney
- Sacred Heart, Teddington
- English Martyrs, Tower Hill
- St James, Twickenham
- St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham
- Holy Rood, Watford
- St Mary Magdalen, Whetstone
- St Edmund of Canterbury, Whitton
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- Schools
- Our Lady of Lourdes School, Arnos Grove
- Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington
- All Saints Catholic College, North Kensington
- St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School
- Bishop Douglass Catholic School
- Cardinal Pole Catholic School
- Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
- The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Greenford
- The Douay Martyrs School
- St Augustine's Priory, Ealing
- St Benedict's School, Ealing
- Finchley Catholic High School
- Gumley House Convent School
- Gunnersbury Boys' School
- John F Kennedy Catholic School
- The John Henry Newman School
- La Sainte Union Catholic School
- London Oratory School
- Loreto College, St Albans
- Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School
- Mount House School
- Newman Catholic College
- Nicholas Breakspear School
- Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill
- Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith
- Sacred Heart Language College
- St Anthony's School, Hampstead
- St Aloysius' College, Highgate
- St Angela's Ursuline School
- St Anne's Catholic High School
- St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
- St Dominic's Sixth Form College
- St George's Catholic School
- St Gregory's Catholic Science College
- St Ignatius College, Enfield
- St James' Catholic High School, Colindale
- St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth
- St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford
- St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow
- St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
- St Michael's Catholic High School
- St Columba's College, St Albans
- St Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames
- St Richard Reynolds Catholic College
- Salvatorian College
- St Thomas More Language College
- St Catherine's School, Twickenham
- St Edmund's College, Ware
- Westminster Cathedral Choir School
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green
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