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30-719: Michael Coveney (born 24 July 1948) is a British theatre critic. Coveney was born in London and educated at St Ignatius’ College in Stamford Hill , and Worcester College , Oxford . After graduation, he worked as a script reader for the Royal Court Theatre and from 1972 he contributed theatre reviews to the Financial Times . He was deputy editor (1973–75) and editor (1975–78) of Plays and Players magazine and theatre critic and deputy arts editor of

60-533: A Jesuit secondary school, was opened in Hornchurch , making Loyola Preparatory School a feeder school for both the college and The Campion School. In 2001, trusteeship of Loyola Preparatory School was given to the Diocese of Brentwood . From the early 1950s the school complement averaged about 700 boys. Its longest-serving Headmaster, Fr Guy Brinkworth SJ, retired in 1963. The school remained at Stamford Hill as

90-554: A biography of Ken Campbell , The Great Caper . He has also published a biography of Andrew Lloyd Webber , and a revised edition of his biography of Maggie Smith was published in 2015. St Ignatius%27 College St Ignatius College is a Catholic voluntary aided secondary school for boys aged 11–18 in Enfield, London , England, founded by the Society of Jesus in 1894 and completely moved to its present site by 1987. It

120-723: A contingent of the Combined Cadet Force centred at the CCF hut. The contingent has both an Army Section and a Royal Air Force (RAF) Section. Weekly Section training takes place on Mondays at the college. Cadets also get the chance to attend camps, Field Training Exercises (FTX), Adventurous Training (AT), and courses throughout the UK and occasionally abroad. Courses include flying, parachuting, signalling, catering, physical training instructor (PTI), schoolboy commando course, mountain leader training, and rock climbing. Sports played at

150-469: A diary of a year in the theatre, was withdrawn following complaints of potential libel from Milton Shulman ; although, as reported in The Times of 21 September 1994, Coveney "thought the comments were in the spirit of the book. I rather regret that Milton, of whom I am actually rather fond, didn't take them in that spirit." Most copies of the book had been sold before its withdrawal. In 2011, he published

180-641: A dog in 1894. In 1907 the college was recognised by the Board of Education and began to receive public money towards its support. In 1944, the college's preparatory department became its own private school run by the Jesuits, Loyola Preparatory School. In 1950, Loyola Preparatory School moved to a site in Buckhurst Hill in Essex that was formerly occupied by Braeside School . In 1962, The Campion School ,

210-514: A grammar school until 1968. The school then became a two-tier, seven-form entry comprehensive school , the lower school being located at the old Cardinal Allen School, which had been there for eight years prior to the school moving there, and the upper school located in Turkey Street, Enfield. In 1987, the lower and upper schools amalgamated at Turkey Street, a development made possible by a major building programme, including an extension to

240-456: A proposal to the Minister to cease to maintain a school. This was done in cases where the local authority and school could not agree. Some of these schools became private schools : Direct grant status was abolished at the same time and over 40 such schools, almost all Roman Catholic, converted to voluntary aided status. Many voluntary aided schools converted to grant-maintained status in

270-575: The British and Foreign School Society and the National Society for Promoting Religious Education sought to provide elementary schooling for poor children, setting up non-denominational British Schools and Church of England National schools respectively. From 1833, the State began to provide grants to support these elementary schools and the less wealthy endowed schools. They were joined by

300-494: The Catholic Poor School Committee , which established Roman Catholic elementary schools and received its first state grant in 1847. Secondary education also expanded at the same time, including a series of Roman Catholic secondary schools established by religious orders. The state began to provide elementary education in 1870 and secondary education in 1902, but also continued to increase funding to

330-804: The Financial Times throughout the 1980s. He was theatre critic for The Observer from 1990 until he joined the Daily Mail in 1997, following the death of Jack Tinker . He remained at the Daily Mail until 2004. He was chief critic of the theatre website WhatsOnStage.co until retiring from the role in 2016. He is the author of The Citz , a history of the Citizens Theatre (Nick Hern Books, 1990) and Maggie Smith : A Bright Particular Star ( Victor Gollancz Ltd , 1993). His book The Aisle Is Full of Noises (Nick Hern Books, 1994),

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360-616: The Old Ignatian Association is to serve the interests of the former pupils of the college. They provide spiritual, social, recreational, and sporting facilities so that they may serve the interests of not only the Old Ignatians but also of current pupils. In the early 1960s, they bought a sports ground and built a pavilion built on a site in Woodford . However, in the 1970s the site was compulsorily purchased for

390-677: The Roman Catholic schools and the schools of non-Christian faiths. Almost all voluntary aided primary schools and 93% of voluntary aided secondary schools were linked to a religious body, usually either the Church of England or the Catholic Church, with a minority of other faiths. In November 2012, the interpretation of the Education Act 2011 , which appeared to prioritise the creation of academies over maintained schools,

420-594: The Roselands Centre, housing the Sixth Form. In 2023, school enrolment was 1,107. Michael Blundell became the college's first lay Headmaster when he succeeded Fr Antony Forrester SJ, in 1986. Mr Blundell was, in turn, succeeded as Headmaster by Paul Adams , who retired in the summer of 2007, and was replaced by John-Paul Morrison, who left the post of headmaster in December 2013. Andrew Dickson took over

450-449: The college include: Football , Rugby union , Basketball , Tennis , Cross country running , Cricket , Swimming , and Cycling. The school regularly attends sporting tournaments. The under-11s won a mini-bus for the school at a tournament. The school recently signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur to allow the use of Tottenham's playing fields. Former pupils of the school are commonly referred to as Old Ignatians. The main objective of

480-411: The college magazine, is published yearly and features a selection of highlights from the previous school year. From 2006, there is a yearbook for the outgoing year 11, with an art pupil being asked to produce its front cover. Every Half Term a newsletter , summarising the college's achievements for that half term, is published. It includes a list of merits attained for that half term. The college has

510-611: The construction of the M11 . In 1999, the Old Ignatians purchased a former sports ground in Turkey Street, Enfield, to build a social centre and to provide some new sporting facilities that were not available in the Woodford centre. In 2008, "The Loyola Ground" was opened and is used by the association as well as the school for sporting, social, and many other events. Voluntary aided school Such schools have more autonomy than voluntary controlled schools , which are entirely funded by

540-431: The direct grant schools became direct grant grammar schools . The Act also imposed higher standards on school facilities, and offered the remaining voluntary schools a choice in funding the costs this would incur: The Catholic Church chose to retain control of all of its schools, while more than half of Church of England schools became voluntary controlled. The state contribution to capital works for voluntary aided schools

570-475: The late 1980s, generally reverting to voluntary aided status when grant-maintained status was abolished in 1998. A few formerly independent faith schools that had become grant-maintained in the early 1990s also converted to voluntary aided status at that time. By 2008, within the maintained sector in England, approximately 22% of primary schools and 17% of secondary schools were voluntary aided, including all of

600-522: The main building. The school became grant-maintained in 1993, but returned to Voluntary Aided status in September 1999. In 1998 the school started to build the Octagon which houses a computer suite, chapel and a library. The building work was completed in 2000 and was handed over to the school later that year. Also in 2000, Roselands, previously the residence for the Jesuits, was refurbished. It became

630-740: The post on an interim basis until a replacement for John-Paul Morrison could be found. Kelly took over from Dickson in 2014 and retired from his role in 2016 and was succeeded by Mrs O'Keeffe, the first female headteacher of a Jesuit secondary school in the United Kingdom. In 2019, the college was rated as "Good" by Ofsted . In 2023, the school was one of those identified as having buildings that could be structurally unsound because reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete had been used in their construction. The college aims to assist each individual pupil in his spiritual development. This spiritual development includes retreats as pupils progress through

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660-529: The pupils can reflect on their lives and on their relationships with others and with God. Retreat days take place each year in the Pastoral Centre or outside of the college, for example in the St Cassian's Centre at Kintbury . The school has forms that are named after seven Jesuit martyrs. The St Francis Xavier form was added as commemoration for the college's 125th Anniversary. The Ignatian ,

690-526: The school's land and buildings, although there are instances where VA schools use local authority land and buildings. The foundation appoints a majority of the school governors , who run the school, employ the staff and decide the school's admission arrangements, subject to the national Schools Admissions Code. Specific exemptions from Section 85 of the Equality Act 2010 enables VA faith schools to use faith criteria in prioritising pupils for admission to

720-515: The school. The school motto Ad maiorem Dei gloriam – meaning "For the greater glory of God" – was abbreviated to AMDG and is still customarily appended to students' essays or homework. There are opportunities for pupils regularly to take part in retreats , devised and directed according to their stage at the school, is an essential part of the Jesuit educational ideal. A retreat is a time when, away from their usual environments of home and school,

750-427: The schools run by other organisations (usually the churches), now known as voluntary schools . In return these schools were increasingly influenced by the state, and were subject to jointly administered inspections. In 1926, secondary voluntary schools were required to choose between being "grant-aided" by the local authority, or receiving a "direct grant" from central government. Under the Education Act 1944 , most of

780-517: The schools. Pupils at voluntary aided schools follow the National Curriculum . Like all faith schools, VA faith schools may teach religious education according to their own faith. Prior to the 19th century, there were a variety of schools in England and Wales, from charity schools providing basic education for the poor to endowed schools (often grammar schools ) providing secondary or all-age education. Early in that century,

810-412: The state, with the school's foundation contributing the remaining 10%. Many VA faith schools belong to diocesan maintenance schemes or other types of funding programme to help them to manage those costs. VA schools are not allowed to charge fees to students, although parents are usually encouraged to pay a voluntary contribution towards the schools' maintenance funds. The foundation usually owns

840-482: The state. In some circumstances local authorities can help the governing body in buying a site, or can provide a site or building free of charge. Hong Kong 's education system also has aided ( Chinese : 資助 ) schools. The running costs of voluntary aided schools, like those of other state-maintained schools , are fully paid by central government via the local authority . They differ from other maintained schools in that only 90% of their capital costs are met by

870-590: Was a grammar school until 1968, only accepting boys who had passed the Eleven plus exam . Former students include Alfred Hitchcock , George Martin , and Cardinal John Heenan . The school was founded in Stamford Hill , South Tottenham , London, on 10 September 1894. The college and the Jesuit community were initially accommodated in two houses called Morecombe Lodge and Burleigh House, located on Tottenham High Road , next to St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill . The school originally had only 46 boys, four Jesuits , and

900-510: Was originally 50%. It was increased to 75% by the Education Act 1959 , and is now 90%. By the mid-1970s, under Harold Wilson's second Labour government, most local authorities were in the final stages of reorganising secondary education along comprehensive lines. The Roman Catholic hierarchy supported this change. Some non-Catholic voluntary aided grammar schools opposed it. Local authorities could not compel voluntary aided schools to change any aspect of their admissions, but they could submit

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