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Salesian School is a split-site Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Chertsey, Surrey. The two sites were originally a pair of single-sex education Roman Catholic private schools maintained by the Salesian Fathers and Sisters. The Salesian College at Highfield Road (previously Salesian Sixth Form), founded in 1919, [1] was for boys ...
Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of central London. It grew up around Chertsey Abbey, founded in AD 666 by St Erkenwald, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in the early 15th century. [2]
Chertsey High School. / 51.382821; -0.493717. Chertsey High School is a co-educational secondary free school located on Chertsey Road in Addlestone, Surrey, England. The school was opened on 6 September 2017, and educates pupils from the age of 11 ("Year 7") to 16 ("Year 11"). [2] [3]
A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco (or Don Bosco), and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative environment. According to promoters, a Salesian school is a home, church, playground, and school where ...
51.397°N 0.584°W. / 51.397; -0.584. The Wentworth Estate is a private estate of large houses set in about 2.7 sq mi (7 km 2) of woodland, in Runnymede, Surrey. It lies on a gently undulating area of coniferous heathland, around 0.75 mi (1.21 km) south west of the centre of Virginia Water. Construction of the estate, known locally as "The ...
Sir William Perkins's School is a private day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Chertsey, Surrey, England. It is situated on 49,000 m 2 of greenbelt land on the outskirts of Chertsey. The school was founded in 1725 and the Good Schools Guide described the school as "a friendly school with very good academic standards - ideal for girls who enjoy ...
Occupation (s) Teacher, Aid Worker. Years active. 1985–1993. Sean Devereux (25 November 1964 – 2 January 1993) was a British Salesian missionary and aid worker assassinated in Kismayo, Somalia in 1993 while working for UNICEF. He has since become an important role model for the aid-working vocation, particularly among Christians.
The history of the Salesian School in Chertsey is actually much richer than available internet sources suggest and any further information about the school's past, particularly a full list of headmasters from 1921, photographs of the old Highfield Road buildings, chapels and information about the order/convent (with the appropriate citation of ...