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Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College is a co-educational fee-charging private boarding school. It opened in 1803 as a boys' school. It is near the village of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England, on the grounds of Benedictine monastery Ampleforth Abbey. The school is in a valley with sports pitches, wooded areas, and lakes. The school has the oldest purpose-built school theatre in the United Kingdom, a dedicated student pub, and its own infirmary. It has received national attention for significant safeguarding failures.
St Laurence Educational Trust and the Ampleforth Abbey Trust are responsible for running Ampleforth College. Boarding fees were £46,740 for the school year 2024/2025.
The college began as a small school for 70 boys founded by Benedictine monks, at Ampleforth Abbey, in 1803.
The Abbey and school were built upon Anne Fairfax's generous donation of land. Fairfax herself had attended the Bar Convent School in York, now known as All Saints. This connection has fostered a lasting partnership between the two schools.
The school formally constituted as a Catholic boarding school in 1900. Various buildings were slowly added, including the school theatre which was built in 1909. The first performances took place in 1910, and in 1922 a cinema projector was acquired, but could not be used until the following year when electric lighting and central heating were installed.
The first boarding houses were founded in 1926 to accommodate the growing pupil numbers. In 1929, the Abbey gained ownership of Gilling Castle and opened a preparatory school. Gilling Castle Prep merged with the college's junior school in 1992 before taking on its current name St Martin's Ampleforth after absorbing another nearby prep school.
In 1998, girls were admitted for the first time when the sixth form became coeducational. The first girls' boarding house, St Aidan's, was opened in 2001, followed by St. Margaret's in 2004 to extend coeducation to the Year 9 intake. The college is now fully coeducational.
Since the Catholic emancipation, Ampleforth gained a reputation as one of several schools, alongside Downside School, The Oratory School and Stonyhurst, popular within the Catholic aristocracy and labelled the "Catholic Eton"; it has been noted, however, that falling academic standards have seen many Catholics turn away from the school.
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Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College is a co-educational fee-charging private boarding school. It opened in 1803 as a boys' school. It is near the village of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England, on the grounds of Benedictine monastery Ampleforth Abbey. The school is in a valley with sports pitches, wooded areas, and lakes. The school has the oldest purpose-built school theatre in the United Kingdom, a dedicated student pub, and its own infirmary. It has received national attention for significant safeguarding failures.
St Laurence Educational Trust and the Ampleforth Abbey Trust are responsible for running Ampleforth College. Boarding fees were £46,740 for the school year 2024/2025.
The college began as a small school for 70 boys founded by Benedictine monks, at Ampleforth Abbey, in 1803.
The Abbey and school were built upon Anne Fairfax's generous donation of land. Fairfax herself had attended the Bar Convent School in York, now known as All Saints. This connection has fostered a lasting partnership between the two schools.
The school formally constituted as a Catholic boarding school in 1900. Various buildings were slowly added, including the school theatre which was built in 1909. The first performances took place in 1910, and in 1922 a cinema projector was acquired, but could not be used until the following year when electric lighting and central heating were installed.
The first boarding houses were founded in 1926 to accommodate the growing pupil numbers. In 1929, the Abbey gained ownership of Gilling Castle and opened a preparatory school. Gilling Castle Prep merged with the college's junior school in 1992 before taking on its current name St Martin's Ampleforth after absorbing another nearby prep school.
In 1998, girls were admitted for the first time when the sixth form became coeducational. The first girls' boarding house, St Aidan's, was opened in 2001, followed by St. Margaret's in 2004 to extend coeducation to the Year 9 intake. The college is now fully coeducational.
Since the Catholic emancipation, Ampleforth gained a reputation as one of several schools, alongside Downside School, The Oratory School and Stonyhurst, popular within the Catholic aristocracy and labelled the "Catholic Eton"; it has been noted, however, that falling academic standards have seen many Catholics turn away from the school.