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St Edward’s:

150 Years

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Chapter 2 / Wardens

Programme as a choice for Sixth Formers – the first cohort

sat their exams in the summer of 2010. A great deal of

research was done by many members of the Common

Room before it was introduced as this was not a change to

be made lightly. The views of universities were sought and

departments considered what teaching the IB would mean

for them. The departments concerned had to send teachers

for training, and then the IB was launched. It is true to say

that teaching in the School has been enriched by many

aspects of the IB, such as the Extended Essay – a long essay

requiring independent research on a topic of the pupil’s

choosing. To provide similar opportunities for independent

learning for those taking A Level the Extended Project (also

a long essay and requiring a presentation at its end) was

introduced into the School in 2008, and it is now taken by all

those choosing A Level.

Music, drama and sport all flourished during Andrew

Trotman’s time. When he left numbers in the School had

risen to the record level of 653 – a very dramatic change from

Simeon’s starting point in Summertown with 63 pupils.

STEPHEN CHARLES ION JONES (b.1959),

WARDEN 2011–

Stephen Jones was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, Sussex,

and Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire, and then Durham

University – though his education clearly did not stop at

undergraduate level with his first-class degree in Philosophy

from Durham. He continued by obtaining a first-class degree

in Mathematics from the Open University, then an MSc in

Mathematics, and an MLitt in

Philosophy. He has taught

Mathematics throughout his

career in a number of schools.

He was Head of Mathematics

at Berkhamsted School in

Hertfordshire and a Housemaster

at Radley. He became Headmaster

of Dover College in 2004 and

was appointed as Warden of St

Edward’s in 2011.

ANDREW TROTMAN (b.1954),

WARDEN 2004–11

Andrew Trotman came to St Edward’s having been Headmaster

of St Peter’s, York. He was educated at Alleynes Grammar

School and Balliol College, Oxford. His brother had taught

English at St Edward’s for several years. When Warden Trotman

first arrived, he set himself to find out how things worked at

all levels: for example, to experience what it was like to be a

Shell, he shadowed one for a day.

The North Wall, with its innovative foyer exhibition space

and remarkable theatre, came to fruition as the 12th Warden

arrived; it was designed by Haworth Tompkins Architects.

The first School production was a magical

Midsummer Night’s

Dream

with a notable performance as Puck by Sebastian

de Souza, only a Shell at the time. Beneath the building still

lies the listed indoor swimming pool with its mosaics. There

were other important additions to the School buildings during

Andrew Trotman’s time, in particular a new sports pavilion

of architectural note, and the Life Sciences Building. The

Martyrs Pavilion was finished in 2009, the only John Pawson

building in Oxford, crisp and spare in its Modernist style,

raised on a mound and set at a slight angle to the nearby third

Cricket Pavilion (an Art Deco structure, which was beautifully

restored in 2010). The Life Sciences Building, designed by

TSH Architects, houses Biology and Sports Science and

opened in 2008. It is an airy and ordered building to work in,

with a central core inspired by biological cell structures and

resulting in sweeping curves between rooms on each floor.

This curvaceous core is in contrast to the rectilinear building in

which it is housed. On the second floor is a greenhouse area

for plants that can be seen when approaching the building

from the Quad. As you would expect with rooms named after

luminaries such as Attenborough, Krebs and Dawkins, the

building has innovatory aspects to its design regarding the

environment, such as photovoltaic panels providing electricity

for computers.

A major and dramatic change to the School at this time

was the introduction of the International Baccalaureate

Above: Mike Stanfield (G, 1955–60), Chairman of the Board of Governors, with the artist James

Hart Dyke and his portrait of AndrewTrotman, 2011. The work is now hanging in the Old Library

alongside those of all the otherWardens (except, as yet, Stephen Jones).The artist was chosen by

MI6 to produce a series of works to mark its centenary in 2011 – an unprecedented project. One

of the works was shown in the opening sequence of the James Bond film

Skyfall

.

Bottom left: The Martyrs Pavilion, completed 2009. A new

cricket pavilion designed by John Pawson, raised above the

pitches and in a spare, Modernist stylewith a glass curtainwall

fronting it. It is a good venue for special events.

Bottom right: Warden Stephen Jones, 2011.

Above:TheOgston Building, opened in 2008 as the Life

Sciences Building. This matches the rest of the School

in its use of red brick but is light and airy inside and

efficient due to its state-of-the-art systems for lighting

and heating.

Above: Common Room 2004.

Back row (left to right): P. Kitovitz, S. Arnold,

R.Murray,P.Lloyd-Jones,N.Kennell,P.Loyrette,C.Bagnall,V.Abigail,D.Perkins,

R. Hegarty, S. Roche, E. Hunt, M. Boswell, J. Clapham, D. Corran.

Fifth row standing (left to right): D. Drake-Brockman, N. Williams, R. Howitt,

S.Bartholomew,J.Wiggins,J.Dowman,E.Arnold,K.Williams,B.Pyper,B.Goad,

R. Clitherow, G. Damiani, M. Taylor, N. Creed.

Fourth row standing (left to right): P. Jolley, J. Baker, N. Quartley, C. Baggs,

N.Coram-Wright,C.Bittner,M.Hiner,P.Middleton,H.Jones,J.Boyd,A.Wright,

T. Copeland, D. Moore, R. Fletcher, D. Turner.

Third row standing (left to right): D. Cundy, A. Davis, N. Eddy, N. Hunter,

J.Gidney,R.Pleming,L.Maycock,C.Schofield,J.Lambe,M.Lauder,L.Faulkner,

F. White, J. Tucker, M. Hanslip, T. Greaves, R. Anderson.

Second row standing (left to right): T. Ryan, S. Sutton, M. Mercer, G. Nagle,

S. Sephton, D. Gibbon, P. Silverwood, P. Rand, N. Grimshaw, E. Olive, M. Sellen,

O. Bunce, L. Rowlands, M. Cornes, G. Watlins.

First row standing (left to right): J. Wright, R.McA. Hughes, C. Wratten,

C.Downer,M.Taft,L.Hillier,E.Ballesteros,L.VerelaAlonso,V.Gasston,L.Baddeley.

Seated (left to right): C. Stewart-Jones, J. Young, A. Kerr-Dineen, D. Wippell,

S.Kerr-Dineen,T.James,WardenTrotman,S.WithersGreen,A.Brooks,I.Rowley,

T. Edge, S. Greaves, J. Potter.

Absent: F. Kirk.