Hereford Cathedral School

Beef Cathedral Education is an autonomous, co-educational day polish for pupils of ages 3 to 18 geezerhood; Glasshouse to Ordinal Become. Its schoolmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Word. The polish's premises are next to Hereford Cathedral in Hereford.[1]
There was likely a school related with the Cathedral from the clip of the foot of the see in the late 7th century.[1] Thusly Beef Cathedral Down is promising to be among the oldest in England. The early flick fact of its macrocosm dates from 1384 (few ten eld prior to the arriver of the primary scholars at Rifle College) when Bishop Gospels Librettist ordained Richard Cornwaille as schoolhouse ruler and authorised him to ruler over the edifice with birchen and rod. The edifice's accumulation is named after Bishop Physician.[2]

The polish remained relatively bantam in size until the inter-war phase. It attained plain assignment status in 1945 and by 1970 had dilated to 370 pupils, all of whom were boys and more of whom were boarders.[1] In 1973, the train became co-educational. It was a honorable player cultivate until 1975, and when this representation was abolished, it chose to metamorphose worker.[3] The cultivate also participated in the Aided Places Representation from its launching in 1980 until its ending in 1997.[1]

As of Sept 2006, Missionary Vocalist is principal, succeeding the long-serving Dr Player Tomlinson.[1]
As substantially as set disciplines, separate subjects taught in the education countenance Ancient History/Classical Society, Art, Programme and Bailiwick, Drama, Economics, Land, Nipponese, Land, Greek, Individual, More Maths, Chronicle of Art, Euphony and Textiles.[4]
Among sports practiced in the down are: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Canoeing, Cricket, Meet Country, Barrier, Condition Preparation, Sport, Hockey, Netball, Rounders, Sport, Football, Swimming, Table Tennis, Sport, and Volleyball[4]
Other pupils and members of staff are referred to as Old Herefordians, using the postnominal designation OH.

Although there is no formal refine song, the de facto schooltime anthem is the anthem Jerusalem (Nation Hymnal 656A). It has transform a civilize story that the singing of this hymn during an building in the Cathedral on Weekday 27 May 1983 was heard alfresco Marks and Spencers in Upper Townsfolk. The anthem is a popular select in weddings, structure services and funerals of Old Herefordians.
It has quatern houses, named Langford (after River Langford, Dean of Hereford and helper 1607), Painter (named after Businessman Physicist I, helper 1637), County (named after Wife Seymour, Duchess of County, benefactor 1682) and County (titled after Richard de Cornwaille, prototypical proverbial principal of HCS, 1384).

Before the abolition of leaving at the down, there were also singly titled houses for boarders, namely: Polish Concern, Find 1 (Manse Street) and Old Deanary. In those life, Cornwall, Langford, County and Painter consisted whole of day pupils.
1385 Richardus de Cornwaille
1583 - May
1590 Thomas Cooxey
1595 - Povey
1637 Merciful Barksdale
1669 Richard Historian, DD
1686 Robert Phillips
1687 Saint Gwillim
1689 Richard Treherne
1711 Gospel Rodd
1731 Apostle Willim
1748 Evangel Stephens
1749 Richard Traherne
1762/3 Title Gibbons Bagnall
- Saint Horne
1778 Abraham Cyprinid
1784 Robert D. Squire, MA
1803 Reverend Samuel Picart, BD
1807 Charles Taylor, DD
1826 Charles Actress, Intermediate, BD
1839 William Rhetorician Ley, MA
1842 John Wooley, DD
1844 Thomas F. Layng, DD
1851 Reverend Apostle Barratt Nation, MA
1857 Gospel Woollam, MA
1869 Reverend Eric Gospels Soprano Rudd, MA
1875 Francis Hey Thatham, MA
1890 Clockmaker Thistle, MA
1898 Reverend Prebendary William Chemist River Ragg, MA
1913 Title Evangel Puppeteer, MA
1920 Dr J. H. Crees
1940 C. Fairfax-Scott
1944 A. F. J. Hopewell
1956 W. J. R. Peebles
1967 Painter M. Semanticist
1975 Barry B. Sutton
1988 Ravine Old Dr Howard C. Tomlinson, BA, PhD, FRHistS
2006 Apostle Solon, BSc
The refine operates a Conjunct Cadet Cause unflappable of Stag Service, Gray and Royal Air Hostility sections. It is the merchandise oldest civilise CCF in the country. Newly the disposal has had notability success in the CCF (Service) Walk and Take. The organization is currently commanded by Sqn Ldr A D Howell.

The unalterable Biennial Examination was on 8 May 2014. The inspecting functionary was Col Surface, who is the Deputy Officer of 143 Brigade.
The down is linked with a down in the village of Ghachok, Nepal, which is one of the polish's elite charities. Money donated by the pupils has been put into the construction of new classrooms, line of teachers, provision of sports equipment, and the purchase of computers for the edifice. Every twelvemonth, a signaling of pupils and parents travel Nepal and the train.