Christ College, Brecon


Christ College, Brecon is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school, located in the cathedral and market town of Brecon in mid-Wales. It currently caters for pupils aged 7–18 years.

History

Christ College was founded by Royal Charter in 1541 by King Henry VIII.
The school has been ranked in the top three of all UK Independent Schools in terms of "Value for Money" by the Financial Times newspaper. In December 2017, HM's Inspectorate for Education & Training in Wales, Estyn, declared Christ College's performance to be "excellent" across all five inspection areas – the highest grade that can be awarded. In 2017, 96% of GCSE grades were A*-C and 100% of the pupils achieved 5 or more GCSEs at Grade C. At A-Levels, the overall pass rate was at 98% and 83% of results were at A*-C.

Houses

There are seven houses in the school, consisting of two senior boys' boarding houses: Orchard and School; two senior girls' boarding houses: de Winton and Donaldson's, a Co-ed day house St David's and one Lower School house, Alway House, for boys and girls aged 11–13. In September 2014, St Nicholas House opened which welcomes boys and girls aged 7–11.

Cricket ground

The first recorded match held on the college cricket ground came in 1888, when the college played Llandovery. During the West Indies 1991 tour of England the ground was used to host a Limited Overs match against Wales, a young Brian Lara scoring 82. In use for the entire 20th century, the ground was used by Glamorgan for a List A match against the touring Zimbabweans. The Glamorgan Second XI used the college ground for Second Eleven Trophy matches, firstly in 1996 when they played the Somerset Second XI and secondly in 1997 when they played the Hampshire Second XI.

Old Breconians