Meeting with representatives of St John's College Southsea (UK)

On December 3, 2012 in the Open World Education Group office there took place a meeting with representatives of St John's College Southsea, Mr Tim Bayley, Deputy Head and Miss Clare Young, Marketing and Development Officer.

St John's College is an independent Catholic day and boarding school in Southsea near Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. St John's College Southsea was founded in 1908 by the De La Salle brothers as a boys' school. It moved to its current site in 1914. During the post-World War II years, under the Education Act 1944, it was one of four direct grant grammar schools in Hampshire. When the scheme was abolished during the 1970s it applied to join the state system but was refused. Instead, the school became independent and has remained so ever since. Following a trend set by many independent boys' schools, girls were admitted into the sixth form in 1971. It did not become fully coeducational until 1996.

St John's is split into two sections, a junior school (with nursery) for children aged between 2 and 11 and an upper (secondary) school for children 11 and upwards. It also has a Sixth Form College for students studying for their A-Levels (or equivalent).

St John's structures its years into a house system. Currently there are four houses: Leo, Edwin, Alan and Damian in the Upper School all named for notable Brothers who have served as Headmaster over the years. The school fosters this system encouraging intra-house activities such as house 5-a-side matches. Points from each of these are tallied and at the end of each academic year a trophy is awarded to the house with the highest score. A similar system exists on the academic side with the Warren Trophy.