At a time when single-sex, faith-based education is under threat from intrusive government policies and aggressive secularism, The Campion School’s proud history of educating boys in the Catholic faith, instilling a strong sense of moral purpose and responsibility, is both refreshing and inspiring.
The school, in Hornchurch, Essex, was established in 1962 by the Society of Jesus in response to the 1944 Education Act, which introduced free and compulsory education for all children in England and Wales up to the age of 15. However, it was soon handed over to lay leadership, and by the late 1980s, it no longer had a Jesuit priest on its staff.
