St. Ambrose College
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| Motto | Vitam impendere vero |
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| Established | 1946 |
| Type |
Christian Brothers' grammar school; Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | James Keulemans |
| Location |
Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham Greater Manchester England Coordinates: 53°22′14″N 2°19′11″W / 53.370533°N 2.319741°W |
| DfE URN | 138134 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | Approximately 950 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Houses | Ignatius, Augustine, Aquinas, Newman |
| Colours | Blue, red, green, yellow |
| Website | www |
St Ambrose College is a Christian Brothers' Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1946. In 2012 the school became an academy, and was completely re-built.
St Ambrose College is an additional member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
St Ambrose College, was founded during the Second World War by a group of evacuee De La Salle Brothers. Arriving in Hale in 1940 from Les Vauxbelets College in Guernsey, the Brothers, and a small group of students soon found suitable accommodation and re-established their school.
Towards the end of June 1940, when the Channel Islands were about to be occupied by the German army, the parents of boys attending Les Vauxbelets College, were asked to decide whether they should allow their sons to be evacuated to Great Britain or keep them at home with all the attendant risks (hunger, forced labour, etc.).
The college was in the charge of the French Province of the Brothers of De La Salle and they had promised that an appropriate number of the community would accompany the evacuees to care for them and to ensure that, as far as possible, their education did not suffer.
Having started with just the boys from Guernsey, in shared accommodation in Hale and keeping the Guernsey name, Les Vauxbelets College, the Brothers acquired a large house in Bowdon as college premises and permission was obtained for the college to accept local boys. The college adopted the name St Ambrose College after Ambrose Moriarty, then the Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury.
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