Boys from St Boniface, St Denys and Old Vic boarding houses took a trip to Bath to see their Academy team face the London Wasps. It was a cold night, but once inside the Recreation Ground Stadium the boys took their seats and settled in for the game.

ST BONIFACE owes its inception, in 1860, to the then energetic Vicar of Warminster, the Reverend James Erasmus Phillips MA. For the first eleven years, it was known as The Warminster Mission House. The name was changed to St Boniface as a result of a leaden seal being dug up in a Warminster garden bearing the name of Pope Boniface IX.

In 1866, the Rev Phillips stated that the seven common faults amongst the students were: Grumbling - Temper - Thoughtlessness - Selfishness - Over Anxiety - Indolence - Self-will.

Throughout its existence as a Theological College, St Boniface prepared many missionaries for their future work in all parts of the world. It is now fitting that, since it became part of Warminster School in 1969 as a Senior boys' boarding house, the role is reversed with many overseas students coming here to study.

It had a reputation of being a caring place with mutual respect and trust between its occupants. It is our aim to develop this respect and maturity so that our pupils can be well prepared for their future. In 1943, J W Tomlin, former Principal of the College, wrote of St Boniface that, even if it should be called upon to fulfill a slightly different role in the future, it may well be that "the latter glory of the house shall be greater than the former".

‘That is our challenge’

House Staff

Housemaster	Mr J Bonnell
Resident Assistant Housestaff	Mr H Searle
	Mr J Secher
Matron	Mrs J Porteous
Head of House	Pavel Stupin
Deputy Head of House	Frank Osei-Opoku

Members of the Teaching Staff are on duty in the House in the evenings and at weekends.

My wife and I, with our Matron, Jan Porteous have run the boarding house for over ten years. In that time we have improved the facilities within the House whilst not losing sight of the most important aspect of the House, the boys and their pastoral care and development. We hope to guide the boys in our care in such a way that they come out as well rounded, personally confident and competent young men who can move forward into the world, be it to academic institutions, or the world of work.

Jonathan Bonnell

Tel: 01985-210137Fax: 01985-210167

e-mail: stboniface@warminsterschool.org.uk