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Archdeacon Malcolm Evans

Archdeacon Malcolm Evans, entered God’s nearer presence on Sunday, 7 November 2021. Born in England in 1932, Archdeacon Evans trained for the priesthood at Westcott House at the University of Cambridge before being ordained a deacon and priest in 1961. He served in a number of parishes in the Diocese of Niagara and the Diocese […]

Cunningham Room

A light, airy room overlooking the beautiful garden of Old Court, the Cunningham Room is a flexible space.

Home

For more than a century, Westcott House has been serving the Church and wider community by preparing and equipping people for public ministry in the Church of England and Anglican churches around the world.

Independent Students

We welcome inquiries from prospective independent students.

Keep in Touch

We would be extremely interested to hear what you have done since your ordination. Link also needs to go to Alumni News as its going to a placeholder page at the moment.

Pray For Us

In all of this, we treasure your prayer support as we respond to a call to share in God’s work of generosity, justice and transformation, both here in Cambridge and in the wider world.

Principal’s Welcome

Welcome to Westcott House, a place of prayer, learning and hospitality right in the heart of Cambridge.

Sarah Molyneux-Hetherington

Title: Spiritual Abuse and the Church of England: An Exploration of Lived Experience. In this project, I seek to understand the experience of spiritual abuse within the Church of England from the perspective of survivors, through the use of photo-elicitation and semi-structured interviews. I am primarily interested in the following questions: What is the lived […]

Why Westcott?

The founding vision of Westcott House was to serve the Church of England by preparing people for ministry.

Alumni News

We always love to hear from our alumni community. Please send us your news or updates that we can feature on our website.

Knight Room

Originally the old chapel, this room has been sympathetically adapted into a meeting room.

Our Purpose

Westcott House prepares and equips men and women for public ministry in order that they may bear witness to God’s love revealed in Jesus Christ, inspire the renewal of the Church, and participate confidently and imaginatively in God’s mission.

Postgraduate Research

Through partnership with Anglia Ruskin University, Westcott House has a thriving postgraduate research community.

Revd Canon George Warner

We were incredibly saddened to receive news of alumnus Canon George Warner who passed away Sunday, 28 January 2024. A friend and loyal supporter of our work at Westcott, he will be very much missed. Obituary and photograph kindly shared by Mrs Sue Molyneux Warner. George was born in Glasgow in 1936 when his father, […]

Revd David Jones

It was with much sadness that we learned the passing of alumnus Revd David Jones on Wednesday, 30 August 2023. Obituary and photograph by David’s daughter Kate. David Ian Stewart Jones was born in Blackburn in 1934, the son of a young Welsh curate and his Scottish wife. His brother, Nigel, was born in 1935. […]

Revd Sherry Bloomer

It was with great sadness that we learned the passing of alumna Revd Sherry Bloomer on Monday, 6 March 2023. Eulogy is by fellow alumna and friend, Revd Maureen Hobbs. Sherry was born on 11 March 1950 in Chester, the second of two daughters for her parents, Ethne and Arthur Bloomer. She attended a grammar […]

Train for Ministry

We believe that God is at work in the world to reveal his kingdom and that the vocation of the Church, by God’s grace, is to share in that work.

Training Pathways

Westcott House offers a wide range of training and academic pathways to suit students' different learning styles and experience.

Will Rose-Moore

Title: In Crisis? Rupturing and Reconstructing Masculinities and Theologies. This thesis speaks into accelerating cultural conversations around the place of masculinity and its changing status. Offering a theological stance, I argue that the common claim that masculinity is ‘in crisis’ actually reflects the fluctuating nature of masculinities, and perhaps their ongoing rupturing should be welcomed. […]

Alumni Network

We would be extremely interested to hear what you have done since your ordination.

Donate

We are immensely grateful to all our friends, alumni and other generous benefactors who have supported us through the years. With your help we can continue adapting and investing in the ministry of future generations.

Ian Shelton

Title: Deep in the Thicket: The Quest for the Feminised Soul in Contemporary Recontextualizations of St John of the Cross. My research developed out of a recent MA dissertation at Sarum College, Salisbury, where I’d been introduced to a novel hermeneutical interpretation of St John of the Cross’s Dark Night of the Soul as “impasse”, […]

In Memoriam

It is always with much sadness that we receive bereavement news of our alumni and friends of the house. We offer our condolences to their family and honour their lives below.

Integrated Practice

At Westcott, we aim to ensure that our students learn to integrate all aspects of their learning, readily making connections between their daily lives and Christian faith, their academic studies and their placement experiences.

Lambert Room

A comfortable meeting space largely used as a board room for 8 or for small group meetings, this room can also be adapted to accommodate a reception for 25 or seat 16 people theatre style.

Revd Andrew Young

We were deeply saddened to hear the news of alumnus and benefactor of the College, Revd Andrew John Young who passed away Saturday, 15 January 2022. We are much blessed by Andrew’s generous bequest which will enable us to continue training people for ministry for God’s church. Andrew’s brother Peter Young, has kindly shared the […]

Sabbaticals

We welcome people looking for a short or long sabbatical stay in a beautiful theological college in the historic city of Cambridge, living as part of a diverse Christian community.

Who Does What

Find out who does what at Westcott House and explore individual profiles for further information.

Chapel

Our simple, airy chapel can be used to accommodate larger groups of 100 theatre style and we are able to provide projector facilities.

Independent Study

We welcome inquiries from prospective independent students.

Leave a Legacy

Leaving a gift in your will is one of the most precious gifts you can make. Legacies matter and not just financially. The life of the House is a vibrant one, that leaves an indelible mark on those who spend time as part of our community.

Revd Canon Bob Reiss

We were deeply blessed by the friendship that Canon Bob Reiss showed towards Westcott as a loyal supporter of our work in many ways. He is greatly missed. Obituary and photograph submitted by Canon Ian Shelton, a former colleague and friend of Bob. Canon Bob Reiss, who died on 26 January 2023, left Westcott as […]

Work With Us

We are a leading theological college based in the centre of Cambridge, a city renowned for its educational excellence and cultural vibrancy.

Worshipping Together

At Westcott House our life together is anchored in the patterns of prayer and worship that centre on our chapel and permeate everything we do.

Alice Watson

Title: A Liturgical Approach to the Transformation of Birth Trauma. My work explores theologically, trauma experienced in childbirth or in the period surrounding birth. Childbirth trauma is something which is estimated to affect up to a third of people who give birth, and yet it is vastly under-researched, both within the fields of trauma studies […]

Courses and Practicalities

Courses at a glance. You can see the range of courses that our students can take, along with which category of student typically might take them.

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Policies & Safeguarding

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. The following policy and statements comply with new data protection requirements.

Revd Canon Trevor Williams

Revd Canon Trevor Williams trained for ordination at Westcott House in the late 1960s and always had fond memories of his time. He was born in 1938 in Kampala, Uganda, the son of Church Mission Society missionaries, his father serving as Archdeacon. As was the case for many missionary children at that time, he was […]

Rose Hill

Title: Defining and Exploring Disaffiliation in Welsh LGBTQIA+ Anglicans. The objective of this research is to uncover and analyse the voices and experiences of disaffiliating LGBTQIA+ Christians specifically that of Welsh Anglican or Ex-Anglican individuals documenting their experiences of disaffiliation in their words in the form of journals that will be compiled by participants over […]

Stay at Westcott

Westcott House is a charming theological college, located in the heart of the historic city of Cambridge. Its central location makes it perfect for sightseeing and shopping, whilst its beautiful Grade II listed buildings overlooking an Old Courtyard garden.

Access

Many of our buildings are Grade II listed. Please find below information on the accessibility of our buildings and facilities.

Chris Talbot

Title: Trauma Theology and Education in Emergencies – Potentially Mutually Enriching Interactions. Having spent much of my professional life working on education in emergency situations, I am seeking to integrate that experience with aspects of my life as a Christian. There are many potential intersections between the goals of education programming in emergencies and approaches […]

Conferences

Westcott House is an idyllic location in which to host your residential course or conference. We are able to offer simple low-priced accommodation to groups as well as high-class catering facilities.

Contact Us

Find out how to contact Westcott House with information about our Address, Telephone, and Email as well as how to reach us by road, rail or air.

Life at Westcott

Westcott House is a diverse and inclusive community of staff, people training for ordained and lay ministries, independent students, and our students’ partners and families spanning a wide range of ages and backgrounds.

Revd Michael R Jackson MA

Michael Jackson was born in London, but his parents moved to Sutton Coldfield when he was two years old. He attended King Edward VI School in Birmingham, and went on to do his national service in the army. Part of this was spent in Graz, where he had to check vehicles crossing the Austrian border, […]

Accessibility

Learn more about Westcott House and our approach to web accessibility.

Christopher Wood-Archer

Title: A Means of Grace: Human Rhetoric and Divine Agency in Preaching. In preaching, the preacher speaks, the listeners hear, but it is God who acts! Because the preacher is the most accessible part of that process, and because the preacher’s activity is easiest to observe and modify, homiletics has most often addressed what the […]

Our History

Westcott House began its life in 1881 as the Cambridge Clergy Training School whose first president was the then Regius Professor of Divinity and later Bishop of Durham, Brooke Foss Westcott.

Partners & Families

We make sure that partners and families are pastorally and socially supported by other partners and families during a student’s formation at Westcott House.

Wedding Receptions

At Westcott House we believe that each wedding is a unique and individual occasion and we would be delighted to discuss your specific requirements with you. We are an ideal location for smaller weddings of up to 60 guests.

Function Rooms

Our function rooms can be hired at hourly or daily delegate rates, please contact our Events and Accommodation Office for further details

How to Apply

Whether you visit on an Open day or come for an individual visit, we will discern with you how Westcott House might be part of the flourishing of your vocation.

Privacy & Cookies

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Guest Accommodation

During university vacations Westcott House can offer visitors a variety of styles of simple accommodation at competitive prices. We offer guests a chance to sample a taste of traditional college living.

Revd John Russell

We were greatly saddened to receive news of alumnus Revd John Graham Russell who passed away Wednesday, 24 July 2024. Photograph and obituary kindly shared by Martin (John’s son). Nothing in John’s early years seemed to predestine him for the Church. The son of an eminent soil scientist, he graduated from Cambridge with a First […]

Catering

Westcott has an enviable reputation for the high quality of its food and wine. The bright and airy dining hall, overlooking the courtyard, has a seating capacity of 60 guests.

Conferences & Events

Westcott House is an idyllic location in which to host your residential course or conference. We are able to offer simple low-priced accommodation to groups as well as high-class catering facilities.

Rt Revd Mark Santer

The College was extremely saddened to learn of the passing of former Principal, the Rt Revd Mark Santer, on 14 August 2024. We were immensely blessed by Mark’s friendship and the loyal support he demonstrated towards our work in so many ways. He will be deeply missed. Photograph kindly shared by Diederick, Hendrika and Miriam […]

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