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List Of Schools In Sefton
This is a list of schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in the English county of Merseyside. State-funded schools Primary schools *Ainsdale St John's CE Primary School, Ainsdale *Aintree Davenhill Primary School, Aintree *All Saints RC Primary School, Bootle *Bedford Primary School, Bootle *Birkdale Primary School, Birkdale *Bishop David Sheppard CE Primary School, Southport *Christ Church CE Primary School, Bootle *Churchtown Primary School, Churchtown *English Martyrs RC Primary School, Litherland *Farnborough Road Infant School, Birkdale *Farnborough Road Junior School, Birkdale *Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School, Crosby *Forefield Junior School, Crosby *Freshfield Primary School, Formby *The Grange Primary School, Bootle *Great Crosby RC Primary School, Crosby *Green Park Primary School, Maghull *Hatton Hill Primary School, Litherland *Holy Family RC Primary School, Southport *Holy Rosary RC Primary School, Aintree *Holy Spirit RC Academy, Bootle *Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Sefton
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of West Lancashire Rural District. It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south, and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east, bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east. It is named after Sefton, near Maghull. When the borough was created, a name was sought that would not unduly identify the borough with any of its constituent parts, particularly the former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport. The area had strong links with both the Earl of Sefton and the Earl of Derby, resident of Knowsley Hall, and the adjacent borough was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melling, Merseyside
Melling is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 2,810, rising to 3,493 at the 2011 Census. Melling Rock contains a public house as well as '' St Thomas and the Holy Rood''. The town of Waddicar, of which most of the population of Melling consists, is usually regarded as part of Melling itself and is served by the parish council which is based in the local Melling Primary School. Etymology Historically a part of Lancashire, its name originates from the Anglo-Saxon roots for "the homestead of Maella" (or Malla). Lying close to Liverpool, the area was settled by Maella's family in the 6th century. ''Melling'' may also be derived from the Brittonic ''mę:l'' meaning "bald, bare". The village was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Melinge''. History A 'headless cross' is located in the parish church. During surveys undertaken as part of the construction of the M57 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
Holy Family Catholic High School is a Catholic comprehensive school situated in Thornton, Merseyside, England, catering for mixed pupils aged 11–18. The current intake at the school is 885, of which 156 are aged 16–18 pursuing further education in the school's own sixth form, with student attainment Year 13 above average in 2004, compared with all sixth forms nationally.What OFSTED said in 2005 ''Schools.ik.com'', March 2005 History Holy Family converted from a secondary modern to a comprehensive during the late 1970s, and was formerly known as St Joseph's. The catchment area for pupils during the 1970s and 1980s was predominantly from the nearby towns of Formby, Freshfield and Crosby. This was the nearest RC Hig ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillside High School, Bootle
Hillside High School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school located in Bootle, Merseyside. England. History ''Hillside High School'' was formed in 1972 when Bootle Girls' Grammar School combined with Balliol County Secondary School and was on two sites until 1987 when the new building at Breeze Hill was completed. Since then, facilities have been upgraded regularly. All the Science laboratories have been upgraded. ICT facilities have expanded rapidly and the school has installed a state-of-the-art system of cabling to make the best possible use of the Sefton Learning Grid and broadband access to the worldwide web. In September 2004 Hillside became a designated Specialist Science College and gained redesignation in summer 2008. In September 2005 four new classrooms were opened for the teaching of Geography and RS, the dining hall was extended to provide a suitable centre for the "Healthy School" Initiative, and two existing classrooms were renovated and refurbished t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenbank High School
Greenbank High School is an all-girls secondary academy school located in Hillside, Southport, Merseyside, England. School details Greenbank currently holds The NACE (National Able Children in Education) Challenge Award, Artsmark Gold, British Council International Schools Award, Association of PE and Sport Quality Mark at the highest level, Secondary Geography Quality Mark and Trinity College Arts Award Champion Status. It is situated on the west side of the A565, east of the Royal Birkdale Golf Club and next to Hillside railway station. History Grammar school It was known as High School for Girls, a grammar school A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ..., administered by the County Borough of Southport. It had around 650 girls in the early 1960s, 800 by the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formby High School
Formby High School is an English secondary school with academy status located in the town of Formby, Merseyside. The local primary schools Freshfield, Redgate and Trinity St Peters act as feeder schools to Formby High. History and administration The school was officially opened in November 1938 and was re-opened in 1972 by Margaret Thatcher in her role as Secretary of State for Education and Science. The school suffered with overcrowding in the 1970s, with ten-form entries at the school by 1971, each with over 30 pupils per class, resulting in conditional admissions being considered for 1972. To alleviate pressure, Sefton Education Authority offered temporary classrooms in 1974 which houses 200 students. By that time, the enrollment was 1,560 pupils which was expected to rise to 1,750 by September 1974. A new sixth form block, which was due to start construction around this time was expected to ease capacity constraints. Building work started on a new high school in April 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deyes High School
Deyes High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated in Maghull on the outskirts of Liverpool, England. History The school was opened in March 1939 by Sir Peter Meadon, Lancashire's director of education at a cost of £30,000. The school was later named Maghull Deyes Lane County Secondary School before the reorganisation as a comprehensive school in September 1972. A teaching block was extensively damaged by fire in October 1974. The school's swimming pool opened in January 1976, four months later than originally planned and costing around £200,000. Previously a community school administered by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, in October 2011 Deyes High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Lydiate Learning Trust. Buildings Deyes High School has seven buildings among its grounds; Lydiate, Molyneux, Unsworth, Sefton, Allen, @Deyes building and the Sixth Form Building. The Lydiate Building was the first part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ The King Catholic High School, Southport
Christ the King Catholic High School and 6th Form College, is a large Roman Catholic secondary school located in Birkdale, Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris .... The school was originally built to be temporary, however it is still standing after over fifty years and has approximately 1200 pupils ranging from 11 to 18 years old. CTK is larger than the average secondary school. The proportion of students known to be eligible for free school meals is below the national average and the number of students from minority ethnic groups is higher than the average highschool in the United Kingdom but few students speak English as an additional language. Awards The school has achieved a number of awards including the NAACE Information and Communication Technology (IC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesterfield High School
Chesterfield High School in Crosby, Merseyside, England, officially opened in 1974. The school has an intake of roughly 1,200 students in years 7–11. The school was founded as a comprehensive from Waterloo Park Grammar School for Girls, Haigh Road, and Crosby County Secondary School for Boys, Coronation Road. There were 1,174 pupils upon opening, with a Sixth Form of 162 students, 130 girls and 32 boys. History Planning The school was planned as part of the transition to comprehensive education and anticipated receiving pupils from Waterloo Park Grammar School for girls and Crosby Boys' Secondary School. Within the Crosby region, Chesterfield High School formed phase one of the transition, while significant extensions to what would then be Manor High School would form phase two. Construction Construction on the new school site started in April 1970 with an estimated total cost of £485,000. During construction, the school site suffered an arson attack on 5 June 1971, durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkdale High School, Southport
Birkdale High School is an all-boys secondary school with academy status situated in Southport in North West England. Located close to neighbouring schools Christ the King and Greenbank High School (the equivalent girls' school), Birkdale was originally a co-educational school known as Birkdale Secondary Modern School. The school does not have a sixth form and only takes boys from ages 11–16. Notable former pupils * Jack Bainbridge, footballer for Southport *Matthew Baldwin, professional golfer *Jake Bidwell Jake Brian Bidwell (born 21 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Coventry City. He began his career in the academy at Premier League side Everton and was capped by England at age-group level. Club car ..., footballer for Coventry City * Delial Brewster, former professional footballer * Matthew Hudson, footballer for Preston North End * Kyle Joseph, footballer for Swansea City * Mikey O'Neil, footballer for Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blundellsands
Blundellsands is an area of Crosby in the ceremonial county of Merseyside, England and in the historic county of Lancashire. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, and a Sefton council electoral ward. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 11,514. This area was not measured in the 2011 Census. For current figures see Blundellsands (Ward). Description Blundellsands is an area north to the city of Liverpool and to the west of Crosby with Hightown and Little Crosby to the north, Great Crosby and Thornton to the east and Brighton-le-Sands and Waterloo to the south. The area is served by Blundellsands & Crosby and Hall Road railway stations. Its shoreline, the northern part of Crosby Beach, includes parts of the popular exhibit, '' Another Place'', designed by the sculptor Antony Gormley. Several of the Gormley statues are accessible from the Burbo Bank car park. The area is generally considered to be very affluent with many local celebrities, footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossens
Crossens is the northernmost district of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Historically part of the ancient parish of North Meols and entirely in Lancashire, most of Crossens was transferred to Merseyside on 1 April 1974, when local government boundaries were reorganised nationally. Part of northern Crossens, known as Fiddlers Ferry, is in West Lancashire. Formerly, the village was a detached settlement lying on the western edge of Martin Mere, but after the drainage of the Mere and the expansion of Southport, it had become absorbed into the town's conurbation. History Formerly ''Crossenes'' or ''Crosnes'', meaning a “ness” or headland with a cross. The cross was possibly a guide for shipping or people crossing the Ribble Estuary from Freckleton (near Lytham). A hospice or lodging house was sited in Crossens where travellers could rest after making the crossing. It is also believed to be the point at which 2,000 horsemen from a retreating Royalist force crossed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
