Hope Academy is a
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
secondary school with
academy status located in
Newton-le-Willows in the
English county of
Merseyside
Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wi ...
.
History
St Aelred's Catholic Technology College was a school specialising in Technology located on Birley Street with around 1,300 pupils in 2020.
Newton-le-Willows Community High School was a
community school administered by
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
St Helens Council, also known as St Helens Borough Council, and St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseysi ...
with around 900 pupils.
The two schools merged in September 2011 as Hope Academy, now a joint-faith school sponsored by
Liverpool Hope University
, mottoeng=Hope to all who need it
, established=1844 – Saint Katharine's College (as Warrington Training College)1856 – Notre Dame College (as Our Lady's Training College)1964 – Christ's College1979 – Liverpool Institute of Higher Edu ...
, the
Anglican Diocese of Liverpool
The Diocese of Liverpool is a Church of England diocese based in Liverpool, covering Merseyside north of the River Mersey, part of West Lancashire, part of Wigan in Greater Manchester, Widnes and part of Warrington and in Cheshire (it was orig ...
and the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
The Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool ( la, Archidioecesis Liverpolitana) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the Isle of Man and part of North West England. The episcopal see is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The archdiocese ...
.
The Academy is built on the site of the playing fields on Newton-Le-Willows Community High School, with the existing school later demolished once the Academy opened, and the new Academy's playing field constructed on the site of the old school. The St Aelred's site has since been bought by a developer and around 200 dwellings has erected on half of the land, with the other portion being used as a football field.
Curriculum
Hope Academy offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...
and
BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A-levels and further BTECs.
References
External links
Hope Academy official website
Secondary schools in St Helens, Merseyside
Academies in St Helens, Merseyside
Liverpool Hope University
Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Liverpool
Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool
Newton-le-Willows
2011 establishments in England
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