Lord Derby Academy is a

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secondary school. It has an academy status located in

Huyton Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which it f ...

in the

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. Previously known as Knowsley Hey High School, in 2009 the school was merged with Bowring Comprehensive School to form Huyton Sports and Arts Centre for Learning on the site of Knowsley Hey. The school was completely rebuilt under the

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programme. In February 2014 the school converted to academy status and was renamed Lord Derby Academy. The school is part of The Dean Trust which also includes

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in Sale as well as

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and Forest Gate Academy. In 2019 Lord Derby Academy was found to be "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. They disagreed with this, which led to the delayed publication of the Ofsted Report. The report details how the leaders bear an over generous view of the school and how inadequate progress is being made by the pupils, at fault of the teachers.

Notable former pupils

Knowsley Hey School

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, footballer *

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*Jess Molyneux, news reporter for

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* Anthony Walker, school student, murdered in 2005 by a classmate

References

External links

Lord Derby Academy official websiteThe Dean Trust
Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley People educated at Lord Derby Academy {{Merseyside-school-stub