Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational 11–16

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

with academy status near Birkenhead Park, in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in England. It was renamed University Academy Birkenhead in 2011 from the merger of Park High School and

Rock Ferry High School Rock Ferry High School was a secondary school located in Rock Ferry, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Wirral, England. History Rock Ferry opened in the 1920s and was a boy's grammar school originally until it became a boys comprehensive school, ...

and was based at the former Park High School site. It was a Grammar School (Park High Grammar School for Girls ) from 1926 to 1971, then went Co Educational in 1971 and was then just called Park High School. University Academy Birkenhead was sponsored by the University of Chester, the University of Liverpool,

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Wirral Metropolitan College Wirral Met College is a Further and Higher Education College situated on the Wirral Peninsula, in the north-west of England. Overview Wirral Met is the largest provider of post 16 learning on the Wirral and is divided into five career-based ...

and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. In April 2015 the school transferred to the control of the BePART Educational Trust, with

as sole sponsor, and took its current name.

Former pupils

Park High Grammar School

* Hilda Ellis Davidson, academic and antiquarian *Sir

Leslie Froggatt Sir Leslie Trevor Froggatt (8 April 1920 – 21 October 2010) was a British-born Australian businessman, who was chairman and CEO of Shell Australia from 1969 to 1980. Early life Froggatt was born in 1920 at Birkenhead in Cheshire, the son of M ...

, chairman of Shell Australia *

Stephen F. Kelly Stephen F. Kelly is an English author and broadcaster, born in Liverpool, England in June 1946 and educated at Park High Grammar School for Boys Birkenhead. He is the author of many books, mostly on football and in particular on Liverpool Footbal ...

, author and broadcaster * Peter Johnson, businessman *

Tom Palin Tom Palin is a British painter. Education Palin grew up in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. He graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, and from the University of Manchester with an MA in Art History. He co ...

, artist *

George Withy George Withy (15 May 1924 – 17 November 1998) was a journalist, member of the Press Council (UK), President of the CIOJ (1975–1976) and the great nephew of Edward Withy. Early life Born in Birkenhead, England, George Withy attended Park High ...

, journalist *

Steve Wilcockson Stephen Anthony (Steve) Wilcockson (b Connah's Quay May 1951) is a British retired Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of Doncaster from 2012 until 31 December 2019. Wilcockson was educated at Birkenhead Park High Grammar School for ...

archdeacon of Doncaster The Archdeacon of Doncaster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Sheffield, responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the six area deaneries: Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, Snaith & Hatfield, Tankersley, W ...

Park High School

* Emma Wray, television actress

Birkenhead Park School

* George Hamilton, Entrepreneur

References

{{Authority control Schools in Birkenhead Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral People educated at Birkenhead Park School