St John Bosco Arts College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school for girls in

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Admissions

The school caters for girls between the ages of 11 and 19 and the number of girls on roll is 900. 35% of the girls receive

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History

Grammar school

The school was a girls'

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Convent, from the mid-1960s. The neighbouring boys' grammar school was the De la Salle Grammar School, which is now Dixons Croxteth Academy. Other girls' Catholic grammar schools in Liverpool were Convent of Mercy Girls High School,

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status.

Comprehensive

The school became a catholic comprehensive in 1983. The Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco are also known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. It was known as the St John Bosco High School until September 2004 when it became an Arts College. In March 2013 the college became a National Teaching School.

New build

In September 2014 a new state of the art school was opened with a new grey and pink school uniform for all students.

Academic performance

The school gets excellent results at GCSE which were above the national average in 2014 with 100% 5 A-C grades at GCSE and 61% including English and Mathematics.

Notable former pupils

Mary Help of Christians R.C. High School

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St John Bosco High School

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References

External links

School website

Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco

EduBase

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