St Margaret's Church of England Academy is a
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) ...
for boys (with a mixed sixth form) in
Aigburth, Liverpool
Aigburth () is a suburb of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Garston, Mossley Hill, and Toxteth.
Etymology
The name Aigburth comes from Old Norse ''eik'' and ''berg'', meaning ''oak-tree hill''. T ...
, England.
[ ] It is frequently shortened to SMA.
Admissions
The school accepts 160 boys per year, and girls are accepted in years 12 and 13. St Margaret's Sixth Form is part of the Faiths Partnership with fellow member schools
St Hilda's Church of England High School
St Hilda's Church of England High School is a secondary school with a sixth form, located in Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, England. As of 2022-23, The school has been Co-educational since 2015. St Hilda’s spent many years as an all gir ...
,
Archbishop Blanch School
Archbishop Blanch School is a Church of England secondary school for girls located in Liverpool, England. The school is named after Baron Stuart Blanch who was Bishop of Liverpool from 1966 to 1975, and Archbishop of York from 1975 to 1983.
I ...
and
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College is an all-girls secondary school and a coeducational sixth form located on Windermere Terrace in Liverpool. It is a Roman Catholic school, and has academy status.
Admissions
It is a Catholic girls' school. It i ...
.
The school is on Aigburth Road (A561) just north of
Aigburth railway station
Aigburth railway station serves the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Southport–Hunts Cross route of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system.
History
The station, originally called ''Mersey Road & ...
in Aigburth, just east of
Otterspool. It is next to the
Church of St Anne, Aigburth
The Church of St Anne is in Aigburth Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese o ...
(C of E) which is the local parish covering the school.
History
The school was founded by Alderman William Preston, one time Mayor of Liverpool, and the Vicar of St. Margaret's,
Anfield
Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892. ...
, Reverend John Sheepshanks. The school opened in 1879 by the parish dignitary and MP for West
Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool in the historic county of Lancashire and the ceremonial county of Merseyside.
Toxteth is located to the south of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Aigburth, Canning, Dingle, and Edge Hill.
The area w ...
, Mr TB Royden. The school's first Headmaster was Mr E Crossley and an early teacher and benefactor was Mrs Gertrude Langton.
The school began as a Higher Grade School and after the 1918 Education Act, St Margaret's was recognised as a Central School with a selective intake based on a competitive examination. After the
Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 (7 and 8 Geo 6 c. 31) made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the "Butler Act" after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler. Historians ...
, the school was restyled St. Margaret's Church of England School and during the 1950s courses leading to the GCE 'O' Level and 'A' Level examinations were established. In 1963 the school moved from Anfield to Aigburth. In the 1970s it had around 550 boys. In 1980 it was enlarged to a four-form entry school for students from 11 to 18 years of age. This was the year that the school had their first intake of girl students.
St Margaret's is a
Church of England
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High School and was awarded Technology College status in 1997, and Specialist Language College status in 2008. The school increased its intake to five-form entry in September 1998. In September 2015 the school again increased its intake to six-form entry.
Academic performance
In 2019, the school's Progress 8 measure for
GCSE
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 ...
was average.
Attainment 8 score was above average.
The proportion of children achieving Maths and English GCSEs was considerably above average.
The proportion of children entering the
English Baccalaureate
The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is a school performance indicator in England linked to the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results. It measures students' attainment by calculating an average score from specified subject grades. ...
was considerably lower than average.
The average A level grade was C+, in line with the England average, and the average A level points score was 32, below the England average of 24.
Attainment 8 score was above average.
As of 2022, the school's most recent inspection judgement from
Ofsted
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was that the school requires improvement. in 2020, the report from ofsted was good and was confirmed by a short inspection in 2018.
Notable former pupils
*
Gary Ablett, footballer
*
Billy Ashcroft
Billy Ashcroft (born 1 October 1952) is an English retired footballer who played both as a central defender and as a forward. He made his League debut for Middlesbrough on 3 September 1977 in a 2–1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion, after having p ...
, footballer
*
Kenneth Hesketh
Kenneth Hesketh (born 20 July 1968) is a British composer of contemporary classical music in numerous genres including dance, orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo. He has also composed music for wind and brass bands as well as seasonal music for ...
, composer
*
Paul Horton
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Early life
Born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Austra ...
,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
cricketer
*
Elliot Morley
Elliot Anthony Morley (born 6 July 1952) is a British former Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by ''The D ...
, Labour MP from 1997 to 2010 for
Scunthorpe
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and from 1987 to 1997 for
Glanford and Scunthorpe
*
Mark Ramsden
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, musician, writer, composer
*
Norman Sheil
Norman Leslie Sheil (22 October 1932 – 25 October 2018) was a racing cyclist who won world pursuit championships for Britain in 1955 and 1958 and rode the Tour de France in 1960. He became national coach of the British Cycling Federation an ...
, cyclist (Anfield site)
*
Stephen Tall (politician)
Stephen Joseph Tall (born 19 March 1977 in Epsom, Surrey) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the City of Oxford, England. From 2007 to 2015, Tall was one of the editors of ''Liberal Democrat Voice'', first as the Editor at Large and then as Co-Ed ...
*
Bill Tidy
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, cartoonist (at the Anfield site)
*
Simon Jones, bass player, songwriter and musician in The Verve
*
Bob Scott, footballer
*
Dean Sullivan
Dean Sullivan (born 7 June 1955) is an English actor and director, best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'' (19862003).
Early life
Sullivan was born in Liverpool on 7 June 1955. He graduated from Lancaster ...
, actor, best known for his role as Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside
References
External links
School's official websiteStreets of CultureEduBase
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Boys' schools in Merseyside
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1879 establishments in England
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