Stanley High School is a

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located in the

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Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish ...

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Merse ...

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. It opened in 1952, with 300 pupils, and was named after

Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, (21 April 1918 – 28 November 1994), styled Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948, was a British peer, landowner and businessman. Background and education The eldest son of Lord Stanley and the Hon. Sibyl ...

. The school became a designated specialist

Sports College Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist schools programme, Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdo ...

in 2003, but in 2012 was renamed Stanley High School to celebrate the school's 60th anniversary. In 2016 the school was judged Inadequate by

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and therefore became an

academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

in 2017. The school's academy sponsor is Southport Learning Trust. The school was rated Good following an Ofsted inspection in February 2020.

Dates and results of full inspections

* 1996, outcome unstated * 2002, "improving and increasingly successful" * 2007, Satisfactory * 2010, Satisfactory * 2012, Requires Improvement * 2014, Requires Improvement * 2016, Inadequate * 2020, Good

Notable former pupils

Lee Mack Lee Gordon McKillop (born 4 August 1968), known by his stage name Lee Mack, is an English comedian, actor, podcaster and presenter. He is known for his quick wit, writing and starring in the sitcom ''Not Going Out'', being a team captain on the ...

, Actor/Comedian *

Joanne Nicholas Joanne Nicholas ( née Wright, born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom. She attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College ("KGV"), all in Southport, Merseyside. Wright ...

, Badminton player *

Marcus Wareing Marcus Wareing (born 29 June 1970) is an English celebrity chef who is currently Chef-Owner of the one-Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus (formerly Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley) in Knightsbridge. Since 2014, Wareing has been a judge on '' Maste ...

, Chef *

Toby Savin Toby Savin (born 4 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Accrington Stanley. Career Savin joined Accrington Stanley in 2017, after being in the youth academies at Southport, Wigan Athletic, Evert ...

, Footballer for Accrington Stanley *

Craig Blundell Frost* are an English neo-progressive rock supergroup, formed in 2004 by Jem Godfrey and members of Arena, Kino, and IQ. Frost* released their first studio album, '' Milliontown'', in 2006, before splitting up. In 2008, Godfrey reformed Fro ...

, World renowned Drummer for Steven Wilson, Matt Berry, Steve Hackett (Genesis)

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