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, England. Year 7 to Year 11 are male only, whereas the Sixth Form (years 12 and 13) are
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. Their mission is that of their founder, Jean Marie de la Mennais, "To make Jesus better known and loved". The school is a
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, and was the first school in Liverpool to gain specialist school status in that category.


Origins and history

The college was founded in 1842 in association with
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by the
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which is a
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.


1842–1843: ''Soho Street''

The college had a
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from 1842 to 1844. It had two pupils. {{cite book , last1= Heery , first1= Pat , last2= Bewley , first2= Bill , title= The History of St. Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool 1842–2001 , url= http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails-The+History+of+St.Francis+Xaviers+College+Liverpool+18422001+-9780953578214.html , year= 2002 , isbn= 978-0-9535782-1-4 , page= 30 , chapter= Chapter 2: The College Premises , access-date= 2009-01-25 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928023910/http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails-The+History+of+St.Francis+Xaviers+College+Liverpool+18422001+-9780953578214.html , archive-date= 2011-09-28 , url-status= dead


1843–1845: ''St. Anne Street''

A year later, it had a dozen pupils. Father Francis Lythgoe moved the college to St. Anne Street where it stayed until 1845.


1846–1877: ''Salisbury Street''

In 1844 Father Johnson took over from Father Francis Lythgoe and moved his 24 pupils to the newly opened Presbytery on Salisbury Street. Father Collyns took over the college in 1853. With more than 50 pupils the
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Father Collyns decided that a new premises was needed. By 1856 the college had its own building built alongside the Presbytery and in 1877 a new college was built on 6 Salisbury Street. {{cite book , last= Heery , first= Pat , title= The History of St. Francis Xavier's College Liverpool 1842 - 2001 , url= http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails-The+History+of+St.Francis+Xaviers+College+Liverpool+18422001+-9780953578214.html , year= 2002 , isbn= 978-0-9535782-1-4 , page= 32 , chapter= Chapter 2: The College Premises , access-date= 2009-01-25 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928023910/http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails-The+History+of+St.Francis+Xaviers+College+Liverpool+18422001+-9780953578214.html , archive-date= 2011-09-28 , url-status= dead


''Second college building''

The newest Salisbury Street building was designed by
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. He used the designs of Father Vaughan as the bases of his designs. The new college was completed in the summer of 1877 and cost £30,000.


Move to Woolton

In 1961 the college was transferred as a
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to its present twenty-six-acre site at High Lee,
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. From 1984 to 1990 the Lower School site for Years 7, 8 and 9 was located on Queens Drive (Formerly Cardinal Newman RC) in Wavertree L15. Later, the Lower School was re-sited with the Upper School at High Lee. In 1990, the college opted out of local authority control, becoming a
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. The college was granted Technology College status from April 1996. In September 1999 it became a
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. In 1992, the college became co-educational in the sixth form and in September 2000 the De La Mennais Sixth Form Centre was opened.


School choir

The choir was formed in 1994 and has performed in front of
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. They have toured Europe and the United States, and gained a place in the
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for singing at every
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in England and Wales. The school sang on the reworked version of The Farm's 1990 hit " Alltogethernow",
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ed by
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. The single, which reached number 10 in the
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, was the official song for the England football team at the
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competition. It was performed by the choir on ''
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'' in 2004.


Head Teachers

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Notable alumni

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James Clement Baxter James Clement Baxter (1 July 185727 January 1928) was an English politician and football club chairman, and doctor of medicine. Baxter represented the Liberal Party on Liverpool City Council between the years of 1906 and 1920 and was the chai ...
– Liberal politician and former chairman of
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*
Piaras Béaslaí Piaras Béaslaí (; 15 February 1881 – 22 June 1965) was an Irish author, playwright, biographer and translator, who was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, fought in the Easter Rising and served as a member of Dáil Éireann. Early ...
(Percy Beazley) – Irish revolutionary and writer *
Charles Brabin Charles Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was a British-American film director. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York City in the early 1900s and, while hold ...
– American film director *
Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...
– musician, singer, and songwriter *
Denis Cosgrove Denis Edmund Cosgrove (3 May 1948, in Liverpool – 21 March 2008, in Los Angeles) was a distinguished British cultural geographer and Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Before this, he was Professor of Human Ge ...
– former professor of geography at the
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* Gabriel George Coury – recipient of the
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* Chris Crookall – actor *
Walter Bryan Emery Walter Bryan Emery, CBE, (2 July 1903 – 11 March 1971) was a British Egyptologist. His career was devoted to the excavation of archaeological sites along the Nile Valley.Archaic Egypt (bio), Walter B. Emery, Pelican Books, London, 1963. Durin ...
– former
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at
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* Jon Flanagan – footballer * Paul Gallagher – Roman Catholic cleric and diplomat, titular archbishop of Hodelm *
John Gregson Harold Thomas Gregson (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975), known professionally as John Gregson, was an English actor of stage, television and film, with 40 credited film roles. He was best known for his crime drama and comedy roles. He was cr ...
– actor *
Franny Griffiths Francis Griffiths (1 July 1966, Liverpool, England) is a keyboardist, producer and remixer, who is best known for being a member of the band, Space (UK band), Space. He also plays guitar, melodica and piano. His main influences are Kraftwerk, Hi ...
– musician * Augustine Harris – Catholic
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from 1978 to 1992, prison chaplain at
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from 1952 to 1965 *
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– Conservative MP for
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from 1931 to 1935 *
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– recipient of the Victoria Cross *
Lancelot Lawton Lancelot Francis Lawton (28 December 1880 â€“ September 1947) was a British historian, military officer, scholar of Ukrainian studies, activist, and international political journalist who reported from Japan and the Soviet Union. He authore ...
– British historian, military officer, scholar of Ukrainian studies * Sammy Lee – former footballer and assistant manager of
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George Lynskey Sir George Justin Lynskey (5 February 1888 – 21 December 1957) was an English judge, particularly remembered for his role in investigating the political scandal that led to the eponymous Lynskey tribunal. Early life and legal career Lynskey was ...
– High Court judge on the former
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Vincent Malone Vincent Malone (11 September 1931 – 18 May 2020) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Life Malone was born in Liverpool, educated at St Francis Xavier's Coll ...
– bishop *
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– screenwriter *
Brian Nash Brian Philip Nash (born 20 May 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and actor. He is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the synth-pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Early life He attended secondary ...
- musician * Mike Newell – footballer *
Laurence O'Keeffe Peter Laurence O'Keeffe (9 July 1931 – 2 May 2003) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution. Career O'Keeffe was educated at St Francis Xavier's College (Liverpool) and University College, Ox ...
– UK ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1988 to 1991, and to
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– director-general of the
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* Paul Raymond – publisher of pornographic magazines *
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– footballer *
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– musical theatre actor


See also

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St Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December 1 ...
*
St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool St Francis Xavier's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Salisbury Street, Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active ...
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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) ...
*
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*
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References

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.sfx.liverpool.sch.uk
St. Francis Xavier's College Ofsted Reports

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