Oldershaw Academy is a
secondary school located in the
Liscard
Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Sh ...
area of
Wallasey, England, and is a specialist
Business and Enterprise College.
History
Grammar school
Dr. John Oldershaw founded the school in 1920, and it opened on 11 September 1920. Extensions to the school were opened on 4 June 1926. The first headteacher was Mr. H.G. Mayo, M.A. It was administered by the County Borough of Wallasey. By 1968 it had 700 pupils. Wallasey Grammar School was a separate establishment based on ''Withens Lane'', which moved to
Leasowe
Leasowe () is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Historically within Cheshire (ceased to be in 1974), Leasowe was part of the old County Borough of Wallasey. It is now within the Leasowe and Moreton East War ...
in 1967 and is now
The Kingsway Academy
The Kingsway Academy (formerly Wallasey School) was a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Leasowe in the English county of Merseyside.
Wallasey Grammar School in the Wirral area was first constructed o ...
(formerly The Wallasey School).
Comprehensive
Initially having separate sections for boys and girls, with segregated teaching except for 'A' Level courses, Oldershaw became a comprehensive school in 1968, initially retaining the name of Oldershaw Grammar School although for ages 13–18.
The school then included four 'houses': Durham, York, Lancaster and Chester. Prior to this the houses of the boys' grammar school were defined as colours: Blue, Gold, Red and Green whilst the girls' high school houses were Oak, Fir, Beech and Elm.
Wirral Education Authority rationalised their middle school system in 1982, and added an extra year to primary schools (Now referred to as Year 6) and two years into secondary schools (Years 7 and 8). To accommodate these two extra years Olderhaw was expanded to include a Lower School (Opening in September 1982), under K. R. M. Williams, at the site of the old St. Hilda's School in Ormond Street; it was later moved to the same site as the main school in time for the autumn term of 2000, and the Lower School site was demolished to make way for new housing.
The school has undergone major developments. The original sixth form building was demolished to make way for a new main entrance building.
With this new building came a new uniform. In 2016 there was senior management restructuring and the governors appointed two Headteachers with no deputy Headteachers.
The Oldershaw Academy
On 30 June 2011 The Oldershaw School became an academy.
Notable past pupils
* Prof
M. C. Bradbrook, Professor of English from 1965 to 1976 of the
University of Cambridge
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, and
Mistress
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Romance and relationships
* Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a ...
of
Girton College, Cambridge
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from 1968 to 1976
*
Dickie Davies
Richard John Davies (born 30 April 1933) is a retired British television sports presenter, who anchored '' World of Sport'' from 1968 until 1985.
Early life
Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School after passing his eleven-plus; he then did ...
, television presenter, ''
World of Sport''
*
Air Vice-Marshal
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John Feesey
AFC, Station Commander from 1986 to 1988 of
RAF Wittering
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and Commander from 1989 to 1991 of the
Allied Air Forces Central Europe
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Allied Air Forces Central Europe was activated on 2 April 1951 at Fon ...
(AAFCE)
*
Kirstie Levell
Kirstie Levell (born 7 January 1997) is an English football goalkeeper for FA Women's Super League club Leicester City. She has represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-23 levels.
Club career Everton
Having been brought up through ...
, English football goalkeeper who plays for Everton, and has also represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-23 levels.
* Dr
Charles Suckling CBE, chemist who first synthesised
Halothane
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, the main
general anaesthetic
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gas from 1956 until the 1980s, when working at the General Chemical Division of
ICI in 1951
[McCann, Michael J.; Suckling, Colin J. (2019). "Charles Walter Suckling. 24 July 1920—30 October 2013". ''Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society'']
doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2018.0025
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* Jodie Taylor
Jodie Lee Taylor (born 17 May 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for San Diego Wave of NWSL. She began her club career with local team Tranmere Rovers and had brief spells in her home country with Birmingham City, ...
, an English footballer who plays as a striker for OL Reign
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in the National Women's Soccer League, and has made many appearances for the national team.
*Sydney Wignall
Sydney Wignall (16 October 1922 – 16 April 2012) was a British marine archaeologist, climber, explorer and spy.
Biography
He was born in Wallasey on the Wirral as the son of a cobbler, the youngest of four children. He attended Wallasey Old ...
, British marine archaeologist, climber, explorer and spy
References
External links
Oldershaw Heritage Project
School Web Site
EduBase
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Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Educational institutions established in 1920
Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
1920 establishments in England
Wallasey