Archbishop Blanch School is a

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secondary school for girls located in

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, England. The school is named after Baron Stuart Blanch who was

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from 1966 to 1975, and

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from 1975 to 1983. It is a

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administered by Liverpool City Council and the

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History

Grammar schools

Archbishop Blanch School was formed in September 1981 from the amalgamation of two

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s, St Edmund's College (a direct grant grammar school) and Liverpool Girls' College.

Comprehensive

In 1993, the school moved from its original site at Sefton Park Road, Toxteth (formerly Liverpool College and then Arundel College) to a site vacated by Paddington Comprehensive School at Mount Vernon, before moving to its current purpose-built site in September 2015. The school was awarded specialist

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status in 1995 and became a Training School in 2007.

Curriculum

Archbishop Blanch School offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school sixth form is part of the Faiths Partnership with fellow member schools

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and

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. Together, the schools offer a range of A-levels and further BTECs. Ofsted rates the school as 'Good'.

Notable former pupils

St Edmund's College

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, actress who played

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on '' Coronation Street'' *

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(briefly), actress *

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, former

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presenter from 1982 to 2006 and presented ''

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'' (1966–73) *

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, screenplay writer who writes the television period drama ''

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''; married to Stephen McGann

References

External links

Archbishop Blanch School official website
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