The Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a

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and

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for boys located in

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, Liverpool, L12 9HZ, England.

History

The school is named after Cardinal

John Carmel Heenan John Carmel Heenan (26 January 1905 – 7 November 1975) was a senior-ranking English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1963 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Biography E ...

. Until 1983 it was known as Cardinal Allen Grammar School, when it merged with St Margaret Mary's Boys' School. It opened in September 1958 with around 300 boys when administered by the Liverpool Education Committee. Next door was the Convent of Mercy (R.C. Girls) High School, a girls'

grammar school A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...

on ''Yew Tree Lane''. The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on ''Pilch Lane'', Huyton. The upper school, now the only building, is based at ''Honeysgreen Lane'', West Derby.

Notable former pupils

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(music producer) *

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(

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/England footballer). *

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(Derby/Scotland footballer) * David Nugent (Portsmouth/England footballer). * Bradley Orr (Blackburn Rovers footballer) * David Price (boxer) * Carl Tremarco (Wrexham footballer) *

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(Hull City FC/England under-21 footballer) * David Price (US Footballer and Manager) *

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(Everton Footballer) *

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(member of Badfinger) * Ian Hart (actor) *

Adam Rowe Adam Rowe (; born 11 January 1992) is an English stand-up comedian and podcaster from Liverpool. Early life Rowe was brought up in Dovecot and West Derby areas of Liverpool, England. Rowe attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in Knotty ...

(Comedian & Podcaster) *

Callum Wright Callum Wright (born 2 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Plymouth Argyle. Early and personal life Wright grew up in Huyton and attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in West Derby. He grew up "id ...

(footballer)

Cardinal Allen R.C. Grammar School

* Ian Hart (real name Ian Davies – actor) *

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(footballer 1960s & 70s for England,

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and

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) * Paul McGann (actor)

References

External links

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CardinalHeenanPTA.org.uk Cardinal Heenan PTA website

EduBase

News items

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liverpoolecho.co.uk, 28 September 2010. {{authority control Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool Boys' schools in Merseyside Secondary schools in Liverpool Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in England Voluntary aided schools in England