St. Mary's College is an independent

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coeducational

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Crosby, Merseyside Crosby is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. it is north of Bootle, south of Southport and Formby, and west of Netherton, Merseyside, Netherton. It abuts the areas of Blundellsands to the north and Water ...

, about north of

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. It comprises an early years department "Bright Sparks" (age 0-4), preparatory school known as "The Mount" (age 4-11) and

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with a 6th Form (age 11-18). It was formerly a

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for boys, founded and controlled by the Christian Brothers order. Notable alumni include

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, Tony Booth and Cardinal

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Founding and affiliation

The college was established as a boys' school in 1919 by the

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, a clerical order founded by Blessed

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in the early nineteenth century. The college became a direct grant grammar school in 1946 as a result of the

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. Post-war alumni describe ''"a heavy emphasis on rote learning and testing, underpinned by the brutal punishment that the Christian Brothers favoured"'', ''"the carrot-and-stick method—without the carrot"'', ''"a hard, disciplined education ...generous with the strap"''. ''"But it wasn't a bad school; they took working-class Catholic boys, gave them an education and got them to university,"'' ''"the school was good, and still is"'', and ''"the sixth form at St. Mary's was an altogether different experience"''. An article was published in ''The Guardian'' in 1998 surrounding alleged sexual abuse at the college. 10 years on the school have yet to make a statement on these allegations. When direct grants were abolished by the 1974–79 Labour government, St. Mary's became a

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and is a member of the HMC. It began teaching girls in the sixth form in 1983 and became fully co-educational in 1989. The college is now administered by laypersons, ceasing to be a Christian Brothers' school in January 2006 on becoming an independent charity (St Mary's College Crosby Trust Limited) that ''"exists to educate children and welcomes families from all faiths"''.

Location and buildings

St. Mary's College is based in

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, a suburb of Liverpool, in the

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. The college originally comprised a mansion, ''Claremont House'', on Liverpool Road, Crosby and the neighbouring property, ''Everest House'', until the purpose-built school was built on Everest Road in 1924. Science blocks were added over the years and an assembly hall in 1978. ''Claremont House'' is now occupied by the early years department. ''The Mount'' preparatory school is located a short distance away in

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. The college has its own gym in the main school building. A sports hall, formerly the ''Mecca Bingo Hall'' on Liverpool Road. There are seven laboratories, a D&T workshop and a multi-purpose library and learning centre with computers and additional resources for education. In 2004 a new sixth form centre was built, consisting of a new common room (including a cafe and vending machines) and three computer rooms. Until 1987, the college had a smoking room for the use of sixth form pupils who were smokers. The Games Field, Blundell Park, is of playing fields nearby on Little Crosby Road; it is used for all year round sporting activities by all three stages of the college. The games field is also used to house the college's Proms in the Park summer concerts, which is described as one of the most ambitious events staged by any school.

Academics and Extra-curricular

Academics

Exam results consistently exceed national averages achieved by state-funded schools, in 2024, it was ranked as the top performing secondary school in Sefton.

Extra-curricular

St. Mary's College offers over 40 extra-curricular activities which range from further academic studies, to sport, music and drama.

Sport

Alongside timetabled sports, pupils have the opportunity to take part in extra sessions of training, which often include coaching by alumni professional athletes as well as external specialists. The sports on offer include:

= Boys

= * Winter: Rugby, Football, Cross-Country, Basketball, Hockey, Swimming, Badminton and Fitness * Summer: Cricket, Tennis, Athletics and Golf

= Girls

= * Winter: Netball, Football, Swimming, Dance and Cross-Country * Summer: Cricket, Athletics, Tennis, Golf and Rounders

Music

The music department at St. Mary's offers music lessons to all pupils at the college. All pupils also have the opportunity to join either the Junior Band, Lower School Orchestra, or Junior Choir, before progressing to the Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra, Stage Band, or Senior Choir, which are the main senior ensembles. There is also a range of smaller ensembles, such as the

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(for drama productions), Trombone Choir, a cappella choirs, and String Quartets. Over 150 pupils from across the Mount and the college sit

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graded exams every year. St. Mary's College musical ensembles perform a minimum of three concerts per academic year. They perform in the St. Mary's College Festival of Music, in the

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, at the annual Prize Giving ceremony in the

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, the fireworks extravaganza, Proms in the Park and the Traditional Carol Concert.

Combined Cadet Force and Duke of Edinburgh

The

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(CCF) is an opportunity given to pupils in year 9 upwards and aims to develop personal responsibility, leadership and self-discipline in the pupils. The St. Mary's College CCF contingent contains two sections:

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(affiliated to the Parachute Regiment) and RAF (affiliated to

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). Within the CCF, pupils are given the chance to: complete Adventure Training, go Air Experience Flying, complete leadership qualifications, and visit military bases to gain an insight into life in the military. The CCF also encourages the cadets to get involved with externally run camps, courses and awards, such as Junior Cadet Instructor Course, Senior Cadet Instructor Course, Flying and Glider Scholarship, and Lord-Lieutenant's Cadet.

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is offered to all pupils from year 9 to 13.

Drama

The drama department provides regular productions, which range from musical theatre productions to Greek tragedies. Most recently, there was the production of Hippolytus, which was performed in the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool. Other productions include:

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and

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The school song

The former ''School Song'', composed in the 1920s by music master Frederick R. Boraston (1878–1954) was sung by former pupils, most notably at the annual Speech Day, which were once held at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall.

List of Head-teachers and Head-pupils

Head-teachers

* Brother M.E. Delaney (Was Headmaster at least 1938-1941. Liverpool Daily Post p7, 30/6/38, Liverpool Evening Express, p. 1 25/01/41) * Brother Thompson * Brother Thomas Constantine Coleman (d. 2015) * Brother Gibbons * Brother C.E. Francis (Was Headmaster in 1957 (Liverpool Echo, 18 November 1957, Page 64. Article on Robert Hindle, a boy who had gone missing after attending at Francis' office for punishment. Was still Headmaster in 1963 (4/2/63 Liverpool Echo)) * Brother Taylor * Brother O'Halloran (1972-1987) * Brother Ryan (1987-1990) * Wilfred Hammond (1990-2003) * Jean Marsh (2003-2008) * Michael Kennedy (2008–present)

Head-pupils

The head boy and girl are the highest leadership roles for pupils at St. Mary's College. As the most senior prefects, they are responsible for overseeing the rest of the prefect team, as well as advocating for the school's entire student body. They represent the school at public events by make speeches, while being a role model to all pupils.

Notable former teachers

* Hugh Rank (1913–2006), Viennese-born Jewish teacher of

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* Raymond "Bodge" Boggiano DFC (1920–1985), French master; former

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pilot who took part in the raids on

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British Microlight Aircraft Association
photo * Joe Rigby DFC (1924–2002), Maths teacher; former bomber navigator

Notable alumni

Politics and industry

* Kevin McNamara KSG (1934-2017) - Labour MP * John O'Sullivan CBE (b. 1942) - conservative political columnist and pundit; adviser to Prime Minister

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* John Birt, Lord Birt (b. 1944) - Director General of the

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, advisor to the

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administration * Phil Kelly (b. 1946) - journalist, editor of

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; mayor of

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* Michael Carr (1947-1990) - Labour MP * Sir David Rowlands (1947-2014) - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport (2003–07); Chairman, Gatwick Airport * Sir

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(b. 1951) - General Secretary of the TUC *

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(b. 1971) - Conservative MP,''Who's Who 2012''

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and

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* Kevin Morley - businessman, MD of

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* Eric Nevin - General Secretary NUMAST * Ray O'Brien CBE - Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire and Merseyside County Councils,

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Water and FIMBRA * Mark Gibson, Director Whitehall & Industry Group *Terry Hughes - corporate financier * Vincent Nolan - management consultant, Chairman, Synectics UK

Diplomats and the law

* Ivor Roberts KCMG (b. 1946) - Ambassador to Ireland and Italy; President of

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CMG - Ambassador to Sweden and Germany

Clergy

* Father Brian Foley (1919-2000) - Roman Catholic priest and

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* Father Gerard Weston MBE (1933-1972) - Roman Catholic priest, killed by the

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in the

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John Rawsthorne John Anthony Rawsthorne (born 12 November 1936) is a retired English Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Hallam from 1997 to 2014. Early life and education Born in Crosby, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside), he was the eldest ...

(b. 1936) - Roman Catholic Bishop of Hallam *

(b. 1945) - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, leader of the Roman Catholics of England and Wales

Authors, journalists and broadcasters

* John Foley MBE (1917-1974) - military author and broadcaster * Laurie Taylor (b. 1936) - broadcaster and sociologist, presenter of ''

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''; reputedly the inspiration for ''Howard Kirk'' in 1970s novel ''

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'' *

CBE (b. 1937) -

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, playwright, broadcaster and children's author *

David Crystal David Crystal, (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist who works on the linguistics of the English language. Crystal studied English at University College London and has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He was aw ...

OBE (b. 1941) - broadcaster and professor of linguistics * Danny Kelly (b. 1970) - ''

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'' radio presenter * Nicholas Murray - biographer and novelist, ''Kafka, Matthew Arnold, Aldous Huxley, Bruce Chatwin'' *

Will Hanrahan William Hanrahan is a British television/radio producer and presenter best known for working on BBC programmes such as ''Watchdog'' and ''Good Morning''. Since 1994 he has headed an independent TV company which currently produces studio progr ...

- BBC TV reporter *

Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth is an English screenwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of the British soap opera ''Brookside''. Career He has also written for '' The Lakes'', ''Mayo'', ''Merseybeat'' and ''Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as H ...

- scriptwriter ''

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'', ''

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'', BAFTA winner * Sean Curran - journalist and presenter of Radio 4's ''Today in Parliament''

Educationists

* D.F. Swift - educationist, sociologist

Entertainers

Ray McFall Ray McFall (26 November 1926 – 8 January 2015) was a British businessman and music promoter, who owned The Cavern Club The Cavern Club is a music venue on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened on 16 January 1957 as a ...

(1926-2015) - owner of

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, who first booked

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* Tony Booth (1931-2017) - actor; the "Scouse Git" in ''

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''; father-in-law of

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* Tom O'Connor (1939-2021) - comedian and former game-show host *

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(1941-2005) - Tony West and John McNally (b. 1941) - members of the 1960s pop group

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* Dave Lovelady, member of the 60s pop group ''

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'' * Shaun Fagan, actor (b. 1991) -

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, and

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Season 2

Artists

* James Patten (b. 1946) - composer *

Pete Lyon Peter Michael Lyon is a UK-based visual artist who has worked in a wide range of 2D and 3D media spanning from traditional oil painting to computer graphics, for the science fiction and fantasy genres. According to his personal website, he has b ...

(b. 1950) - computer graphics games design pioneer * Trevor Newton (1959-2023) - buildings artist and antique dealer

Sportsmen and women

Ralph Rensen Ralph Beverly Rensen was an English Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Rensen was killed on 16 June 1961 while competing in the 1961 Isle of Man TT, aged 28 years. He was born in Liverpool. His father was Dutch and an executive with a firm i ...

(1933-1961) -

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motorcycle racer was killed in the I.O.M Senior TT on his Norton in 1961. * Mick Murphy (b. 1945) -

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footballer; played for Wales, Bradford Northern and Wagga Wagga. *

Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall (born 12 April 1990) is a retired English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. She competed p ...

(b. 1990) - British Olympic Freestyle and Butterfly Swimmer. *

(b. 1998) - footballer,

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(b. 1999) – footballer,

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* Faye Kirby (b. 2004) - footballer,

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* George Newell (b. 1997) - footballer, Bala Town F.C. * Noah Stephens (b. 2004) rugby league player,

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Others

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(1915-1981) - WW2 traitor, Liverpool District Secretary of the ''

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''; founder member of the ''

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'' ''

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''; later served as ''SS-

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'' in the ''Waffen-SS Medical Corps''. Sentenced to life imprisonment (reduced to 15 years) on his return to England. Served seven years and later emigrated to Germany, where he worked as a pharmacist.

Alumni association

The college had an alumni association, '' St. Mary's Old Boys' Club'', from 1948 until links were severed due to a scandal and resulting court case, ''Stringer v. Usher, Smith, Flanagan and Fleming''. The club carried on under the name of ''St. Mary's Old Boys' Club''. A further court case, ''Stringer v. Smith and Shaw'' followed in 2000 when the committee attempted to change the club's constitution to allow illegal functions at the club premises. Again the committee capitulated, incurring £3000 in costs. In 2000 and 2004 Merseyside Police raised objections to the continuance of the club on the grounds that it was 'improperly run' and for 'blatant disregard' of the licensing laws. Additionally, the Police did not believe the club was operating as a 'bona fide' members club. In March 2010 ''St. Mary's Old Boys' Club'' closed when the police revoked its licence on the grounds that it was not a bona fide club operated in good faith. Simultaneously, the former club trustees found themselves being sued by their landlords for £72,000 of unpaid rent dating back to 2005.Creditors swoop on St. Mary's ex-Trustees as Sefton Council confiscate license
''Crosby Herald'', 8 April 2010

References

External links

Early Years Department

"When our boyhood days are over"
a karaoke version of the School Song, played on a digital church organ. (plays with Windows Media Player)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mary's College, Liverpool Congregation of Christian Brothers secondary schools Roman Catholic private schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool Private schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Educational institutions established in 1919 Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference 1919 establishments in England Crosby, Merseyside