Childwall Sports and Science Academy
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| Childwall Sports and Science Academy | |
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Fiveways Queens Drive , , L15 6XZ | |
| Coordinates | 53°23′57″N 2°53′58″W / 53.399112°N 2.899525°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Sports and Science Academys |
| Motto | Learning without limits |
| Established | 1739 |
| Department for Education URN | 138787 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 100+ |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrollment | 850+[1] |
| Website | http://www.childwallssa.org/ |
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Childwall Sports and Science Academy is a school located in Liverpool, England. It was established in 1739, and currently has over 100 staff and over 850 students.
General
Rated 10th in the Liverpool schools for 'PROGRESS 8' scores with a -0.08 score Source:[2]
Ofsted have said the school has the following strengths:
° The headteacher, ably supported by senior leaders, governors and the trust, has navigated the school through difficult financial and staffing challenges well. The school is now stable and improving quickly. ° The school’s curriculum, including the personal, social, health and careers education programme, is highly attuned to pupils’ needs, and aspirations. ° Pupils make very good progress in English and are matching the achievement of other pupils nationally. Standards are rising in mathematics. ° Pupils’ behaviour and conduct are good. They feel safe and well supported. ° The school promotes opportunities for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development very well. ° Low-attaining pupils and pupils who speak English as an additional language make good progress.
History
Grammar school
It was known as Holt High School on Queen's Drive. It had around 600 boys and a three-form entry in the early 1960s.
Comprehensive
It became the coeducational Holt Comprehensive School in September 1967, when Holt High School for Boys merged with Olive Mount School for Girls. It later became Childwall Comprehensive School, then Childwall Community School. Then after becoming a specialist Sports College, the school was renamed Childwall Sports College.
Notable former pupils
Childwall Valley High School for Girls
- Alison Steadman OBE, actress
- Marion Studholme, soprano with the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, now English National Opera (ENO)
- Pauline Yates, actress
- Dr Oliver Valentine, MBChB FRCS, physician
Holt High School for Boys
- Prof John Horton Conway, Mathematician and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University[3]
- Maj-Gen John Bartlett CB, Colonel Commandant from 1987-90 of the Royal Army Pay Corps
- John Brophy (author)
- Sir Ken Dodd OBE, esteemed creator of his Diddy Men
- Prof David Edwards FRS, University Professor of Physics from 1988-95 at Ohio State University
- Prof John Henry, Professor of the History of Science. Director, Science Studies Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh (2010–present). (1961–68).[4]
- Prof Geoff Kneale, Professor of Biomolecular Science. Director, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth (1994–present). (1963–68).[5]
- Michael Montgomery, former barrister and head of the BBC's Brazilian service (BBC Brasil) in the late 1960s
- Arthur Owen, Chief Executive from 1997-99 of AXA Sun Life plc
- John Shirley-Quirk CBE, bass-baritone
- Sir David Webster, Chief Executive from 1945-70 of the Royal Opera House
- Prof David Williams, Professor of Mining Geology from 1950-66 at Imperial College London, and President from 1960-61 of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, and from 1958-60 of the Geologists' Association
- Professor Reg Dennick, Professor of Medical Education, University of Nottingham. (1960-1967)
Holt Comprehensive School
- Rt Rev Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Croydon from 2003, subsequently Bishop of Bradford.
- Mark Womack (British actor) actor
References
- ^ http://www.childwallssa.org/SchoolInformation/Ofsted-Report-2016/
- ^ http://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk
- ^ Roberts, Siobhan (2015). Genius at Play. Bloomsbury. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-62040-593-2.
- ^ Ref
- ^ Ref Archived 2010-08-28 at the Wayback Machine