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West Derby School
School logo
Address
Map
West Derby Road

Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L13 7HQ

United Kingdom
Information
TypeAcademy
EstablishedSeptember 1957
Department for Education URN138696 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMrs Graham
GenderMale
Age11 to 18
Enrollment1119
Websitehttp://www.westderbyschool.co.uk/

West Derby School is an oversubscribed all boys (11-18) Academy based in Liverpool, England. The school, converted from a Local education authority school to academy status on 1 September 2012. [1]

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The current school building, located on West Derby Road, Liverpool, opened in September 2010, a single sited school built under the Building Schools for the Future programme, having previously been based on two sites on Quarry and Bankfield roads.[citation needed]

School history

The post-war 'baby-boom' resulted in a much higher number of teenage children in the 1950s. Liverpool Corporation embarked on a massive school building programme, of which the original two school sites were part. West Derby High School was originally opened in September 1957 by the first Head Teacher was Mr A.L Casson. The school was designed by Liverpool Architects Harold E Davies and Sons to house 540 boys. Harold E Davies died in 1952, and Harold Hinchcliffe probably designed the building which took about two years to complete. Bankfield Modern School was opened in September by Harry Elson 1959. It was designed by Rimmer sisters Limited to house 400 boys. Originally West Derby was designed to be used in collaboration with nearby Holly Lodge girls school, and in 1984 there were unsuccessful plans to merge the two schools into one.

Former Students (Public Eye)

Famous ex-pupils include[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ West Derby School profile, ofsted.gov.uk; accessed 4 February 2016.
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