All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby
All Saints Catholic High School is a Knowsley based Roman Catholic secondary school educating pupils aged 11–18 years of age in the Kirkby area of Merseyside, England. The school also operates a sixth form.
All Saints Catholic High School | |
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Address | |
Roughwood Drive , , L33 8XF | |
Coordinates | 53.4770°N 2.8861°W |
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Type | Voluntary aided school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Local authority | Knowsley |
Department for Education URN | 135479 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Mr Anthony McGuiness |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 929 |
Website | http://allsaintschs.org.uk/ |
History
All Saints CCfL opened on 11 January 2010, following the closure of the Bewley Drive site in December 2009. The Bewley Drive site closed because of Knowsley's Building schools for the future scheme. All Saints followed the other 10 Knowsley schools in creating 7 new "centres for learning".
Former schools
St Gregory's School on Bewley Drive in Southdene, Kirkby merged with St Kevin's School Northwood to form All Saints Catholic High School. St Gregory's School was the first girls' catholic comprehensive school in England, in Southdene. St Kevin's RC School had over 2000 boys, and was the largest comprehensive school in England.[1]
Notable former pupils
St Gregory's Catholic School
- Angela Clarke (British actress)
- Margi Clarke, actress[2]
- Sharon Maughan actress, married to Trevor Eve, and has the daughter Alice Eve, and is mostly known for her work with Anthony Head as the 1990s Gold Blend couple
- Tricia Penrose, actress who plays Gina Ward in Heartbeat
St Kevin's RC School
- Nicky Allt, playwright
- John Conteh, boxer
- Terry McDermott, footballer
- Phil Redmond, television drama producer, known for Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks
- Andrew Schofield (actor), starred in Alan Bleasdale's Scully (TV series)
- Ed Sweeney (trade unionist), General Secretary from 1999-2004 of UNIFI (trade union)
See also
- St Gregory's Catholic School, Kent
- St Gregory's Roman Catholic Science College, north-west London