West Derby School

West Derby School
West Derby School
	West Derby School entrance
Address
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	West Derby Road; Liverpool, Merseyside, L13 7HQ; United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°25′33″N 2°55′19″W / 53.425790°N 2.922046°WCoordinates: 53°25′33″N 2°55′19″W / 53.425790°N 2.922046°W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	We Deliver Success[citation needed]
Established	September 1957
Department for Education URN	138696 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Sian Graham
Gender	Male
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1129
Colour(s)	Red, yellow, black, blue;
Website	www.westderbyschool.co.uk

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

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]}

West Derby School is twinned with Gyanodaya Secondary School in Palpa, Nepal.^[2] After the April 2015 Nepal earthquake the school raised over £2000 to help with essential rebuilding work.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 so it is unlikely that he was involved with the plans. His son Harold Hinchcliffe most likely designed the building which took about two years to complete.^{[citation needed]}

Bankfield Modern School was opened in September by Harry Elson 1959. It was designed by Rimmer Sisters Limited to house 400 boys.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni[]

Notable alumni include:

Professor Peter Byrne, a philosopher
Craig Charles, an actor^[3]
Anthony Crane, entrepreneur and professional Far Cry developer
Tom Davies, a football player, Everton FC^[4]

References[]

^ "West Derby School profile". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Gyanodaya (Okhaldhunga) - Manisha UK". www.manisha-uk.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ The Independent, 11 February 1999
^ Jones, Neil (8 October 2015). "The Everton youngster who caught the eye of Wayne Rooney, Ross Barkley and Roy Hodgson". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

External links[]

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[1] "West Derby School profile". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[2] "Gyanodaya (Okhaldhunga) - Manisha UK". www.manisha-uk.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[3] The Independent, 11 February 1999

[4] Jones, Neil (8 October 2015). "The Everton youngster who caught the eye of Wayne Rooney, Ross Barkley and Roy Hodgson". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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