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.
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]
^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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west, derby, school, comprehensive, boys, academy, based, liverpool, england, school, converted, from, local, education, authority, school, academy, status, september, 2012, entranceaddresswest, derby, roadliverpool, merseyside, 7hqunited, kingdomcoordinates53. 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 West Derby SchoolWest Derby School entranceAddressWest Derby RoadLiverpool Merseyside L13 7HQUnited KingdomCoordinates53 25 33 N 2 55 19 W 53 425790 N 2 922046 W 53 425790 2 922046InformationTypeAcademyMottoWe Deliver Success citation needed EstablishedSeptember 1957Department for Education URN138696 TablesOfstedReportsHead teacherSian GrahamGenderMaleAge11 to 18Enrolment1129Colour s Red yellow black blue Websitewww wbr westderbyschool wbr co wbr uk 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 Contents 1 School history 2 Notable alumni 3 References 4 External linksSchool history editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 editNotable alumni include Professor Peter Byrne a philosopher Craig Charles an actor 3 Tom Davies a football player Everton FC 4 Professor Mark Christian academic sociologist Ex Professional Footballer James Roberts Morecambe Fc amp Accrington Stanley https www shrewsburytown com news 2015 january under 18s beat morecambe References edit 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 editWest Derby School Ofsted Report 2011 Ofsted Report 2015 nbsp This Merseyside school or sixth form college related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Derby School amp oldid 1185853800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
