Alsop High School
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Alsop High School
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| Motto | Famam extendere factis (We extend our fame by our deeds) |
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| Established | 1919 |
| Type | Community school, Technology school, Applied Learning, Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Mr Alex Johnson |
| Chair | Cllr M Fielding |
| Founder | James W. Alsop |
| Specialism | Technology college, Applied Learning |
| Location | Queens Drive Liverpool Merseyside L4 6SH  UK |
| DfE URN | 104693 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1707 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Halford Crawford Mersey Queens Stanley Walton |
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| Website | www.alsophigh.org.uk |
Coordinates: 53°26′46″N 2°57′42″W / 53.446170°N 2.961634°W
Alsop High School is a community secondary school in Walton, Liverpool, L4 6SH, [1] England. It holds specialist certification in both Technology and Applied Learning (Vocational).
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History
The school was founded by the Liverpool Education Committee, in 1919, under the chairmanship of James W. Alsop.[2] The school moved to its current premises on Queen's Drive in 1926.[2]
After World War II, further buildings were constructed - a dining annex, an assembly hall, a library and an art room, which was completed around 1953-4. Previously the Hall had been on the ground floor behind the front tower with windows onto the yard. When the new hall was opened, this area was converted into three classrooms onto the yard, and laboratories to the front onto Queens Drive.
Further additions later, included a new block with laboratories, a gym, and a metalwork shop. In recent years, the school also acquired the old Arnot Street school on County Road and adjacent to Arnot Street primary school. The lower school was designed by Gilling Dod, based in the Cunard Building, Liverpool. The lower school was demolished and the site has since been used to develop a Tesco Metro store and a car park.
Campus
Alsop High School is the largest secondary school in Liverpool at present. The current Alsop High School building was built in 1926, and an extensive refurbishment / backlog maintenance of the existing campus buildings began in September 2008.[3] The campus recently benefitted from the construction of a new £8.4m building designed by architects 2020 Liverpool [1] and includes a new cafeteria, new 6th form facilities, reception area, atrium, new Spanish and English learning pods with improved IT facilities and a new dance and activity studio. The site has also benefitted from extensive new landscaping and refurbishment of the listed rectory building.
Curriculum
The Alsop High School was awarded of Applied Learning status in 2006, allowing the school to offer a range of vocational subjects.
In some subjects at Key Stage 3, students are taught in mixed ability classes, whilst in other subjects students are placed in teaching groups according to motivation, attainment and ability.
All students at Key Stage 3 study English, mathematics, science, humanities, Spanish, PE, music, drama, art and design as well as PSHCE, picking up the additional subjects of IT and Technology in Years 8 and 9.
Extracurricular activities
The PE department runs activities that include athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cricket, fitness, football, hockey, lifestyles, netball, rounders, rugby, swimming, table tennis and trampolining.
Other activities include art, dance, drama, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, guitar, keyboard, maths revision club, study club and Young Enterprise.
In 2011, the Alsop Community Magazine was founded. Since then, it has published three editions of the free magazine which contains news about the school. It is distributed around the local primary schools and community by the contributors to the magazine, who are all Alsop pupils. You can view the articles on the school web page.
Notable alumni
- Sir Arnold Hall, chairman of Hawker Siddeley (1967-1986)[4]
- Peter Reading, poet
- Alexei Sayle, comedian[5]
- Bob Wareing, former MP for Liverpool West Derby
- Jimmy Mulville, producer, actor, writer and co-founder of Hat Trick Productions
- Ian McCulloch, lead singer for Echo & the Bunnymen
- Professor Steve Molyneux, Apple Distinguished Educator
- Bill Lea, accomplished and distinguished Architect; Alsop 1956-1962, Oxford 1962-68.
- Philip Lovgreen, Vice President (1999 to date) and Fixtures and Results Secretary (1984 to date) of the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition.
References
- ^ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/schools/for-parents-and-carers/find-school-inspection-report/provider/ELS/104693
- ^ a b http://home.cogeco.ca/~scouse-one/alsop/schoolhistory.htm A Brief History of the School
- ^ "Alsop High School £21m revamp approved". Liverpool Daily Post. 2008-08-20. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/education/education-news/2008/08/30/alsop-high-school-21m-revamp-approved-64375-21638490/.
- ^ "Famous plane maker chief dies, 84". Birmingham Evening Mail. 2000-01-11. "From Alsop High School, he went up to Clare College, Cambridge."
- ^ Baxter and Mark Hookham, Lew (2003-08-14). "It's Alexei sneer; Comedian's mocking attack on culture triumph". Liverpool Daily Post. "Sayle, a former pupil at Alsop High School, Walton, described his home city as "philistine" and scoffed..."
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