Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
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The Cardinal Heenan Catholic Sports College is a comprehensive school
for boys and sixth form college
in West Derby
, Liverpool
, L12 9HZ, England
.
in Mill Yard, east of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital
. It is next-door to Broughton Hall High School
, an all-girls Catholic school.
The school is a faith school and all-male.
There is also a new sixth form building being built which will be jointly shared with Broughton Hall
on Yew Tree Lane.
The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on Pilch Lane, Huyton
. The upper school, now the only building, is based at Honeysgreen Lane, West Derby.
The sixth form status of the school expanded in the late 1990s starting in 1995 with the introduction of a mixed sex
sixth form.
Around that time also begun the work of converting nearby Leyfield House for the purposes of sixth form only use. The prospectus from 1995/6 makes mention of this improvement but due to unknown difficulties at the time, the conversion of Leyfield House was only completed circa 1997, to the annoyance of the then incumbent sixth formers who had expected it to be ready during their term at Cardinal Heenan. In 2001 Cardinal Heenan became a Specialist Sports College, officially opened by ex-student Steven Gerrard
and the Mayor of Liverpool.
Cardinal Heenan is one of the few schools in Liverpool to offer the new Opening Minds Curriculum and is also a leader in offering BTEC First qualifications. These BTEC qualifications are at Level 2 of the NQF and depending on options taken, are GCSE equivalent. A BTEC First Diploma is worth four GCSEs. Broughton Hall (which is next door) also offer this curriculum.
Due to the school's sporting successes, they have introduced a new sport to the premises, boxing. Cardinal Heenan Boxing Academy opened its doors on 7 November 2008, with the attendance of GB boxers, James DeGale and former pupil, David Price. It is now an affiliated ABA boxing club (one of the first boxing clubs in a school in Britain). Cardinal Heenan's other sports include football, cricket, swimming, rugby, baseball, athletics, gymnastics and an on-site keep-fit gymnasium.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
for boys and sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
in West Derby
West Derby
West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2001 Census, the population of the ward was 14,801 .-History:...
, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, L12 9HZ, England
England
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.
Admissions
It is situated just north of the A57A57 road
The A57 is a major road in England. It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln, via Warrington, Cadishead, Irlam, Patricroft, Eccles, Salford and Manchester, then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass , around the Ladybower Reservoir, through Sheffield and past Worksop...
in Mill Yard, east of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children Hospital is a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool. It is run by the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service in England...
. It is next-door to Broughton Hall High School
Broughton Hall High School
Broughton Hall High School is an all-girls', Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in the West Derby area of Liverpool, L12 9HJ England. The school holds Specialist Technology College status.- History :...
, an all-girls Catholic school.
The school is a faith school and all-male.
There is also a new sixth form building being built which will be jointly shared with Broughton Hall
History
The school is named after Cardinal John Carmel Heenan. Until 1983 it was known as Cardinal Allen Grammar School, when it merged with St Margaret Mary's Boys' School. It opened in September 1958 with around 300 boys when administered by the Liverpool Education Committee. Next door was the Convent of Mercy (R.C. Girls) High School, a girls' grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
on Yew Tree Lane.
The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on Pilch Lane, Huyton
Huyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...
. The upper school, now the only building, is based at Honeysgreen Lane, West Derby.
Recent history
Some of the school's expansive playing fields at Pilch Lane were partly sold off for housing development circa 1995, it is believed this was done to help pay for future renovation, building work and new building development.The sixth form status of the school expanded in the late 1990s starting in 1995 with the introduction of a mixed sex
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
sixth form.
Around that time also begun the work of converting nearby Leyfield House for the purposes of sixth form only use. The prospectus from 1995/6 makes mention of this improvement but due to unknown difficulties at the time, the conversion of Leyfield House was only completed circa 1997, to the annoyance of the then incumbent sixth formers who had expected it to be ready during their term at Cardinal Heenan. In 2001 Cardinal Heenan became a Specialist Sports College, officially opened by ex-student Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...
and the Mayor of Liverpool.
Cardinal Heenan is one of the few schools in Liverpool to offer the new Opening Minds Curriculum and is also a leader in offering BTEC First qualifications. These BTEC qualifications are at Level 2 of the NQF and depending on options taken, are GCSE equivalent. A BTEC First Diploma is worth four GCSEs. Broughton Hall (which is next door) also offer this curriculum.
Sports College
Cardinal Heenan has large Sports and Performing Arts emphasis, with a series of Dance, Sports and Extra-Curricular Activities.Due to the school's sporting successes, they have introduced a new sport to the premises, boxing. Cardinal Heenan Boxing Academy opened its doors on 7 November 2008, with the attendance of GB boxers, James DeGale and former pupil, David Price. It is now an affiliated ABA boxing club (one of the first boxing clubs in a school in Britain). Cardinal Heenan's other sports include football, cricket, swimming, rugby, baseball, athletics, gymnastics and an on-site keep-fit gymnasium.
Notable alumni
- Mike Di ScalaMike Di ScalaMike Di Scala , also known as Re-Con, is a British electronic musician, record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Liverpool, England. Di Scala began producing records as Re-Con in the late 1990s and he first emerged as the producer of English dance group Rezonance Q and was also the...
(music producer) - Sean Doherty (footballer)Sean Doherty (footballer)Sean Anthony Doherty is an English footballer who plays as a left-sided midfielder for Colwyn Bay.Spending his youth at the Everton academy, when he was signed by Fulham in 2001 he was considered one of the best young players in England...
- Steven GerrardSteven GerrardSteven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...
(LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
/England footballer). - Jay McEveley (Derby/Scotland footballer)
- David NugentDavid NugentDavid James Nugent is an English footballer striker, who currently plays for Leicester City . Before joining Leicester, Nugent made a total of 228 appearances in the Football League playing for Bury, Preston North End and Portsmouth...
(Portsmouth/England footballer). - Bradley OrrBradley OrrBradley James Orr is an English defender currently playing for Queens Park Rangers. He has played for the club since July 2010, joining for an undisclosed fee from Bristol City....
(QPR footballer) - David PriceDavid Price (boxer)David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...
(boxer) - Carl TremarcoCarl TremarcoCarl Philip Tremarco is an English professional footballer currently playing as a left back for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...
(Wrexham footballer) - John WelshJohn Welsh (footballer)John Joseph Welsh is an English football player who plays for Tranmere Rovers. He was also captain of the England under-20 team, and has been capped eight times for the under-21s. He represented England U20 at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.- Liverpool :Wavertree born Welsh, joined Liverpool...
(Hull City FC/England under-21 footballer) - David PriceDavid Price (soccer)David Price is a former professional soccer player from Liverpool, England. He played professionally in both England and the United States and is currently a Head Coach with the New York Cosmos, Chief Scout for Leeds United in North America and is the owner and Director of Coaching for the Storm...
(U.S. Footballer and Manager)
Cardinal Allen R.C. Grammar School
- Ian HartIan HartIan Hart is an English stage, television and film actor.-Early life:Hart, the grandson of Irish immigrants, was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He is one of three siblings and was brought up in a Roman Catholic family...
(real name Ian Davies - actor many film and TV credits including Prof Quirrell in Harry Potter & the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, released in the United States and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series,...
) - Colin HarveyColin HarveyColin Harvey is a retired English footballer who is best known for his time as a player, coach and manager with Everton. He is married to Maureen and lives in Aughton, Lancashire.- Playing career :...
(Everton footballer mid 60s) - Paul McGannPaul McGannPaul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
(actor - many film and TV credits including Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
& movie cult classic Withnail & I).
See also
- Cardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High SchoolCardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High SchoolCardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a comprehensive school located in Meanwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school is one of the best comprehensive performing schools in Yorkshire with, in 2010 over 85% of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE level. The school has had no sixth form...
in MeanwoodMeanwoodMeanwood is a suburb and former village of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Origins and History:The name Meanwood goes back to the 12th century, and is of Anglo-Saxon derivation: the Meene wude was the boundary wood of the Manor of Alreton, the woods to the east of Meanwood Beck...
, LeedsLeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
(has the same actual name) - St. Edward's CollegeSt. Edward's CollegeSt. Edward's College is a voluntary aided, Catholic school in the UK located in the West Derby suburb of Liverpool. The institution was formerly a boys grammar school run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, known widely as The Irish Christian Brothers...