Calderstones School
| Calderstones School | |
|---|---|
 Current school crest | |
| Address | |
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Harthill Road , , England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Motto | "Ex Hoc Metallo Virtutem" – "Courage, Honour, Service"[1] |
| Local authority | Liverpool City Council |
| Department for Education URN | 104698 Tables |
| Chair of Governors | David Woods |
| Headteacher | Lee Ratcliffe |
| Staff | 150 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,483 |
| Colour(s) | |
| Website | www |
Calderstones School is an English
The school was founded in 1921 as Quarry Bank High School for Boys and its first intake of 225 pupils was on 11 January 1922.[1] The first headmaster of the school was R. F. Bailey (an old Etonian), who formed the school on the principles of public school houses. Subsequently, the first year boys' house was named Bailey.[1] The current headteacher is Lee Ratcliffe.[1]
The school has several notable former pupils, including founding Beatles member John Lennon, music producer Guy Chambers and the architect Sir James Stirling.
History
In September 1967, Quarry Bank High School for Boys merged with neighbouring Calder High School for Girls (a girls' grammar school, also on Harthill Road) and nearby Morrison Boys' Secondary Modern, and adopted the name Quarry Bank Comprehensive School. The same year saw the abolition of the school's house system, whereby the pupils were divided between Mersey, Esmeduna, Wavertree, Sefton, Allerton, Childwall, Aigburth and Woolton houses.
In 1985, the school merged with Aigburth Vale High School,
Refurbishment
In 2001, the school underwent a major refurbishment as part of a
Notable former pupils
Quarry Bank High School for Boys
- Prof. John Ashton, Director of Public Health
- Rt. Rev. Jonathan Bailey, Bishop of Derby from 1995 to 2005
- Clive Barker, film writer, director and producer (Hellraiser, Candyman), books (Weaveworld, The Hellbound Heart), comic books (Razorline, Tapping the Vein) and video games (Clive Barker's Undying, Clive Barker's Jericho)
- Brian Barwick, chief executive of the Football Association from 2005 to 2008
- David Basnett, trade union leader
- Michael Batty CBE FRS FBA, Bartlett Professor of Planning at University College London
- Stephen Bayley, architecture writer and Chief executive of the Design Museum from 1986 to 1989
- Prof. Edmund (Ted) Bellamy, Professor of Physics at Westfield College, London from 1960 to 1984[3]
- Doug Bradley, actor, who played the 'Pinhead' character in Hellraiser
- theatre-in-the-roundand documentary drama
- Steve Coppell, footballer and football manager
- Les Dennis, comedian and TV personality
- Prof. Queen Mary and Westfield College, Londonfrom 1969 to 1997
- Peter Goldsmith (Lord Goldsmith of Allerton), who was appointed as the Labour government's Attorney General in 2001
- John Lennon, rock musician, singer/songwriter, author and peace activist, and one of the founding members of The Beatles (Lennon named his first band The Quarrymen, after the school's original name)
- The Ven. John Lewis (Archdeacon of North-West Europe)
- Derek Nimmo, actor
- Joe Royle, footballer and football manager
- cabinet ministers Peter Shore and Bill Rodgers, who adopted the name "Quarry Bank" as part of his baronial title
- Leo Skeete, footballer in the 1970s and 1980s
- Sir James Stirling, architect
Calder High School for Girls
- Margaret Ursula Jones, archaeologist[4]
- Judith Kelly OBE, artistic director of London's Southbank Centre
- Dr. Diana Walford CBE, haematologist and Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford since 2002
Aigburth Vale High School for Girls
- Kate Ellis, crime fiction author
- Bel Mooney (briefly), journalist
- Elisabeth Sladen, actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Quarry Bank Comprehensive School
- Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano and opera singer
- Guy Chambers (Sixth Form), songwriter
- Andy Merrifield, urban theorist
- John Power, former member of the band the La's and founding member of Cast
Calderstones Community Comprehensive School
- Marcus Holden, international rugby player, Cyprus Rugby National Team
- Geoff Rowley, skateboarder, co-owner of Flip Skateboards
- "Zombina" and "Doc Horror", musicians in Zombina and the Skeletones
References
- ^ a b c d e "Calderstones School - A Specialist Science College". Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ "Location Map".
- ^ "Obituary: Ted Bellamy". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
External links
Media related to Calderstones School at Wikimedia Commons