Anfield Community Comprehensive School
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Anfield Community Comprehensive School was a secondary school
in the Anfield
area of Liverpool
, England. The school had over 1100 pupils. The Anfield code was "Committed to achievement in the community".
report profiling the "quiet revolution" cited a cleaner environment, uniforms, and a new code of conduct as causes for the change.
The school closed in 2006, and the merged school opened as the North Liverpool Academy
. The North Liverpool Academy's first site was the Anfield building on Priory Road. The academy later moved to a new site near to Everton Park
.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in the Anfield
Anfield, Liverpool
Anfield is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward.-Toponymy:Originally common pasture land, the area had the name of Hanging-fields or Hangfield - the name originating from the deeply sloping nature of the terrain. The name was also frequently written as...
area of 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...
, England. The school had over 1100 pupils. The Anfield code was "Committed to achievement in the community".
History
Located in the inner-city, the school struggled in academic performance indicators, but experienced a dramatic turn around in GCSE pass rates in the 1993 and 1994 results. A 1995 TimesThe Times
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report profiling the "quiet revolution" cited a cleaner environment, uniforms, and a new code of conduct as causes for the change.
Closure
Closure was planned in 2005 due to amalgamation with Breckfield Comprehensive School, some parents formed the Anfield Parents Action Group to organise opposition.The school closed in 2006, and the merged school opened as the North Liverpool Academy
North Liverpool Academy
The North Liverpool Academy is an independent secondary school in Liverpool, L5 0SQ, England. It was the result of the merging of Anfield Community Comprehensive School and Breckfield Community Comprehensive School onto one campus in September 2006. The campus originally belonged to Anfield...
. The North Liverpool Academy's first site was the Anfield building on Priory Road. The academy later moved to a new site near to Everton Park
Everton Park, Liverpool
Everton Park in Everton, Liverpool, England is a modern park created in the early 1980s on the Everton hill between Great Homer Street and Everton Road/Heyworth Street.The park features the Everton Park Nature Garden.-External links:*...
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