Childwall Sports College
Encyclopedia
Childwall School or Childwall Sports College is a secondary school
located in the Childwall
area of Liverpool
, L15 6XZ , Merseyside
, England
.
It is situated just south of the terminus of the M62
, near the junction (Childwall Fiveways) of B5178 and Queens Drive (A5058).
, Broadgreen International School, St. Francis of Assisi Academy and Liverpool Community College
. This means a large range of courses is provided for students of all abilities.
They are also intending to work together with a range of partners including, Childwall Extended Services, Learning Skills Council, Liverpool John Moores University, Fiveways Learning Network, South Central Liverpool School Sport Partnership and Liverpool Hope University.
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...
located in the Childwall
Childwall
Childwall is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Wavertree, Belle Vale, Broadgreen, Bowring Park and Mossley Hill...
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...
, L15 6XZ , Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, England
England
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.
Admissions
It is a mixed secondary school and sixth-form and specialises in sport and physical education. Because of this the school has three P.E. lessons a week and a fifty five minute break to keep kids exercising.It is situated just south of the terminus of the M62
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
, near the junction (Childwall Fiveways) of B5178 and Queens Drive (A5058).
Collaborations
Childwall Sports College works with King David High SchoolKing David School, Liverpool
The King David School located in Liverpool, England is a popular specialist humanities college mixed voluntary aided Jewish Orthodox secondary school....
, Broadgreen International School, St. Francis of Assisi Academy and Liverpool Community College
Liverpool Community College
Liverpool Community College is the only college of further education in Liverpool, Merseyside. It was established in 1992 by the amalgamation of all the further education colleges in Liverpool and was formerly known as the "City of Liverpool Community College".In 2005, it had approximately 7,000...
. This means a large range of courses is provided for students of all abilities.
They are also intending to work together with a range of partners including, Childwall Extended Services, Learning Skills Council, Liverpool John Moores University, Fiveways Learning Network, South Central Liverpool School Sport Partnership and Liverpool Hope University.
Grammar school
It was known as Holt High School on Queen's Drive. It had around 600 boys and a three-form entry in the early 1960s.Comprehensive
It became the coeducational Holt Comprehensive School in the late 1960s, then Childwall Comprehensive School, then became Childwall Community School.Holt High School for Boys
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