Maghull High School
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It has a sixth form. It is situated off the A59A59 road
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near the junction of the M57
M57 motorway
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, M58
M58 motorway
The M58 is a motorway passing through Merseyside and Lancashire, terminating in Greater Manchester, England. It is 12 miles long and provides a link between the M6 motorway and the area north of Liverpool.-Route:...
and A59.
Origin
Maghull Grammar School on Old Hall Road opened in 1954 and new buildings opened in 1958. In April 1961, 11 year old Keith Jones was killed after a rugby tackle at the school. It became then Old Hall High School, and is now a housing estate on the opposite side of the A59, covered by the roads BroxholmeBroxholme
Broxholme is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is about 8 miles north-west of the city of Lincoln. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 58....
Way, Aisthorpe
Aisthorpe
Aisthorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies between Scampton and Brattleby on the B1398, a small back road to the west of, and parallel to, the A15 northern section of Ermine Street out of Lincoln....
Grove, Glentworth
Glentworth, Lincolnshire
Glentworth is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about north from Lincoln and south-west from Caenby Corner....
Close and Hornby
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Chase.
Also in Maghull was the Deyes High School
Deyes High School
Deyes High School is for people in the North West of England. The school is situated in Maghull on the outskirts of Liverpool. It holds an official specialist Science College status which was gained in 2006 and provided extra support for better resources in the Science department.- History :The...
on Deyes Lane and Maricourt RC High School
Maricourt High School
Maricourt Catholic High School, in Maghull, Merseyside, United Kingdom, formerly Mater Misericordiae Grammar School, is a Roman Catholic comprehensive school. Maricourt is one of two secondary school's administered by the Sisters of Mercy in Merseyside, the other being Broughton Hall High School in...
on Hall Lane.
Lancashire County Council built Ormonde Drive County Secondary School in 1954, which was a secondary modern school
Secondary modern school
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. Both former schools became comprehensive in 1972.
The school was produced in 1982 by the merger of Ormonde Drive High School and Old Hall High School on the Ormonde Drive site. By 1988, the Old Hall site was empty.
The old Woodend primary school has now been turned into the schools sixth form block.
Maghull Grammar School
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