Childwall Sports and Science Academy is a

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in Liverpool, England, with a sixth form. It is an academy and part of the Lydiate Learning Trust.

Academic performance and inspections

As of 2022, the college's most recent inspection by

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was in May 2022, with a judgement of Good. Judgements from earlier years were: * 2014: Requires Improvement * 2016: Requires Improvement * 2018: Requires Improvement In 2019 the school's Progress 8 score at

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was 0.61, "well below average". The Attainment 8 score was 38, compared to 41 in Liverpool as a whole. 17% of children that year were entered for the English Baccalaureate, compared to the Liverpool average of 31%. 24% of children that year achieved grade 5 or above in maths and English at GCSE, compared to 36% in Liverpool. At

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in 2019 the average grade was D+, compared to C in Liverpool as a whole.

History

The school was originally known as Holt High School for Boys. It was located on Queen's Drive. It had around 600 boys and a three-form entry in the mid 1940s. It became the co-educational Holt Comprehensive School in September 1967, when Holt High School for Boys merged with Olive Mount School for Girls. It later was renamed to Childwall Comprehensive School, then Childwall Community School. After becoming a specialist Sports College, the school was renamed Childwall Sports College.

Notable former pupils

Childwall Valley High School for Girls

* Alma Cullen, screenwriter and playwright * Alison Steadman OBE, actress *

Marion Studholme Marion Studholme (27 June 1927 – 6 January 2016) was an English soprano, best known for her performances with Sadler's Wells Opera Company, and as a regular performer on the popular BBC radio programme '' Friday Night is Music Night''. Studh ...

, soprano with the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, now English National Opera (ENO) * Pauline Yates, actress

Holt High School for Boys

* Prof John Horton Conway FRS, mathematician and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, known for Conway's Game of Life * Sir Ken Dodd OBE, comedian * John Shirley-Quirk CBE,

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* Sir David Webster, Chief Executive from 1945-70 of the Royal Opera House

Holt Comprehensive School

* Rt Rev Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Croydon from 2003, subsequently Bishop of Bradford * Tony Bellew, former professional boxer * Neil Danns, footballer * Mark Womack, actorMark Womack

References

External links

Childwall Academy Website

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