Lord Derby Academy (LDA) is a

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secondary school founded in the mid-20th century. It has an academy status and is located in

Huyton Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, Liverpool Built-up Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Merseyside, Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Netherley, Liverpool, ...

in the

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. Previously known as Knowsley Hey High School, in 2009 the school was merged with Bowring Comprehensive School to form Huyton Sports and Arts Centre for Learning (HASCEL) on the same site as the original building and the school was completely rebuilt under the

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programme. Due to both the fact that Bowring merged into Knowsley Hey and that the school was subsequently renamed and rebuilt, many consider HASCEL a new successor to both schools. The school was completely rebuilt under the

programme. In February 2014 the school converted to academy status and was renamed Lord Derby Academy (LDA), becoming part of The

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(which also includes

Ashton-on-Mersey School Ashton-on-Mersey School is a secondary school in Ashton upon Mersey, Greater Manchester, England. The school is an academy, part of The Dean Trust, which includes Broadoak School and Lord Derby Academy in Huyton. Ashton-on-Mersey School can ...

in Sale as well as Broadoak School and Forest Gate Academy) in the process. In 2019 Lord Derby Academy was found to be "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. They disagreed with this, which led to the delayed publication of the Ofsted Report. The report details how the leaders bear an over generous view of the school and how inadequate progress is being made by the pupils, at fault of the teachers. However, in 2023, the school was rated as being a “Good” school.

Notable former pupils

Knowsley Hey School

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( former Archdeacon of Leicester) * Anthony Walker, school student, murdered in 2005 by a classmate

References

External links

Lord Derby Academy official websiteThe Dean Trust
Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley People educated at Lord Derby Academy Huyton {{Merseyside-school-stub The Dean Trust schools