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EDUCATION
ST JULIE’S PREPARES GIRLS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD
St Julie’s Catholic High School is a popular and vibrant learning community where academic excellence is standard and traditional values shape the delivery of a curriculum that is innovative and exciting. In recent years students have left St Julie’s Sixth Form to go to Universities in places such as Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge and the Royal Academy for Dramatic Art. Their last Ofsted inspection judged the school to be good, with outstanding leadership and management and pupil welfare and development. To find out more about a place for your daughter, please visit them online or go and meet staff and students at their open event on Thursday 22nd September from 4-6pm. W: www.stjulies.org.uk
BELLERIVE VALUES ACHIEVEMENT IN ITS WIDEST SENSE
Bellerive is a popular and oversubscribed Catholic school for girls. They are conveniently located in a pleasant area of the city, next to Sefton Park. Bellerive was inspected by Ofsted in October 2021 and confirmed to be ‘Good’ in all areas. Bellerive look forward to welcoming 180 Year 7 pupils in September from over 60 primary schools throughout the city and beyond. They are an inclusive and diverse school, and their Bellerive family includes pupils from a wide range of different cultural and religious backgrounds. At Bellerive, they value achievement in its widest sense: academic, personal, social, and cultural. The heart of the school is rooted in a strong Catholic tradition, and they seek to nurture the spiritual development of each individual pupil. Go and find out more at their Open Evening in October 2022. W: www.bellerivefcj.org
STAY FOR LIFE
Stanfield Preparatory School is proud to be the starting point of the Merchant Taylors’ journey. When girls and boys join the school from Reception to Year 6, their lifelong connection to the Merchant Taylors’ family begins. From September 2022, children will not be required to sit any further entrance assessments as they move into their senior schools, however pupils from external primary schools are required to sit an entrance assessment for senior school. Find out more by visiting their website. W: www.merchanttaylors.com/stanfieldprimary/
KIRKBY HIGH SCHOOL HAS RAINBOW FLAG AWARD STATUS RENEWED
Kirkby High School are very proud to have their Rainbow Flag Award status renewed until 2024 following a successful audit which evidenced the following standards: • LGBT+ people and identities are positively represented across all areas of the curriculum • Children and young people wishing to explore/express their gender and/or sexuality feel supported to do so • Student-led initiatives are valued and supported to create an LGBT+ inclusive and positive environment • Effective policies are in place to address
LGBTphobia and positively support whole organisation LGBT+ inclusion The Proud Trust commented ‘it is clear that excellent work in LGBT+ inclusion continues to happen at Kirkby High School’. W: www.kirkbyhighschool.net
St. Mary’s College & Preparatory School in Crosby is proud to be rated ‘Excellent’ in all areas by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Awarding St. Mary’s its highest-possible grading in both of the main inspection categories, ISI described the quality of pupils’ academic achievements and personal development as excellent, due to the ‘outstandingly positive attitudes towards learning’ at the school. Academic excellence is a key aim at St. Mary’s, and pupils achieve outstanding results at all key stages. However, success is measured by much more than examination results. The school places great emphasis on the development of the whole person, encouraging achievement in many fields via its rich programme of extra-curricular activities. All of this makes St. Mary’s College & Preparatory School a place where children can develop into bright, confident young people who want to make the world better for others, as well as themselves. Visit them on their Open Days to see for yourself. • Open Evening: Thursday 22nd September, 4pm - 7pm • Open Morning: Saturday 24th September, 10am - 12pm • Entrance Examination (2023 admissions): Friday 18th November W: www.stmarys.ac/
RAINFORD HIGH CONFIRM DATE FOR SEPTEMBER OPEN EVENING
Plans for an exceptional open evening are already underway at Rainford High. On Thursday 29th September from 6pm until 8pm, staff and current students will warmly welcome prospective pupils and their families into the state-of-the-art school. Introductions from the principal, Mr Ian Young, will take place in the auditorium from 6:05pm, 6:30pm, 6:55pm and 7:25pm. Attendees can enjoy a tour around the school’s modern facilities, watch demonstrations and talk to staff about the excellent educational and pastoral offering available to children throughout their Rainford High journey. To find out more, call the school or visit them online. T: 01744 885914 W: www.rainford.org.uk/
ST JOHN BOSCO AWARDS AFTERNOON CELEBRATES STUDENTS’ TALENTS WITH INSPIRATIONAL GUEST SPEAKER
St John Bosco Awards Afternoon was a fantastic event. At the beginning of July, the whole school community gathered at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral to celebrate the successes and achievements of students from the past year. They were thrilled to be joined by Hannah Cockroft, MBE as their guest speaker. She inspired students with her history, her first experiences of sport and some of the challenges she has overcome. The whole event was a wonderful celebration of students’ talents. There were performances from the school choir, band and a dance performed by all year 7 students. This is the first event of this kind the school has been able to have for some time and it was a very special afternoon for the school community. W: www.stjohnboscoartscollege.com/
