Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
school in Liverpool, UK
The Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is an 11–18 boys comprehensive school and sixth form for boys located in West Derby, Liverpool, England. As of September 2021, a total of 1,389 boys were enrolled at the Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School.
It shares sixth form facilities with the neighbouring girls' school Broughton Hall High School.
History
The school is named after Cardinal John Carmel Heenan. Until 1983 it was known as Cardinal Allen Grammar School, when it merged with St Margaret Mary's Boys' School. It opened in September 1958 with around 300 boys when administered by the Liverpool Education Committee. Next door was the Convent of Mercy High School, a girls' grammar school on Yew Tree Lane which was later renamed Broughton Hall High School.
The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on Pilch Lane, Huyton. The upper school, now the only building, is based at Honeysgreen Lane, West Derby.
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Curriculum
Boys attending the school are taught across three different Key Stages ― Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.
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