Cowley International College

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Cowley International College
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Address
Cowley International College
Hard Lane

St. Helens
,
Merseyside
,
WA10 6LB

England
Coordinates 53°27′53″N2°45′22″W / 53.464646°N 2.756110°W / 53.464646; -2.756110
Information
TypeComprehensive school. Soon to be Academy in late 2024.
MottoNon sibi sed omnibus
Established1716
FounderSarah Cowley
Local authority St. Helens
Department for Education URN 104829 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1590 [1]
Academy TrustPending…
Website http://www.cowley.st-helens.sch.uk

Cowley International College, formerly Cowley Language College and originally Cowley School, is an 11-18 secondary school located on Cowley Hill, in Windle, St Helens, Merseyside.

Contents

History

Grammar school

A former part of the school was on Cowley Hill Lane. There were two grammar schools, the Cowley Girls' Secondary Grammar School (also known as the Cowley Girls' School) with around 650 girls, and Cowley Boys' Secondary Grammar School (also known as Cowley School) with around 550 boys. In 1965, the St Helens Education Committee council introduced proposals for comprehensive education.

The changing rooms at the boys' school, and the gym at the girls' school were used as locations for the film Chariots of Fire (1981).

Comprehensive

The comprehensive plans took effect in September 1970 with each school becoming a 13-18 single sex comprehensive school - the Cowley Boys' School and Cowley Girls' School which soon became 11-18 schools in 1974 with around 700 at each school. For a short time from 1976 to 1978, these schools were the Cowley High School for Boys and the Cowley High School for Girls. By 1978 it had become the Cowley High School with around 1,400 boys and girls.

In 2001, it gained Language College specialist status and changed its name. In the summer of 2010 the school changed its name once again to Cowley International College.


Closure/Academy Conversion

In May 2024 it is proposed Cowley International College will officially close and reopen as a brand new Academy in September 2024.

New building

The school has recently been subject to a £20 million redevelopment, with a new building for the 11-16 site opened in October 2009 by Ed Balls, Head of Education. The previous site is currently being redeveloped into a state-of-the-art Sixth Form which opened to students in September 2010.

Notable former pupils

Cowley School (Grammar, High and College)

Notable masters

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