St John Bosco Arts College

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Saint John Bosco Arts College
Address
St John Bosco Arts College
Storrington Avenue

, ,
L11 9DQ

England
Coordinates 53°27′06″N2°54′39″W / 53.451739°N 2.910926°W / 53.451739; -2.910926
Information
Type Voluntary aided school
MottoServe the Lord with Gladness
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1983
Founder Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco
Local authority Liverpool City Council
Department for Education URN 104715 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherDarren Gidman
Gender Girls
Age11to 19
Enrolment900
Former nameMary Help of Christians R.C. High School
Diocese Liverpool
Website http://www.stjohnboscoartscollege.com/

St John Bosco Arts College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school for girls in Croxteth, Liverpool.

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Admissions

The school caters for girls between Year 7 to Year 11, which after this year, in Year 12 and 13, the school allows boys to enter into the sixth form. The school has a total of 1006 students, counting the sixth-formers, 35% of the girls between Year 7 to Year 11 receive free school meals.

History

Grammar school

The school was a girls' grammar school, the Mary Help of Christians Convent, from the mid-1960s. [1] The neighbouring boys' grammar school was the De la Salle Grammar School, which is now Dixons Croxteth Academy.

Other girls' Catholic grammar schools in Liverpool were Convent of Mercy Girls High School, Notre Dame High School for Girls and La Sagesse Girls High School. Of the nine grammar schools that survived until the mid-1980s in Liverpool, most were Catholic due to their voluntary-aided status.[ citation needed ]

Comprehensive

The school became a catholic comprehensive in 1983. The Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco are also known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. It was known as the St John Bosco High School until September 2004 when it became an Arts College. [2] In March 2013 the college became a National Teaching School.

New build

In September 2014 a new state of the art school was opened with a new grey and pink school uniform for all students.[ citation needed ]

Academic performance

The school gets excellent results at GCSE which were above the national average in 2014 with 100% 5 A-C grades at GCSE and 61% including English and Mathematics.[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

Mary Help of Christians R.C. High School

St John Bosco High School

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