Litherland High School

Litherland High School

Motto	Together in the Business of Learning
Established	1948
Type	Academy
Location	Sterrix Lane Litherland Merseyside L21 0DB England, UK Coordinates: 53°28′49″N 2°59′10″W / 53.4804°N 2.9861°W / 53.4804; -2.9861
Local authority	Sefton
DfE number	343/4004
DfE URN	141694 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	839
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	Litherland High School

Litherland High School is a secondary school in Litherland, Merseyside, England, headed by Mr Rob Rogers and Mrs Sharratt since 2014.^[1] The address is Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB.^[2] The school was established in March 1948. Litherland High School is part of the Litherland Partnership, which includes other local primary schools Beach Road Primary School, Lander Road Primary School and St Philips CoE Primary School.

Litherland High School was listed as a school requiring 'Special Measures' by a February 2014 Ofsted inspection. In March 2015 the school converted to academy status.

New school construction

The Liverpool Echo reported in October 2006 that Sefton Council had been awarded government funding to build a new school, which would merge with Bootle High School, mainly due to falling intake numbers particularly at Bootle High School, with proposals for a sixth form to be constructed on the Netherton site.^[3] Approval for the project was delayed due to an objection raised with regards to the closure of Bootle High School, although indications had been made that the DfES had approved Sefton's plan.^[4]

A meeting held at the Town Hall, Bootle in May 2007 indicated the project to cost approximately £22.4m, with the new higher capacity Litherland High School to take effect from 1 September 2009. All pupils at Bootle High School were guaranteed a place at the new Litherland High School.^[5]

As of 1 September 2009, over 400 new students started at the school. Most were transferred over from the now closed Bootle High School and the rest were the new year-7 pupils. Up to now the merge has been a great success in the views of both old Bootle High School children and Litherland High School children. Children from current 8 to 10 were merged in forms and classes while current year-11s were just mixed for forms and kept separate for lessons. This decision was authorized to try not to place the pupils' education at greater risk by them having to make new friends while trying to concentrate on their GCSEs.

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