De La Salle School, St Helens

De La Salle School, St Helens
Motto "Our Vision; to pursue excellence"
Established 1987 (1987)
Type Voluntary aided school
Religion Roman Catholic
Headteacher Andrew Rannard
Deputy Headteacher Paul Ross, Catherine Flaherty, Christine Mulhall
Founder De La Salle Brothers
Location Mill Brow
Eccleston
Merseyside
WA10 4QH
England
53°27′20″N 2°46′10″W / 53.4556°N 2.7695°W / 53.4556; -2.7695Coordinates: 53°27′20″N 2°46′10″W / 53.4556°N 2.7695°W / 53.4556; -2.7695
Local authority St Helens
DfE URN 104834 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Colours Year 7 - Green, Year 8 - Red, Year 9 - Blue, Year 10 - Purple, Year 11 - Yellow
Website delasalle.st-helens.sch.uk

De La Salle School, St Helens is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive Roman Catholic high school which is linked to the world wide La Sallian community. The school in its current form was created in 1987 after the amalgamation of several Roman Catholic high schools in the area (West Park, Notre Dame, St. Edmund Campion and Mount Carmel). Its trustees are the De La Salle Brothers, who have a House nearby.

There are 1200 pupils, and about 140 staff. Seven associated primaries provide the majority of pupils who join, aged 11: Corpus Christi, St. Austin's, St. Bartholomew's, St. John Vianney, St. Julie's, St. Teresa's and St. Thomas of Canterbury.

History

Grammar schools

Two of the former schools were called West Park Grammar School and Notre Dame High School, which were both direct grant grammar schools.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive.

Campus

The school completed a large building programme in June 2013. Nearly half of the building stock was rebuilt, while almost all of the remainder was substantially remodelled. The new buildings capture some simple principles which the school developed with contractors and St. Helens Council: each academic area is clearly defined, with its own staff base and bespoke I.C.T. provision; while there are some open learning areas, the majority of classrooms are light and airy, as well as being very well sound-proofed; there are many double learning spaces, separated by sound-proofed partitions; each of the school's year groups has its own Base, with social seating for the pupils and I.C.T. areas, the year group leaders are Year 7 - Michelle Croft, Year 8 - Mark Leggett, Year 9 - Liam O'Callaghan, Year 10 - Catherine Mallalieu and Year 11 - Gareth Fletcher; there are six enclosed and secure external areas, including the spacious Founder's Quad, and Our Lady's Quad, in addition to defined learning areas for Art, Performing Arts, science and Enrichment.

Notable former pupils

West Park Grammar School

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andrew gets in shape for Corrie
  2. ↑ Paul Wellens goes back to De La Salle to open new pitch
  3. ↑ From Hollyoaks to Hollywood for St Helens' Emma Rigby?
  4. ↑ De La Salle gang rooting for Over the Rainbow's Stephanie Davis
  5. ↑ Saturday Mornings ~ The Saturday Show ~ Data Sheet
  6. ↑ "Many happy returns for Burnley hat-trick hero Jason Gilchrist". St Helens Star. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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