The Mosslands School

The Mosslands School is a secondary school in Wallasey Village, Wirral, England, which has about 1,200 pupils and one hundred staff.

The school was opened on 27 October 1956 by glass mogul Sir Harry Pilkington as a Secondary Technical School for Boys with around 500 pupils and twenty staff.

The site has since moved from two sites to one larger site. The former lower school annexe for years 7 and 8 was demolished, and the upper school site (years 9, 10 and 11) expanded to accommodate pupils from all years. The new site contains science laboratories, art studios, music suites, computer rooms and a library. Extensions provided rooms for humanities and improvements to Languages, Maths and English. In 2004, the school became a specialist Technology College. There are three houses Grenfell Faraday and Ruskin.

Notable old boys

• Nigel Lythgoe (b 1949), television and film director noted for producing Pop Idol and American Idol
• Nicholas Wood (b 1962), Galton Professor of Genetics UCL
• Derek Mountfield (b 1962), retired footballer who played for Aston Villa and Everton
• Simon Rimmer (b 1963), celebrity television chef who co-presented BBC2's Something for the Weekend
• Matthew Smith (b 1966), creator of the 8-bit platform games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy
• Paul Hollywood (b 1966), English baker and celebrity television chef who is a judge on BBC2's The Great British Bake Off
• Shaun Garnett (b 1969), retired footballer for Tranmere Rovers and Oldham Athletic, now a coach at Tranmere
• Jason Koumas (b 1979), Welsh international footballer who played for Wigan Athletic
• Jay Spearing (b 1988), footballer who currently plays for Blackpool

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