Childwall Sports and Science Academy

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General

Ofsted have said the school has the following strengths:

• The headteacher, senior leaders and governors have now halted the decline in standards and are leading school improvement effectively.
• Pupils make very good progress in English and are matching the achievement of other pupils nationally. Standards are rising in mathematics.
• Pupils' behaviour is good, both in lessons and around the school.
• The school promotes opportunities for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development very well.
• Outcomes in the sixth form are good (with 100% pass rate and in the top 10% Nationally for vocational courses)

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History

Grammar school

It was known as Holt High School on Queen's Drive. It had around 600 boys and a three-form entry in the early 1960s.

Comprehensive

It became the coeducational Holt Comprehensive School in September 1967, when Holt High School for Boys merged with Olive Mount School for Girls. It later became Childwall Comprehensive School, then Childwall Community School. Then after becoming a specialist Sports College, the school was renamed Childwall Sports College.

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Notable former pupils

Childwall Valley High School for Girls

• Alison Steadman OBE, actress
• Marion Studholme, soprano with the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, now English National Opera (ENO)
• Pauline Yates, actress
• Dr Oliver Valentine, MBChB FRCS, physician
• Mr David Rietdyk

Holt High School for Boys

• Prof John Horton Conway, Mathematician and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University
• Maj-Gen John Bartlett CB, Colonel Commandant from 1987-90 of the Royal Army Pay Corps
• John Brophy (author)
• Sir Ken Dodd OBE, esteemed creator of his Diddy Men
• Prof David Edwards FRS, University Professor of Physics from 1988-95 at Ohio State University
• Prof John Henry, Professor of the History of Science. Director, Science Studies Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh (2010-present). (1961-68).
• Prof Geoff Kneale, Professor of Biomolecular Science. Director, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth (1994-present). (1963-68).
• Michael Montgomery, former barrister and head of the BBC's Brazilian service (BBC Brasil) in the late 1960s
• Arthur Owen, Chief Executive from 1997-99 of AXA Sun Life plc
• John Shirley-Quirk CBE, bass-baritone
• Sir David Webster, Chief Executive from 1945-70 of the Royal Opera House
• Prof David Williams, Professor of Mining Geology from 1950-66 at Imperial College London, and President from 1960-61 of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, and from 1958-60 of the Geologists' Association

Holt Comprehensive School

• Rt Rev Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Croydon since 2003
• Mark Womack (British actor) actor

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References

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External links

• Childwall Academy Website
• WikiMapia
• EduBase

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