{{Short description|Boys school in Liverpool, Merseyside, England}} {{about|the school in Liverpool|the school in Leeds|Cardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High School}} {{Use British English|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School | image = [[File:cardinalheenanschoolbadge.JPG|110px]] <br/> School badge <br/> [[File:Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School.JPG|250px]] <br/> Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School on Honey's Green Lane | image_size = | coordinates = {{coord|53.423481|-2.889927|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = `Respect, Believe, Achieve` | established = 1958 | closed = | type = 11–18 boys [[Voluntary aided school]] | religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]] | president = | head_label = [[Headteacher]] | head = K Smyth | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = Chair | chair = A Tremarco | founder = | address = Honeysgreen Lane | city = [[Liverpool]] | county = [[Merseyside]] | country = England | postal_code = [[L postcode area|L]]12 9HZ | local_authority = [[Liverpool City Council]] | ofsted = yes | urn = 104714 | staff = | enrolment = 1,389 (2021) <ref>{{cite web |title=Ofsted Report |url=https://www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Report&pid=58 |publisher=Cardinal Heenan |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> | gender = Boys | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = Former name | free_text1 = Cardinal Allen R.C. Grammar School (Boys) | free_label2 = Diocese | free_text2 = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool|Liverpool]] | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = [http://www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk Cardinal Heenan] }}
The '''Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School''' is an 11–18 boys [[comprehensive school]] and [[sixth form]] for boys located in [[West Derby]], Liverpool, England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/schools/for-parents-and-carers/find-school-inspection-report/provider/ELS/104714 |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132345/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/schools/for-parents-and-carers/find-school-inspection-report/provider/ELS/104714 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead |title=Ofsted | Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School}}</ref> As of September 2021, a total of 1,389 boys were enrolled at the Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School. <ref>{{cite web |title=Ofsted Report |url=https://www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Report&pid=58 |publisher=Cardinal Heenan |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
It shares sixth form facilities with the neighbouring girls' school [[Broughton Hall High School]].<ref>{{cite news |title=West Derby secondaries Broughton Hall and Cardinal Heenan dub new homes 'Narnia' after £40m revamp |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/west-derby-secondaries-broughton-hall-3373746 |work=[[Liverpool Echo]] |date=7 May 2013}}</ref>
==History== The school is named after Cardinal [[John Carmel Heenan]]. Until 1983 it was known as [[William Allen (cardinal)|Cardinal Allen]] Grammar School, when it merged with St Margaret Mary's Boys' School. It opened in September 1958 with around 300 boys when administered by the Liverpool Education Committee. Next door was the Convent of Mercy High School, a girls' [[grammar school]] on ''Yew Tree Lane'' which was later renamed [[Broughton Hall High School]].
The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on ''Pilch Lane'', [[Huyton]]. The upper school, now the only building, is based at ''Honeysgreen Lane'', West Derby.
==Overview== ===Curriculum===
Boys attending the school are taught across three different Key Stages ― [[Key Stage 3]], [[Key Stage 4]] and [[Key Stage 5]]. Boys in Years 7―9 are taught at Key Stage 3, Years 10―11 are taught Key Stage 4, and boys in Years 12―13 are taught at Key Stage 5.
Boys in Year 7 at the school are taught subjects including English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Science, Religious Education, Geography, History, Modern Foreign Languages, Computing, Art, Drama, Music, Design and Technology, Food and Physical Education, with additional opportunities to develop leadership in areas such as Careers, Charity and Community Service, and Spiritual Formation. Boys in Year 8 follow the same subjects and leadership development courses, with the addition of Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) commencing in Year 8.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curriculum Summaries |url=https://www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk/page/?title=Curriculum+Summaries&pid=110 |publisher=Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
Boys in Year 9 have the option to study Media as a subject, and follow the same leadership development programmes which commenced in Year 8. Boys in Year 10 have the opportunity to study a Travel & Tourism Tech Award, as well as having the opportunity to study Computer Science, "iMedia", Drama at [[GCSE]] level, 3D Design and Technology, Hospitality and Catering, Health and Social Care, and Business. <ref>{{cite web |title=Curriculum Summaries |url=https://www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk/page/?title=Curriculum+Summaries&pid=110 |publisher=Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
===Academic attainment===
The school has a well below average Progress 8 score, a score provided to schools by the government based on the academic progress that pupils make from the end of [[Key Stage 2]] to the end of Key Stage 4. Such scores are based on 8 qualifications from pupils at each school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/104714/cardinal-heenan-catholic-high-school/secondary |website=Gov.UK |publisher=UK Government |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> The percentage of boys entering the "English Baccalaureate" (entered for examination in English, Maths, Science, a foreign language, and either History or Geography), stood at 15%, below the local authority average of 34% and the England average of 39%. The school's percentage of boys who attained a Grade 5 award in English and Maths at [[GCSE]] level was just below the local authority average (37%), at 34%, and below the England average of 45%. <ref>{{cite web |title=Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/104714/cardinal-heenan-catholic-high-school/secondary |website=Gov.UK |publisher=UK Government |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
The schools Attainment 8 score, based on the performance of pupils in up to 8 qualifications, stood at 41.4%, just below the local authority average of 41.7%, and the England average of 46.2%. Despite this, the school performed strongly in the number of boys either staying in education or entering employment upon leaving the school, with 95% either staying in education or taking employment, compares to the local authority average of 92% and the England average of 94%. <ref>{{cite web |title=Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/104714/cardinal-heenan-catholic-high-school/secondary |website=Gov.UK |publisher=UK Government |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{alumni|date=May 2026}} * [[Joey Molland]] (b. 1947) – musician, [[Badfinger]] * [[Ian Hart]] (b. 1964) – actor * [[Steven Gerrard]] (b. 1980) – footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], [[England national football team]], football manager<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/10/13/sfntim113.xml|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Tim|last=Rich|title=England's rugby team inspires Steven Gerrard|date=13 October 2007}} {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * [[Bradley Orr]] (b. 1982) – footballer, [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.]] * [[David Price (boxer)|David Price]] (b. 1983) – boxer * [[John Welsh (English footballer)|John Welsh]] (b. 1984) – footballer, [[Hull City F.C.]], England under-21 * [[Sean Doherty (footballer)|Sean Doherty]] (b. 1985) – footballer * [[Jay McEveley]] (b. 1985) – footballer, [[Derby County F.C.]], [[Scotland national football team]] * [[David Nugent]] (b. 1985) – footballer, [[Portsmouth F.C.]], [[England national football team]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13112311 |title=Why do some schools produce clusters of celebrities? |date=6 May 2011 |work=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717063515/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13112311 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Carl Tremarco]] (b. 1985) – footballer, [[Wrexham F.C.]] * [[Adam Rowe]] (b. 1992) – comedian and podcaster * [[Tyias Browning]] (b. 1994) – footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] * [[Paddy Pimblett]] (b. 1995) – [[mixed martial arts]] fighter * [[Liam Walsh (footballer)|Liam Walsh]] (b. 1997) – footballer, Everton F.C., [[Luton Town F.C.]]<ref name=Echo20161203>{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-youngster-liam-walsh-shots-12268973 |title=Everton youngster Liam Walsh on why shots from halfway won't impress Koeman |first=Phil |last=Kirkbride |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=3 December 2016 |accessdate=28 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119005216/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-youngster-liam-walsh-shots-12268973 |archive-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> * [[Callum Wright]] (b. 2000) – footballer, [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-loanee-callum-wright-5814687|title=Callum Wright on growing up on same estate as Steven Gerrard|first=Jon|last=Palmer|date=20 August 2021|website=GloucestershireLive|access-date=10 December 2021}}</ref> * [[Bobby Duncan (footballer, born 2001)|Bobby Duncan]] (b. 2001) – footballer<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-bobby-duncan-everything-you-14838556|title=Who is Bobby Duncan? Everything you need on Liverpool's new man|first=James|last=Pearce|date=4 August 2018|website=[[Liverpool Echo]]|accessdate=8 August 2023}}</ref> * [[Mike Di Scala]] – music producer * [[Colin Harvey]] (b. 1944) – footballer,[[Everton F.C.]], [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.]], [[England national football team]] * [[Paul McGann]] (b. 1959) – actor<ref name="BBC"/> * [[Michael Caulder]] (b.1957) – rugby player, USA Eagles 1st World Cup
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20071115154005/http://www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk:80/ Cardinal-Heenan.org.uk}} * [http://www.cardinalheenanpta.org.uk CardinalHeenanPTA.org.uk Cardinal Heenan PTA website] * [https://archive.today/20140413170843/http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=104714 EduBase]
===News items=== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8412310.stm Boy suspended for selling unhealthy crisps in December 2009] * [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/09/28/cardinal-heenan-pe-teacher-brendan-beech-resigns-after-pupil-sex-allegation-100252-27354325 Teacher Brendan Beech resigns after pupil sex allegation], liverpoolecho.co.uk, 28 September 2010.
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