{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{use British English|date=October 2013}} {{infobox school | name = Formby High School | image = Formby High School.png | image_size = 150px | coordinates = {{coord|53.560687|-3.068644|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = "Determined To Achieve" | established = 1938 | closed = | type = Academy | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Alex Wood | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | specialist = Arts college | address = Freshfield Road | city = Formby, Liverpool | county = Merseyside | country = England | postal_code = L37 3HW | local_authority = | ofsted = yes | urn = 137436 | staff = | enrolment = 1,016 | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = {{color box|Black}} {{color box|yellow}} {{color box|red}} | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = [https://www.formbyhighschool.com/ formbyhighschool.com] }}
'''Formby High School''' is an English secondary school with academy status located in the town of Formby, Merseyside. The local primary schools Freshfield, Redgate and Trinity St. Peter's act as feeder schools to Formby High.
==History and administration== The school was officially opened in November 1938<ref>https://www.formbyhighschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FocusOn...94-2-November-2018.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210063204/https://www.formbyhighschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FocusOn...94-2-November-2018.pdf |date=10 February 2021 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> and later reopened in 1972 by Margaret Thatcher during her tenure as Secretary of State for Education and Science.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remarks on proposals for a Catholic High School (county responsibility) {{!}} Margaret Thatcher Foundation|url=https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102221|access-date=2021-02-10|website=margaretthatcher.org}}</ref> However, the school faced challenges with overcrowding in the 1970s, with ten-form entries by 1971, each with over 30 pupils per class, prompting considerations for conditional admissions in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96426317 |title=Statement explains high school position |newspaper=Formby Times |date=27 October 1971 |page=5}}</ref> To address the issue, the Sefton Education Authority provided temporary classrooms in 1974, accommodating 200 students. By that time, enrollment had reached 1,560 pupils, which expected to rise to 1,750 by September 1974. Construction was scheduled to commence on a new sixth form block around this time to alleviate capacity constraints.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96425741 |title=Sefton steps in to help high school |publisher=Formby High School |date=19 June 1974 |page=1}}</ref> Additionally, building work started on a new high school in April 1974, initially known as Formby South High School, with an anticipated capacity of 750 pupils and the potential to accommodate up to 1,050 pupils.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96426936 |title='Immediate' start on new £950,000 Formby High School |newspaper=Formby Times |date=17 April 1974 |page=5}}</ref>
In 2002, the school achieved specialist school status as an Arts College, allowing it to access additional funding in this subject area. Two years later, in 2004, its newsixth form building was opened by local MP Claire Curtis-Thomas.
Under the leadership of Alex Wood, the school currently accommodates over 1,000 students.
==Notable former pupils== *Angela Eagle, Labour MP and former minister<ref name=bedell>Geraldine Bedell, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-s-top-woman-angela-eagle-on-a-journey-through-labour-a6731846.html Jeremy Corbyn’s top woman: Angela Eagle on a journey through Labour] dated 14 November 2015 at independent.co.uk, accessed 12 July 2016</ref> *Maria Eagle, Labour MP and former minister<ref name=bedell/> *Andrew Cooper (Labour politician), Labour MP *Karl Neilson, television director *Stacey Roca, actress *Robbie Foy, footballer
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.formbyhighschool.com/}}
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Category:Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Category:Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Category:Formby Category:1938 establishments in England Category:Educational institutions established in 1938