# King David High School, Liverpool > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/King_David_High_School,_Liverpool > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/King_David_High_School,_Liverpool.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_High_School%2C_Liverpool > Source revision: 1340562300 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **King David High School** is a mixed [voluntary aided](/source/Voluntary_aided_school) [Jewish](/source/Jew) ethos-based [secondary school](/source/Secondary_school) located in the [Wavertree](/source/Wavertree) district of [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), England. It provides [Jewish education](/source/Jewish_education), but also admits and caters to students of other faiths. ## Building In September 2011, the primary and secondary schools moved into a new three-storey building, as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.[1] ## Notable former staff - [Clive Lawton](/source/Clive_Lawton) (b.1951), educator, broadcaster and writer who co-founded the educational charity [Limmud](/source/Limmud), is a former head of the school.[2] ## Notable alumni See also: - [Ian Broudie](/source/Ian_Broudie), singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer[3] - [Malandra Burrows](/source/Malandra_Burrows), actress and singer[4] - [Guy Chambers](/source/Guy_Chambers), musician and composer - [Simon Fishel](/source/Simon_Fishel), [IVF](/source/IVF) professor[5] - [Ron Hesketh](/source/Ron_Hesketh), Anglican priest and former RAF Chaplain-in-Chief[6] - [Jason Isaacs](/source/Jason_Isaacs), actor[7] - [Missy Bo Kearns](/source/Missy_Bo_Kearns), footballer for [Liverpool FC Women](/source/Liverpool_F.C._Women) - [Stuart Polak, Baron Polak](/source/Stuart_Polak,_Baron_Polak), Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords[8] - [Mark Simpson](/source/Mark_Simpson_(clarinetist)), composer and clarinet player[6][9] - [Neal Skupski](/source/Neal_Skupski), tennis player[10] - [David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Tredegar](/source/David_Wolfson,_Baron_Wolfson_of_Tredegar), politician, barrister, and life peer[11] - [Michael Woodford](/source/Michael_Christopher_Woodford), business executive[12] ## See also - [Jewish day school](/source/Jewish_day_school) - [King David School (disambiguation)](/source/King_David_School_(disambiguation)), for other King David Schools ## References 1. ["Information Pack – Director of Education"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111007003536/http://www.kingdavidliverpool.co.uk/2011/Vacancy%20Ads/Director%20Jewish%20Education%20March%202011/Info%20Pack.pdf). King David High School. Archived from [the original](http://www.kingdavidliverpool.co.uk/2011/Vacancy%20Ads/Director%20Jewish%20Education%20March%202011/Info%20Pack.pdf) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2026. 1. Rocker, Simon (6 January 2011). ["Call for Jewish day school curbs"](https://www.thejc.com/news/call-for-jewish-day-school-curbs-jie6de1p). *[The Jewish Chronicle](/source/The_Jewish_Chronicle)*. Retrieved 22 February 2026. 1. ["Liverpool Jewish Community trail"](https://images.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/2022-05/Liverpool_Jewish_Community_Trail_WEB.pdf). *[Museum of Liverpool](/source/Museum_of_Liverpool)*. Retrieved 22 February 2026. 1. ["A History Of Liverpool Thespians – Malandra Burrows"](http://www.thefootballvoice.com/2024/05/a-history-of-liverpool-thespians.html). *The Football Voice*. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2026. 1. Sanderson, Frank (2009). ["Dr Simon Fishel"](https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/fellows/honorary-fellows-2009/simon-fishel). *[Liverpool John Moores University](/source/Liverpool_John_Moores_University)*. Retrieved 26 February 2026. 1. 'HESKETH, Ven. Ronald David', *[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who)* 2017, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), an imprint of [Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) plc, 2017; online edn, [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2016; online edn, November 2016 [accessed 20 May 2017](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U42760) 1. Zhykharev, Kyrvlo (4 August 2025). ["Actor Jason Isaacs: How a Liverpool Childhood Led to the London Stage"](https://liverpool-trend.com/en/eternal-3462-actor-jason-isaacs-how-a-liverpool-childhood-led-to-the-london-stage). *Liverpool Trend*. Retrieved 22 February 2026. 1. ["Access to Musical Education in School"](https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/lord/lord-polak/debate/2023-10-18/lords/lords-chamber/access-to-musical-education-in-school). *Parallel Parliament*. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2026. 1. ["Mark of Genius"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060711021719/http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-65307.pdf). [Liverpool City Council](/source/Liverpool_City_Council). Archived from [the original](http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-65307.pdf) on 2006-07-11. Retrieved 2009-07-20. 1. Freeman, Florence (18 July 2023). ["Everyone in Liverpool' should be proud of Wimbledon champion Neal Skupski"](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everyone-liverpool-should-proud-wimbledon-27347749). *[Liverpool Echo](/source/Liverpool_Echo)*. Retrieved 24 February 2026. 1. Baksi, Catherine (10 June 2021). ["Lord Wolfson: 'I once convinced a judge to overturn my own case'"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/lord-wolfson-i-once-convinced-a-judge-to-overturn-my-own-case-m33k2qkxr). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. [ISSN 0140-0460](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0140-0460). Retrieved 22 February 2026. 1. Armitage, Jim (23 December 2011). ["Michael Woodford: Unbowed despite the death threats"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/michael-woodford-unbowed-despite-the-death-threats-6280816.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131214085441/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/michael-woodford-unbowed-despite-the-death-threats-6280816.html) 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. ## External links - [Official website](https://www.kingdavidliverpool.co.uk/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [King David High School, Liverpool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_High_School%2C_Liverpool) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_High_School%2C_Liverpool?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.