St. Francis Xavier's College (Liverpool)

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St. Francis Xavier's College
Established 1842
Type Foundation
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Headteacher Mr. L. Rippon
Founders Jesuit Order
Specialism Mathematics and Computing
Location Beaconsfield Road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L25 6EG
Flag of England
LEA Liverpool City Council
Ofsted number 104718
Staff 80-100
Students 1300
Gender Boys, Coeducational in the 6th form
Ages 11 to 18
School colours Year 7-11 Maroon well its pink really & Blue          
Website http://www.sfx.liverpool.sch.uk

St. Francis Xavier's College is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form college located in Woolton, Liverpool. At present Year 7 to Year 11 are male only, whereas the Sixth Form (years 12 and 13) are coeducational.

The College is currently under the trusteeship of the Brothers of Christian Instruction. Their mission is that of their founder, Jean Marie de la Mennais, ‘To make Jesus better known and loved’.

The school is a specialist school for Mathematics and Computing, and was the first school in Liverpool to gain specialist school status in that category.[1]

The current headteacher of the college is Mr L Rippon.

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[edit] Origins and History

The college was founded in 1842 by the Jesuit Order in association with Stonyhurst College, Lancashire. It was located in Salisbury Street, Everton, until 1961 when it transferred to its present twenty-six acre site at High Lee, Woolton. In 1990 it opted out of local authority control, becoming a grant-maintained school. The college was granted Technology College status from April 1996. In September 1999 it became a Foundation School. In 1992 the college became co-educational in the sixth form and in September 2000 the De La Mennais 6th Form Centre was opened. The school website is [2].

[edit] Choir

The college was renowned for its very successful boy's choir, set up in 1994, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the first choir to sing for a service in every Cathedral in England and Wales (49 in total). The choir also sung in a private audience with Pope John Paul II in 1999[3].

[edit] Notable Former Students

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