St Mary's College, Wallasey
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| St Mary's Catholic College | |
| Motto | Christ within us all |
| Type | Comprehensive voluntary aided school |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | P.D Heitzman |
| Specialism | Performing Arts College |
| Location | Wallasey Village Wirral Wirral Merseyside/Lancashire CH45 3LN England |
| LEA | Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |
| Ofsted number | 105110 |
| Students | 1,516 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Website | St. Mary's Website |
St Mary's Catholic College is a Catholic secondary school located in Wallasey, Wirral, in the Northwest of England. St Mary's is one of four Catholic secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. The others are St Anselm's College, St John Plessington Catholic College and Upton Hall School FCJ.
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[edit] Alumni
- Louise Delamere (b 1974), actress. Her work includes No Angels and The Chatterley Affair.
- Martin Carr (b 1968), chief songwriter and lead guitarist with The Boo Radleys.
- Chiefrocka (b 1978), British born club and radio DJ.
- Michelle Butterly (b 1969), actress. U.K. television work includes Casualty, Heartbeat and Soldier Soldier.
[edit] New buildings
Over the last few years a £12.5 million building programme has taken place at St. Mary's. This has physically almost doubled the accommodation size of the whole school. The school can now deal comfortably with rising pupil numbers due to its increasing popularity. This building programme has also addressed all of the accommodation shortfalls highlighted in the Ofsted report of March 2002.
In April 2003 the Science and Technology Building opened, along with a new school chapel, extended library, Sixth form common room and study base, extra classrooms and two computer resource bases.
In May of 2004 the new Arts Block was opened, in time for the school to become a Specialist College for the Arts in September. There were two new drama studios, a fully-equipped dance studio, three art rooms, two new computer rooms and five additional classrooms. Our Music Department now has its own recording studio and soundproof practice rooms.
The current buildings' capacity accommodates 1454 students. Nine forms of entry and an anticipated sixth form roll of 300 + (in the near future), require a further building programme. This is expected to start in May 2006.
It will include 19 new classrooms (16 general and 3 Design and Technology), larger PE changing rooms, expanded and upgraded office/reception areas, improved access for students with limited mobility, three refurbished laboratories, more appropriate staff room facilities and more dining room space.
On completion of this programme, the buildings' capacity will increase to 1654.
[edit] Controversy
According to the Wallasey News, in May 2008, a "boy, from Birkenhead, was handcuffed and escorted from St Mary’s College, Wallasey Village, by police." This was apparently because "the boy had 12 knives and a hit list."[1]
