Rock Ferry High School
| Rock Ferry High School | |
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_(8).JPG) Rock Ferry High School , Birkenhead (closed) (8) | |
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Ravenswood Avenue Birkenhead, WIRRAL, CH42 4NY | |
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| LEA | Wirral |
| Specialist | Performing Arts |
| Ofsted number | 105094 |
| Age range | 11-16 |
Rock Ferry High School was a secondary school located in Birkenhead, Wirral, England.
History
Rock Ferry opened in the 1920s and was a boy's grammar school originally until it became a boys comprehensive school, girls started to join in 1980, initially in the sixth form due to the relative strength of the teaching at sixth form level and later girls entered at lower school level.
Some students from that school died in World War II and there was a plaque of their names in the foyer of the school.
The school was formally merged with Park High School in January 2011 to create University Academy Birkenhead. On 13 April 2011 over 100 pupils aging 12-16 from RFHS began to protest over teachers redundancies and the merger with Park High School in central Birkenhead, it ended with police having to step in but there were no serious incidents apart from a few arguments.[1] In 2014, a planning application was made to demolish the school buildings except for one listed building.[2] Campaigners have also set up a group to demand the protection of the site, in particular the Art Deco-influenced main school building.[3][4]
Notable alumni
- Peter Avery, Persian scholar
- John Charmley, Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia
- Alan Goodall, Footballer
- Gary Love, Chief Risk Officer, United Nations
- Jason McAteer, Footballer
- Norman Thelwell, cartoonist
- Gareth Thomas, Labour MP for Clwyd West 1997 - 2005
References
- ↑ Article in the Liverpool Echo
- ↑ http://www.wirral.gov.uk/planning/DC/AcolNetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=93524
- ↑ "Save Rock Ferry High School & Woodlands". Facebook (hosted). Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ↑ Rigby, Emma. "Second community meeting to save 'last green space' in Rock Ferry". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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Coordinates: 53°21′54″N 3°00′37″W / 53.36499°N 3.01029°W