Birkdale School
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| Motto |
Res Non Verba (Deeds not Words) |
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| Established | 1904 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Religion | Christian |
| Head Master | Paul Owen |
| Deputy Head Master | Nicholas Pietrek |
| Founder | Maurice Asterley |
| Location |
Oakholme Road Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 3DH England Coordinates: 53°22′28″N 1°30′17″W / 53.374510°N 1.504785°W |
| DfE number | 373/6005 |
| Staff | ~200 |
| Students | ~1,000 pupils (inc. Prep School) |
| Gender | Male, coeducational 6th Form |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Houses | Griffiths, Asterley, Hall and Heeley. |
| Colours | Red , Dark Blue |
| Publication | The Birkdalian |
| Former pupils | Old Birkdalians |
| Partner Schools | Peace Garden School, Nepal |
| Website | www |
Birkdale School is a Christian independent school for boys aged 4–18 in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire in England, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Since 1995 girls have been admitted to the Sixth Form.
Birkdale was founded in 1904 by the Maurice Asterley as a preparatory school for boys between the ages of 4 and 13 to provide a Christian education and takes its name from its first home, Birkdale House on Newbould Lane. The school moved in 1915 to the Oakholme building under Griffiths' leadership (1909–1939).
At the start of the Second World War, the school evacuated to Derbyshire under Roberts, Head Master in 1939. After the war, Roberts moved his pupils to Uttoxeter creating Brocksford Hall School, whilst twenty boys returned to Oakholme Road under Heeley in 1942 who later became Head Master in 1943. The Westbury building was purchased in 1946 from Thomas Cole of Cole Brothers (now John Lewis) to allow for the continued expansion of the school. The Endcliffe building on Endcliffe Crescent was purchased in 1975 with the Grayson and Johnson Buildings following later to create the current school and campus.
The period of greatest growth within the School was overseen during the tenure of the M. D. A. Hepworth, Head Master from 1983 to 1998. More recently, an extension of the Grayson Building was built to house the Sixth Form common room and an extension was also built on the back to allow space for the Modern Languages department and additional science laboratories. The Octagon, a music practice room designed to amplify sound was added to the original Oakholme Building in 1989. As part of a major building project, which saw the construction of a large sports hall over the site of an outdoor swimming pool, the Caxton building was built to house the DT and IT departments. The science labs and Heeley Hall were built recently.
Birkdale has six main buildings: Johnson Building, Grayson Building, Endcliffe Building, Oakholme Building, Westbury Building, and Science Block.
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