Liverpool Blue Coat School
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| Motto |
Non Sibi Sed Omnibus (Not for Oneself but for All) |
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| Established | 1708 |
| Type | Grammar School |
| Headmaster | Mr. M.A. Pennington |
| Chaplain | Revd. Canon Janet Eastwood |
| Deputy Headmasters | S. Yates N. Roberts |
| Chair of Governors Provost | J.M. Shaw S.W. Elliott |
| Founders | Bryan Blundell and Rev. Robert Styth |
| Location |
Church Road Wavertree Liverpool L15 9EE England Coordinates: 53°23′35″N 2°54′58″W / 53.393°N 2.916°W |
| DfE number | 341/5404 |
| DfE URN | 137916 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 963 |
| Gender | Coeducational (since 2002) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | |
| Publication | The Squirrel |
| Houses |
Bingham Blundell Graham Shirley Stythe |
| Former pupils | Old Blues |
| School Song | Praise to the Lord, the Almighty |
| Website | Liverpool Blue Coat School |
The Liverpool Blue Coat School is an grammar school located in Wavertree, Liverpool, England. It was founded in 1708 by Bryan Blundell and the Reverend Robert Stythe as 'The Liverpool Bluecoat Hospital'. The school was for many years a boys' boarding school but as of September 2002 it reverted to its original coeducational remit.
The Blue Coat School holds a long-standing academic tradition; examination results consistently place the school top of the local, and national GCSE and A-level league tables. In 2016 Blue Coat was ranked as the best school in the country based on GCSE results. Blue Coat was also named as The Sunday Times State School of the year in 2015. The acceptance rate for admissions is usually around 15%.
In 2004 the school received a government grant of almost £8 million, together with more than £1 million from the school's foundation governors, facilitating a major expansion and redevelopment of the school site.
The school was founded in 1708 by Bryan Blundell and the Rev Robert Styth, a theology graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford as "a school for teaching poor children to read, write and cast accounts". The original charity school expanded rapidly and a new building, the present Bluecoat Arts Centre, opened in 1718. By the time of Blundell’s death in 1756 there were 70 boys and 30 girls at the school, many apprenticed to local trades, especially maritime ones connected to the port. Some Old Blues became mates or masters of their ships, many emigrating to the colonies. After Blundell’s death his sons further expanded the building to accommodate 200 pupils, with a new workroom, sick room, chapel and refectory. A reminder of the building’s school days is some graffiti dating from the 18th century, carved into cornerstones in a secluded part of the front courtyard.
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