Motto |
Faith seeking understanding. |
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Established | 1933 |
Type |
Grammar school Academy |
Religion | Catholic |
Headmaster | R S Duggan |
Founders | Christian Brothers |
Location |
Manor Hill Birkenhead Merseyside CH43 1UQ England 53°23′24″N 3°02′53″W / 53.390°N 3.048°WCoordinates: 53°23′24″N 3°02′53″W / 53.390°N 3.048°W |
DfE URN | 136780 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Staff | 69 |
Students | 907 |
Gender | Boys |
Ages | 11–19 |
Website | www.st-anselms.com |
St Anselm's College is a Roman Catholic grammar school with academy status located in Merseyside, England. It is one of four Catholic secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, and one of three Irish Christian Brothers schools in the Merseyside area. The school is located within the Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury.
Founded in 1933, the school was in recent years granted Technology College and then Academy status, in cooperation with Upton Hall School, the local Catholic girls' school. The school used its specialist school status as an opportunity to improve some teaching facilities and broaden aspects of the curriculum.
The school was founded in 1933 by the trustees of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, at the invitation of Hugh Singleton, Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury. In 1946 it became a direct grant grammar school and continued as such until 1975, when the trustees opted for the school to be independent in order to continue as a single-sex
The Education Act 1993 gave the trustees the chance to re-enter the maintained sector and so, once again, offer parents the choice of a Catholic Grammar School education for their sons, irrespective of their ability to pay. In 1995, the school became one of the first Independent schools to re-enter the maintained sector. The prep department retained its independent status and is now known as Redcourt St Anselm's. The two schools still maintain links and Redcourt is one of the College's main feeder schools.