Gateacre School

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Gateacre School
File:Gateacre School (secondary school) logo (fair use).png
Address
Map
Hedgefield Road

Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L25 2RW

England
Coordinates53°23′12″N 2°52′08″W / 53.386792°N 2.868773°W / 53.386792; -2.868773Coordinates: 53°23′12″N 2°52′08″W / 53.386792°N 2.868773°W / 53.386792; -2.868773
Information
TypeCommunity
Established1957; 66 years ago (1957)
ClosedMonday to Friday
Local authorityLiverpool City Council
Department for Education URN104700 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1527[1]
PublicationAspire Magazine
Websitegateacre.org

Gateacre School is a secondary school and sixth form located in Belle Vale, Liverpool, England. The school is Coeducational with both male and female pupils from years 7 to 11 and throughout the sixth form.[1]

History

The school was built in two phases, a lower building in 1957 (by architects Weightman and Bullen of Liverpool) and was followed by a much larger 'Main Building' which was completed in 1961 (by architect George Whitfield).[citation needed] The buildings on the school remained relatively unchanged for 40 years until a Music Building and a Sixth Form and Food Technology building were added to the previous 'lower yard' and bike shed area in 2002.

During the construction of the school, the playing field area needed to be levelled out. This proved difficult due to the nature of the ground, and it was decided by Liverpool Education committee that the most cost-effective method of leveling out the playing field area was controlled tipping. This led to a large difference in ground height of the field compared to the school buildings, with pupils required to walk up a set of steps equivalent to 2 storeys. This decision also meant that the land could not be built on in the future. This eventually led to the school's need to move locations under the Building Schools for the future government scheme as the only available ground on the Grange Lane site was the ground the current school footprint was held on, and a new school was required before the old one could be demolished.[citation needed]

Gateacre Community Comprehensive School was the first comprehensive school to open in Liverpool. It was also the first of a number of Liverpool schools to house George Whitfield's design for main building (Anfield Comprehensive and New Heys following). It was also the last remaining example of Whitfield's 'Main building'.

Demolition commenced in January 2011 and £300,000 was set aside for this task. In an attempt to prevent the building from being damaged by vandals in the meantime, the building was occupied by 'Guardians' from the company Ad hoc, who paid a basic amount of money to live in basic conditions.[citation needed]

The 20 acre Grange Lane school consisted of 3 gyms, 2 kitchens (previously 3, but reduced to two upon completion of 'Main Building'), 3 assembly halls, 5 yards (reduced to 4 when one became a car park, and 3 when the Music Building was built), a swimming pool, and 11 tennis courts

In 2005 Gateacre received joint in Arts & Humanities. The Specialist school status as an Arts College allowed the school extra funding for arts related utilities and projects .[2] The three main areas of arts being performing, visual and media.[2] The other specialism was as a Humanities College the lead subjects being English and Religious Studies.[3]

At the beginning of the 2015/2016 school year, on 3 and 4 September 2015, Gateacre School introduced a new form system based upon the "Vertical Tutoring" System. The school based its houses on an acronym for the word aspire by sorting their students into 6 main houses which are, Angelou,[4] Socrates,[5] Pankhurst,[6] Ibsen,[7] Rathbone[8] and Einstein.[9]

During the school year ending August 2014 Gateacre School achieved 29% 5 A-C GCSEs including English and maths putting it in the lowest 20% of schools in the country with similar characteristics(OFSTED Dashbord for Gateacre School). In August 2015 Gateacre School achieved 32% of students gaining 5 GCSEs A-C including English and maths.[citation needed]

New building

In 2011 the school relocated from Gateacre to the neighbouring area of Belle Vale. The new building would cost over £35 million and plans have been made to include high tech features such as solar panels, wind turbines and a cyber cafe.[10] The new building can now be easily identified opposite Belle Vale Shopping Centre. The official school website has listed what the building will include:

Notable alumni

See also

List of secondary schools in Liverpool

References

  1. ^ a b "Gateacre School". Ofsted. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The Standards Site: Arts". Archived from the original on 6 August 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2002.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Gateacre School". Gateacre.liverpool.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Gateacre School". Gateacre.liverpool.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Gateacre School". Gateacre.liverpool.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Gateacre School". Gateacre.liverpool.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Gateacre School". Gateacre.liverpool.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Gateacre School". Gateacre.liverpool.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Gateacre Community Comprehensive School". Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
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