Cardinal Allen Grammar School

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The Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a comprehensive school and sixth form for boys located in West Derby, Liverpool, L12 9HZ, England. AdmissionsIt is situated just north of the A57 in Mill Yard, east of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. It is next-door to Broughton Hall High School, an all-girls Catholic school. The school is a faith school and all-male. There is also a new sixth form building being built which will be jointly shared with Broughton HallHistoryThe school is named after Cardinal John Carmel Heenan. Until 1983 it was known as Cardinal Allen Grammar School, when it merged with St Margaret Mary's Boys' School. It opened in September 1958 with around 300 boys when administered by the Liverpool Education Committee. Next door was the Convent of Mercy (R. C. Girls) High School, a girls' grammar school on Yew Tree Lane. The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on Pilch Lane, Huyton. The upper school, now the only building, is based at Honeysgreen Lane, West Derby. Recent historySome of the school's expansive playing fields at Pilch Lane were partly sold off for housing development circa 1995, it is believed this was done to help pay for future renovation, building work and new building development.

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The Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a comprehensive school and sixth form for boys located in West Derby, Liverpool, L12 9HZ, England. AdmissionsIt is situated just north of the A57 in Mill Yard, east of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. It is next-door to Broughton Hall High School, an all-girls Catholic school. The school is a faith school and all-male. There is also a new sixth form building being built which will be jointly shared with Broughton HallHistoryThe school is named after Cardinal John Carmel Heenan. Until 1983 it was known as Cardinal Allen Grammar School, when it merged with St Margaret Mary's Boys' School. It opened in September 1958 with around 300 boys when administered by the Liverpool Education Committee. Next door was the Convent of Mercy (R. C. Girls) High School, a girls' grammar school on Yew Tree Lane. The school was originally based at two sites, one for Year 7 and 8 (years 1 and 2 of the old school year system) around half a mile (800m) from the main building on Pilch Lane, Huyton. The upper school, now the only building, is based at Honeysgreen Lane, West Derby. Recent historySome of the school's expansive playing fields at Pilch Lane were partly sold off for housing development circa 1995, it is believed this was done to help pay for future renovation, building work and new building development.

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Cardinal Allen Grammar School is located at Liverpool
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