Tricentenary Appeal
The school celebrated its 300th birthday in 2008, making it the longest educating school in Liverpool. A number of celebrations took place, and to mark the occasion the school undertook to raise £1,000,000 to fund two new developments: to provide an all-weather playing surface on the present playing fields; and to convert part of the East Wing of the original building into a Year 13 study area.
The foundation trustees donated £100,000 the tricentenary appeal fund, and the school has organised a range of fund-raising activities, including annual summer fairs. As of September 2007 the total raised stood at £416,886.
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