Recent History
Some 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.
The sixth form status of the school expanded in the late 1990s starting in 1995 with the introduction of a mixed sex sixth form.
Around that time also begun the work of converting nearby Leyfield House for the purposes of sixth form only use. The prospectus from 1995/6 makes mention of this improvement but due to unknown difficulties at the time, the conversion of Leyfield House was only completed circa 1997, to the annoyance of the then incumbent sixth formers who had expected it to be ready during their term at Cardinal Heenan. In 2001 Cardinal Heenan became a Specialist Sports College, officially opened by ex-student Steven Gerrard and the Mayor of Liverpool.
Cardinal Heenan is one of the few schools in Liverpool to offer the new Opening Minds Curriculum and is also a leader in offering BTEC First qualifications. These BTEC qualifications are at Level 2 of the NQF and depending on options taken, are GCSE equivalent. A BTEC First Diploma is worth four GCSEs. Broughton Hall (which is next door) also offer this curriculum.
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