Student Population
The school is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school with a Sixth Form. The catchment area of the school expands into Lache and Blacon, with some buses transporting pupils from as far afield as Neston and Frodsham. The school has over 1,000 pupils. The general uniform is a bottle green sweatshirt or polo shirt with black trousers. The current head teacher is John Murray, previous head teachers have included John McCann (acting, 2003–2004), Victoria Ratchford (1994–2003), Christine McCann (no relation to John) and Michael Balfe. The school transferred to the present site in September 1972; previously the school site was occupied by the Overleigh Boys School. In 2006 Ofsted called its Sixth Form "Outstanding". The school's longest serving teacher, Mick McManus, has taught mathematics since the school opened in 1972, a total of 39 years. His A-level mathematics class has been one of the most successful A-level subjects in the school over the past few years.
The school motto is "Christo Fidelis," a Latin phrase meaning "Faithful to Christ".
The school has been a Specialist Science College since 2003, in addition to being a classified Beacon school.
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