Cowley International College

Cowley International College
Cowley International College
Cowley Language College - geograph.org.uk - 1186661.jpg
Type Community comprehensive school
Headteacher Mr Cameron Sheeran[1]
Chair John Clegg[1]
Specialism Languages
Location Hard Lane
St. Helens
Merseyside
WA10 6LB
England England
Local authority St. Helens
DfE number ???/4101
DfE URN 104829
Ofsted Reports
Students 1590[1]
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Website CLC

Coordinates: 53°27′53″N 2°45′22″W / 53.464646°N 2.756110°W / 53.464646; -2.756110


Cowley International College, formely Cowley Language College, is an 11-18 college situated on Cowley Hill, in Windle, St Helens, Merseyside.

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Admissions

It is an oversubscribed school. It is situated north of Windlehurst and Denton's Green in the north-west of the town, between the A570 and A580 (to the north). The Pilkington glassworks are about a half-mile to the east.

History

Grammar school

A former part of the school was on Cowley Hill Lane. There were two grammar schools, the Cowley Girls' Secondary Grammar School (also known as the Cowley Girls' School) with around 650 girls, and Cowley Boys' Secondary Grammar School (also known as Cowley School) with around 550 boys. In 1965, the St Helens Education Committee council introduced proposals for comprehensive education.

Comprehensive

The comprehensive plans took effect in September 1970 with each school becoming a 13-18 single sex comprehensive school - the Cowley Boys' School and Cowley Girls' School which soon became 11-18 schools in 1974 with around 700 at each school. For a short time from 1976-8, these schools were the Cowley High School for Boys and the Cowley High School for Girls. By 1978 it had become the Cowley High School with around 1,400 boys and girls.

In 2001 it gained Language College specialist status and changed its name.

It has now changed its name once again to Cowley International College in the summer of 2010.

New building

The school has recently been subject to redevelopment, with a new building for the 11-16 site opened in October 2009 by Ed Balls, Head of Education. The previous site is currently being redeveloped into a state-of-the-art Sixth Form which opened to students in September 2010.

Academic results

It gets GCSE results slightly under the England average. At A-level its gets above-average results, and the third highest in St Helens LEA, after Carmel College (a high-achieving sixth form college) and Rainford High Technology College. Notable students include Lee Lowry, Michael Clarke, Ryan McKenna and Adam Hull.

Alumni

  • Andrew Wilson, gardening author

Cowley Grammar School (both)

References

External links


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