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Welcome to the St. Anselm’s College website.
St. Anselm’s College is the Roman Catholic Grammar School for Boys in Wirral. We are a high performing Academy which enables us to focus upon our strategic priorities whilst retaining our Catholic ethos and grammar school identity. We aim to provide free access to a quality of education that bears comparison with that delivered by any school in Merseyside, whether maintained or independent.
Parents, students and staff refer to the College as a “family” and this is reflected in all aspects of College life. Students achieve an average 9 - 10 grades A*-C at GCSE and 50-60% grades A*-B and 100% A-E at A level and BTec with 90% of Year 13 Leavers progressing to university, including Oxford and Cambridge. One third of university places achieved are at Russell Group universities.
Our vision is to educate a generation of confident Catholic, Christian leaders equipped with the attributes and qualifications required to represent our values in modern society and prepared for rewarding and productive lives. In March 2014 the Inspector from the Diocese of Shrewsbury described St. Anselm’s as “outcomes for pupils, the provision for Catholic Education, leadership and management in the development of the Catholic life of the College are all confirmed by this inspection as outstanding.” Our students are active in supporting the Christian Brothers’ Mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa and our 6th Form Immersion group visited our twin school, St. Francis, Makeni, in February 2017 maintaining a partnership begun in 2009. Students regularly support local adults with learning difficulties in the Friday Club and assist at local Homeless Missions in Special Schools and at Asylum Link in Liverpool, supporting refugees and asylum seekers. The College was awarded the Anti-Bullying Quality Mark in December 2015, one of only 6 secondary schools nationally to have this status. In 2016 we were awarded "School of Sanctuary" status and received a 'Cardinal Hume' award in recognition of the efforts of our students in support of disadvantaged people.
At St. Anselm’s we seek to educate the whole person so we provide excellent opportunities in sport, music, the arts, technology and leadership development, including in the 6th Form. The new 6th Form Centre, located in “Outwood”, the former Christian Brothers’ house adjacent to the College site, opened in 2013. This wonderful building has been lovingly restored, making the most of a wealth of original architectural features, whilst at the same time converting it for use as a place for education in the 21st century, complete with state of the art technology.
Our vision is to educate a generation of confident Catholic, Christian leaders equipped with the attributes and qualifications required to represent our values in modern society and prepared for rewarding and productive lives. In March 2014 the Inspector from the Diocese of Shrewsbury described St. Anselm’s as “outcomes for pupils, the provision for Catholic Education, leadership and management in the development of the Catholic life of the College are all confirmed by this inspection as outstanding.” Our students are active in supporting the Christian Brothers’ Mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa and our 6th Form Immersion group visited our twin school, St. Francis, Makeni, in February 2017 maintaining a partnership begun in 2009. Students regularly support local adults with learning difficulties in the Friday Club and assist at local Homeless Missions in Special Schools and at Asylum Link in Liverpool, supporting refugees and asylum seekers. The College was awarded the Anti-Bullying Quality Mark in December 2015, one of only 6 secondary schools nationally to have this status. In 2016 we were awarded "School of Sanctuary" status and received a 'Cardinal Hume' award in recognition of the efforts of our students in support of disadvantaged people.
At St. Anselm’s we seek to educate the whole person so we provide excellent opportunities in sport, music, the arts, technology and leadership development, including in the 6th Form. The new 6th Form Centre, located in “Outwood”, the former Christian Brothers’ house adjacent to the College site, opened in 2013. This wonderful building has been lovingly restored, making the most of a wealth of original architectural features, whilst at the same time converting it for use as a place for education in the 21st century, complete with state of the art technology.
We have always had a strong sporting tradition. Old boys Austin Healey, Simon Mason and Ben Johnston are full rugby internationals and our Under 15 Cross Country team won the English Schools Cup in 2015. We have been Northern Schools champions for the past 6 years. Our Senior Rugby squad toured Canada and the USA in 2016 and College musicians regularly perform locally and abroad. Our Year 9 robot building team represented Great Britain in this year's Robocup World Final in Germany in July, maintaining a proud tradition of international competition.
Simon Duggan
Headmaster
