[7] In 2010 the first female chaplain was appointed and in 2015 the first female Head of School, Eleanor Hilton, was appointed.[8]. (Image: Wirral Grammar School for Girls) Read More Related Articles. Above is a 1987 photograph, kindly sent in by Ernie McDonald, Please note that many of the photographs from this site and the "Spirit of Birkenhead Institute" site can be seen on FLICKR. ABOVE: The Birkenhead Institute entrance hall and corridor, taken around 1959, including former B.I. Any more information about these houses would, however,  be welcome. Find Grammar Schools near Birkenhead on Yell. Rock Ferry opened in the 1920s and was a boy's grammar school originally until it became a boys comprehensive school, girls started to join in 1980, initially in the sixth form due to the relative strength of the teaching at sixth form level and later girls entered at lower school level. First XI Cricket Team, 1965, shown above, with Mr L.T. Former pupil John Lewis has been able to confirm the colours for Cohen house, and still has his old school tie! Our second highest rated school within the Wirral area is West Kirby Grammar School. 's excellent school magazine, "The Visor". Building work to support the co-educational future of the school, including additional classrooms on Shrewsbury Road and an extension to the Sports Pavilion at McAllester Field to provide female changing facilities, was completed in 2009. Birkenhead High School Academy (BHSA) Juniors is a vibrant and dynamic learning community where academic excellence meets outstanding pastoral care. The High Schools Company opened Birkenhead High School for Girls in 1884 in a building on Village Road in Oxton, Birkenhead. Similarly, the WANTED page contains requests for any B.I. The WHETSTONIAN page looks at the existence of the magazine of the B.I. The collection comprises of information relating to board schools and council schools, church schools, primary and middle schools, secondary modern schools, comprehensive schools, grammar and high schools, and technical colleges. })(); If you would like to contact me, or send information or pictures for inclusion on this site, please write to me at the email address below: For Voice Mail and Text Messages, the contact number is: Link to the Whetsonian web site, early history of the B.I. Welcome to Birkenhead Primary School, Te Kura Matarae o Onewa, which sits in the heart of Birkenhead's Highbury Village. Social & Messaging. Centenary celebrations in 1989. The School is academically-selective from Prep onwards.[3]. However, I am reliably informed that after the school moved to Tollemache Road, there were two more houses added, namely COHEN and DAVIES. I am indebted to Dave Forshaw, (Former pupil),  and also to Dave Jones, (Former pupil and teacher at Birkenhead institute),  for donating to me some excellent copies of The Visor from the 1940s to the 1960s. The Preparatory Department was established in September 1889 and mov… Bursaries and assisted places are overseen by the Birkenhead School Foundation Trust. Junior School. 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Your memories of Mr Malcolm are very welcome, and I shall add them to this special dedication page as they are received. pupils and staff. The school's motto was taken from the gospel reading for that day. Buildings on Bidston Road were acquired in 1920 for use as a science block and in 1921 the Lodge in Beresford Road was purchased for the use of the school. [5] The school opened a Nursery in 2006, catering for children from 3 months upwards. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); Birkenhead School is an independent co-educational school located in Oxton, Wirral. The CCF was then replaced by a variety of adventurous activities for the pupils. The collection of school records held by Wirral Archives Service dates back to 1862 and currently covers 78 schools. _udn = "none"; opened in 1889, and sadly closed in 1994, after more than a hundred years of service to Wirral scholars. 905 Ages. http://www.fieldsintrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126&Itemid=154, Copyright: Spirit of Birkenhead Institute ©2009, var _gaq = _gaq || []; I was studying for my Physics "A" Level. Bursaries are means-tested and may cover up to 100% of the full fee. The vacated Preparatory School building in Beresford Road was then adapted to provide an extensive Music School, although this has subsequently moved onto the main School campus and the Beresford Road property sold and redeveloped as apartments.[5]. I very much look forward to receiving more of your memories, stories, and photographs of Birkenhead Institute shortly, and these will be added to this site and the additional Pupils' and Staff Memories site in the near future. })(); Above is a portrait of Wilfred Owen, commissioned by former B.I. The Whetstone Lane buildings and two former Headmasters of the Birkenhead Institute are shown below :-, FORMER PUPILS AND STAFF OF THE BIRKENHEAD INSTITUTE. Please feel free to have a look at the two Birkenhead Institute Flickr sites at:-, http://www.flickr.com/photos/birkenheadinstitute, http://www.flickr.com/photos/whetstonian/, THE VISOR, THE BIRKENHEAD INSTITUTE SCHOOL MAGAZINE. In conjunction with Oxton Sports Club, an all-weather pitch was completed on the McAllester Field site, and also in 1992 the Preparatory Department's purpose built Little School was opened in Kingsmead Road South. Your memories will help to keep the spirit of the Birkenhead Institute alive, so please send more in and I shall add them to the site. Wirral Grammar School for Girls Please note the school's official uniform policy is that ALL school skirts must be long enough that they cover the knees. Official Facebook page for Birkenhead School, Wirral's only selective, co-educational school- a leading school for boys and girls from nursery to sixth form. If you would like to add a request, please do so via the email address below. _gaq.push(['gwo._trackPageview', '/2354831680/test']); By 1870 there were 85 pupils and so a new building was required. West Kirby Grammar School for Girls. Membership was compulsory until 2006 for pupils of the fourth form onwards, but it then became an entirely voluntary after-school activity until 2015 when declining numbers caused its disbandment. Here is another web site of interest relating to the Ingleborough Road Memorial Playing Fields, courtesy of former B.I. _gaq.push(['gwo._setAccount', 'UA-230305-28']); from former pupils in the "YOUR MEMORIES" and "YOUR MEMORIES (2)" pages, so please take the time to have a look. Birkenhead High School Academy is unique on Wirral as a 3-19 girls state academy. Birkenhead School is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, which is a UK-based association of leading independent schools. For example, former pupil Keith Sedman, (1942 -1949),  has sent in some excellent sporting memories and photographs, which can be seen on the "YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS" page. "[4], Birkenhead School was opened in Park Road North, Birkenhead on 9 August 1860 at first called Birkenhead Proprietary School. ABOVE : The B.I. Playing Fields entrance,  Ingleborough Road, taken in 1999. I hope you enjoy it! 0 - 19 Gender. The Chapel was opened in 1883. Its pupils decamped to join those of Grange Secondary Modern (a.k.a. I have also created a separate site to remember the B.I. Pupils. Similarly, there are some more interesting memories of the B.I. The School offers educational opportunities for girls and boys from three months to eighteen years of age. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; Thank you for visiting this site, which is dedicated to your memories, the pupils and staff, of Birkenhead Institute Grammar School, Wirral. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-230305-2']); Our school encourages our wonderful children to reach for their personal best in all respects. I have created this site for anyone who remembers the school, especially former staff and pupils, who may be interested in the history of the B.I. In 1992, the Sports Hall was completed. As I said above, I believe that it is very important in these changing times to preserve and centralise, via the Internet, the memory of the Birkenhead Institute Grammar School. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? School Performance Tables and Ofsted; Statutory Information. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; This site will therefore allow extra space to enable me to add more of your memories as I receive them. Under this scheme it received a subsidy from the local education authority allowing fees to be based on the ability to pay, with some places being free. The school motto in Latin above means : "The wise man always has riches within himself", and it appears on the school crest, which is reproduced above. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; 1.8K likes. I look forward to receiving your items in due course, and they will be included below. Newsletters. The very best quality school in our system in Wirral as per our numbers are Birkenhead School. During 1899 the ground alongside Beresford Road was leveled to create the school’s playing field.[5][6]. Accounts & Facilities Time; Charging and Remissions Policy; Risk Assessment COVID 19; Safeguarding. The official web site of the Birkenhead Institute Old Boys, and the best place to find information about the former Birkenhead Institute School Above is a photograph taken during my last couple of years at Birkenhead Institute around 1966/1967. In 2000 the sixth form became co-educational. Also included is a letter from the Prime Minister, David Cameron, thanking Dean for sending in his "Bullets and Daffodils" narration, and a specially commissioned portrait of Wilfred Owen, which Dean himself has commissioned. Other independent school 2nd place. The school's motto was taken from the gospel reading for that day. These include the school cricket and rugby teams, along with Keith's medals which he won in 1949 for his successes in Cross Country. As playing fields nearer the school were developed, Fender Field was later sold. Contact Information. In 1948 the L.C. (function() { In 1901 it was purchased by the Girls' Public Day School Company (GPDSC). The last formal inspection of the School took place in February 2012 and focused particularly on the Early Years Foundation Stage. View in Google Maps. In 1905 the Noctorum ground, approximately 2.3 hectares (5.5 acres), was rented and subsequently bought in 1910. houses were as above, and the corresponding house colours shown above of majenta, green, red and blue. Upton Hall School. Welcome to this special web site, which I have set up to include pupils' and teachers' memories of Birkenhead Institute. Miss Dawes (History) - Charlotte Johnson said on Facebook: 'Miss Dawes (Mrs Hughes now) was brilliant with me in year 11 when my mum had lung cancer. The site of the former Wirral Met College on Withens Lane, Wallasey ... Wallasey Grammar School. _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']); There is also a picture on the Wilfred Owen page of the Wilfred Owen display which Dean has created at Birkenhead Central Library, and a link to the Wirral Globe article about Dean's special musical project about Wilfred Owen. In 1970 the comprehensive school system rode into town; Birkenhead Institute Grammar School was no more. The school moved to its present site in Oxtonon 2 November 1871. Owing to space restrictions, it is not possible to include all of your memories on my original site, and since setting up the "Spirit of Birkenhead Institute" site in August 2008, I have received many interesting items form pupils and staff. What was the headmaster's house on Shrewsbury Road was acquired in 1988 so that by then the school owned all the properties in the block apart from the Holy Name Church on Beresford Road. Founded in 1860, the school became fully co-educational in 2008. In the main, the B.I. John Baker, former pupil, has also kindly provided me with the school photographs from 1943 and 1946. Sixth Form Virtual Open Evening - Tuesday 26th January . It was renamed University Academy Birkenhead in 2011 from the merger of Park High School and Rock Ferry High School and was based at the former Park High School site. Wirral Grammar School for Girls. McAllester Memorial Ground, 4.7 hectares, was presented to the school. utmx_section("Legacy Footer"). Find the travel option that best suits you. Analysis: decision to swiftly accept failings over latest free school meals scandal marks change of approach Published: 1:57 PM . Some of the pictures below show the new Wilfred Owen Centre at 34 Argyle Street, Birkenhead,  Dean Johnson with Christopher Timothy, and Dean Johnson with the Mayor of Birkenhead:-. I also hope to include more pictures and items which pupils send in to me. 's://ssl':'://www')+'.google-analytics.com'+'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')+'&utmxtime='+new Date().valueOf()+(h? Find your Old School Photo. St John Plessington Catholic College. The Fender Ground, 9.3 hectares, was acquired in 1922 and part was used by the newly formed Old Birkonian Football Club, prior to moving to an adjacent ground in 1926. This web site has been created for all former pupils and staff of Birkenhead Institute Grammar School. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; The cheapest way to get from Birkenhead Point to Sydney Grammar School costs only $3, and the quickest way takes just 8 mins. Physics Laboratory, with me in the foreground. It started with 18 pupils but had grown to 30 by the end of the first term. Weatherhead High School. Partly in response to the decision of Birkenhead High School to become a non-selective city academy, Birkenhead School became wholly co-educational in 2008 and girls currently make up around 28% of the school (38% of Prep). As I said above, I believe that it is very important in these changing times to preserve and centralise, via the Internet, the memory of the Birkenhead Institute Grammar School. Geography Field Trip; Exam Week. This was followed by the Pre-Prep Department (kindergarten) in 2006. Birkenhead School is funded by fees. was a Grammar School, and changed its status to High School in the 1970s when it moved from Whetstone Lane to Tollemache Road. This site is dedicated to you, the pupils and staff, to include more of your own memories of Birkenhead Institute. As there is a large amount of material included within these Visors, I decided to include them on a dedicated site for Birkenhead Institute Visors. South Wirral High School. The current headmaster is Paul Vicars who started in September 2016. The school moved to its present site in Oxton on 2 November 1871. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); I understand that the colours were yellow and white for Cohen house, and gold and white for Davies house. ABOVE : The Staff of Birkenhead Institute, taken outside the Whetstone Lane school buildings, 1957. http://www.freewebs.com/birkenheadinstitute/. The Direct Grant scheme began to be phased out in 1976 and so the School became independent. in the MEMORABILIA page, including a 1949 school photograph, which I am sure you will find of interest! The Preparatory Department was established in September 1889 and moved to Beresford Road in 1893. The B.I. [5][6] In 1931, "Junior School" was started in Overdale at the top of Beresford Road. As well as this, there are more items from the early days of the B.I. A purpose-built science block on Bidston Road was built in 1958, and has since been expanded. Email . Tollemache Road School, a.k.a. Calendar; Latest News. Spirit of Birkenhead Institute +447522554855. I have also included some interesting photographs from the relevant years. In 2010, the first female chaplain was appointed, whilst 5 years later, the school got its first female Head. Birkenhead School is an independent, academically-selective, co-educational school located in Oxton, Wirral in North West England. His death is a great loss to the school, and his spirit will live on forever in the memories of everyone who knew him. function utmx_section(){}function utmx(){} To the initial Army section Royal Air Force and Royal Navy sections were added in 1949 and 1950, respectively. [2] In addition to bursaries the School offers: Academic and Music Scholarships for entry into Year 6 in recognition of outstanding potential; Honorary Academic Sixth Form Scholarships for outstanding GCSE results; Access Scholarships for those entering the Sixth Form with outstanding GCSE results from other schools who would otherwise not be able to access a Birkenhead School education. The best secondary school in and around Merseyside revealed by … Ridgeway High School. For example, Hal Darlington has sent in an excellent drawing he made of the Whetstone Lane school in 1967, which can be seen in the Tempus Fugit page, along with a programme of the B.I. Above: Philip Ronald-Price in the B.I. Map View. Matches were played here until 1976, when the club merged with Birkenhead Park Rugby Club. Tolly) in a new venture, “Birkenhead Institute High School“, two-and-a-half miles away in Claughton. There is also a PUPIL PAGE, where you can send in your special items for inclusion, so I very much look forward to receiving more of your contributions! We are a thriving, all through learning community, embracing core traditional values with a firm eye on the ever changing future. An Assisted Places Scheme was introduced in 1980 but this was abolished in 1997. Avalon School, West Kirby Barnston Primary School, Heswall Bedford Drive Primary School, Rock Ferry Birkenhead High School Academy, Oxton; Black Horse Hill school, West Kirby Devonshire Park Primary School, Tranmere Egremont Primary School, Wallasey Gayton Primary School, Gayton Greasby Infant School, Greasby Greasby Junior School, Greasby Great Meols Primary School, Meols Our school team are forward thinking, energetic, inspiring, incredibly approachable and put the girls at the heart of every decision. d.write('')})(); In 1935 Birkenhead School became a Direct Grant school. West Kirby Grammar School See Full Review. They recomend either a 22" or 20" length, but in some cases, if the pupil is shorter in height, an 18" will be adiquite to abide by this policy . Birkenhead School See Full Review. It was officially opened in 1952. :-. St Anselm's College is an 11–18 boys, Roman Catholic, grammar school and sixth form with academy status in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.It was established in 1933 and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury.It is one of four Roman Catholic secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, and one of three Irish Christian Brothers schools in the Merseyside area. The fine old building in Whetstone Lane was demolished in the 1970s, and the land used to house Woodlands School. Many thanks for looking, and I trust you will enjoy this site. ATKIN          STITT          TATE      WESTMINSTER. Bursaries are available to help students take up or retain a place at the School where their parents or guardian cannot pay full fees. 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