Liverpool Blue Coat School
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The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a grammar school in Liverpool, England. It was founded in 1708 by Bryan Blundell and the Reverend Robert Styth as the Liverpool Blue Coat Hospital and was for many years a boys' boarding school before restoring in 2002 its original policy of accepting boys and girls.
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Liverpool Blue Coat School | |
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Address | |
Church Road , , L15 9EE | |
Coordinates | 53.393°N 2.916°W / 53.393; -2.916 |
Information | |
Type | Grammar school Academy |
Motto | Non Sibi Sed Omnibus (Not for Oneself but for All) |
Established | 1708; 316 years ago (1708) |
Founders | Bryan Blundell and Rev. Robert Styth |
Department for Education URN | 137916 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Kevin Sexton (Interim) |
Chaplain | Interregnum |
Gender | Coeducational (since 2002) |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1107[1] |
Houses | Curie Franklin Roscoe Seacole Tod[2] Turing |
Former pupils | Old Blues[3] |
Website | bluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk |
The school holds a long-standing academic tradition; the acceptance rate to be admitted is around fifteen per cent. Examination results consistently place the Blue Coat top of the national GCSE and A-level tables. In 2015 it was The Sunday Times State School of the Year.[4] And in 2016 the Blue Coat was ranked as the best school in the country based on GCSE results.[5]