St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning

Who to contact

St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning
Cumber Lane
Whiston
Knowsley
L35 2XG

Telephone: 0151 477 8770

Email: admin@stedmundarrowsmithcfl.klear.org.uk

Principal: Mr Martyn Campbell
Deputy Principal(s): Mr P Helme, Mr B King, Mrs B Melia, Mr C Riley, Mr D Sharpe, Mr J Spendlove, Mrs K Traverse
Chair of Governors: Mr John Robson
Education Change Partner: Kirston Pollard, Simon Taylor
DfE and school number – 4604/106

Visit St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning's website

St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning was officially opened in January 2010, by the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Reverend Patrick Kelly.

St Edmund Arrowsmith provides secondary education for pupils aged from 11-16, for up to 1050 pupils, with a maximum intake of 210 places per year.

The centre is Knowsley’s sixth Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Centre for Learning to open its doors to pupils, so that they, along with the community, can have a world class education with state of the art technology, as well as excellent facilities for sport, cultural and leisure activities. The centre specialises in technology.

St Edmund Arrowsmith’s intention is to create a challenging and supportive learning environment within which we will provide for our pupils intellectual, spiritual, moral, personal, social and cultural development.

The principal is committed to the pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning, to raising the standards of achievement, to effectiveness in management and administration and to those processes which will enable teachers to meet the changing needs of pupils and the high expectations of parents.

The centre is one of the top 20% performing schools in the United Kingdom. Its insistence on high standards has resulted in:

  • GCSE results improving at four times the national average
  • KS3 results graded at A and A* levels when compared to other schools.

At the recent Ofsted Inspection, St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic CfL was judged to be “good with outstanding features.”

The outstanding judgements were:

·         “The extent to which the curriculum meets the pupils’ needs, including where relevant through partnerships.”
·         “The effectiveness of the care, guidance and support.”
·         Pupils safety.

The Liverpool Archdiocesan inspection team judged St Edmund Arrowsmith to be “outstanding” and said “St Edmund Arrowsmith is an outstanding centre for Learning, committed to its mission to provide all members of the community with the opportunity to have ‘Life in all its fullness.’”

The Centre is committed to excellence.  Find out more about the centre please click here by visiting the website.

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