Liverpool College

Infobox Secondary school
name = Liverpool College

motto = "non solum ingenii verum etiam virtutis"
established = 1840
city = Liverpool
country = England, UK
campus = Park suburb
type = HMC Co-Educational Public School
affiliation = Church of England
grades = Y1-Y13 and Nursery
principal = Hans Van Mourik Broekman
chaplain = Rev'd Gary Hayes
chairman = Mrs Beryl Greenberg
students = c.1000
free_label_1 = Ages
free_1 = 3-18
address = Queens Drive, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, L18 8BG
colours = Red, Black
website = [http://www.liverpoolcollege.org.uk/ www.liverpoolcollege.org.uk]

Liverpool College is an independent school located in the suburbs of Liverpool, England. The school was one of the 13 founding members of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

History

The College was founded as an educational charity in 1840 and has been on the present 26 acre (105,000 m²) site since 1908. It is open to boys and girls from the ages of 3 to 18. At present there are 361 boys and 243 girls enrolled in the upper (secondary) school, and 350 children enrolled in the preparatory school. The annual fees are £8,430 (2007)

The original patron of what was then Liverpool Collegiate Institution was Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who laid the foundation stone of the previous campus designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, in Everton on 22 October 1840. It is notable that the school has moved to three campuses in 165 years, which is unusual for a public school. In 1993, it merged with Huyton College making it a co-educational day school.

At present the school is situated in Mossley Hill on North Mossley Hill Road and backing onto Queen's Drive. Facilities on site include a fully equipped gymnasium and relaxation centre as well as AstroTurf courts and a Combined Cadet Force centre. It has been decided to proceed with plans to concentrate the whole school in what is currently the Lower School site, in a series of projects to construct newer and more up-to-date buildings.

Constitution

Liverpool College is a registered charity and its objects are "to provide for the inhabitants of Liverpool and others, by the establishment and maintenance of Lectures, School, and other like means, an education suited to their wants upon the most moderate terms; and for this purpose instruction in the doctrines and duties of Christianity, as taught by the Church of England, shall be forever communicated, in combination with literary, scientific, and commercial information." [UK charity|526682]

In 2006-7 it had a gross annual income of £6,803,367. [UK charity|526682]

Identity and traditions

Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms, based upon the original 1840 design, reflects The College's mission and values. The crest consists of a bishop’s mitre, taken to represent The College's Church of England foundation as well as symbolising their continuing commitment to moral and religious values. In the shield the royal crown on a cushion, backed by crossed crook and sceptre represents the historic tradition of church and state while the open book may be taken as a reference to learning and education.

Motto

The motto (taken from the writing of Cicero) means 'Not only the intellect but also the character'. This reflects the aim of the College to educate the whole person, combining the traditional values of honesty, integrity and citizenship with a determination to meet the individual needs of pupils so they may realise their full potential.

Grace

There was a long tradition of saying grace at the college. It is no longer in active use in the college, but the wording was:

:"Oculi omnium in te sperant, domine, et tu das escam illorum in tempore opportuno. Tui sunt caeli et tua est terra, orbem terrae et plenitudinem eius tu fundasti. Confitemini, domino, quoniam bonus quoniam in aeternam, misericordia eius."

Old Lerpoolians

The alumni has its own unique title, Old Lerpoolians. Pupils upon graduation from Liverpool College are automatically granted Old Lerpoolian status and are invited to join the Old Lerpoolian Society, a registered company and charity.

The Society, with a large branch in London, holds regular events throughout the year for its members, of which two are most significant: the Civic Dinner in Liverpool in the autumn, at the famous Adelphi Britannia Hotel, and the London Dinner, in recent years held at the RAF Club in Piccadilly, late winter. There are other notable annual events such as the golf competitions, annual graduation drinks in the summer to coincide with the society AGM, and decadal reunions, which with consensus have been thoroughly enjoyable.

The Old Lerpoolian Society is currently presided over by the Rt Hon the Lord Hunt of Wirral. The incumbent chairman is J Swift, who in the previous term was President himself. The London Branch is currently presided over by P Firth and the secretary is N Moss.

Notable Old Lerpoolians

Military honours

* Noel Chavasse - One of three people to have ever been awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar [Ann Clayton, "Chavasse, Noel Godfrey (1884–1917)", "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/55355, accessed 12 Sept 2008] ]
* Walter G. R. Hinchliffe - Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force flying ace in World War 1, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
* Ronald Niel Stuart - World War I Victoria Cross recipient
* Alfred Stowell Jones - VC recipient for services during the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Legal and political

* Sir William Francis Kyffin Taylor, Baron Maenan - Barrister and Judge
* Edward Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool - Historian and lawyer
* Lord Hunt of Wirral - politician

port and the arts

* Kenneth Cranston - cricketer
* Abi Ekoku - athlete and rugby player
* Efan Ekoku - footballer
* Deryck Guyler - actor
* Sir Rex Harrison - actor
* Sir Simon Rattle - conductor
* Curtis Robb - athlete
* Richard Stilgoe - entertainer/lyricist
* Lytton Strachey - writer"Lytton Strachey: his mind and art," Charles Richard Sanders. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957.]
* Elton Welsby - TV presenter

Other fields

* Brian Blackwell - murderer
* Robson Fisher - headmaster
* Richard Smethurst - Oxford academic

ee also

*List of Victoria Crosses by school

References

External links

* [http://www.liverpoolcollege.org.uk/ Liverpool College]
* [http://www.liverpoolcollegeccf.org.uk/ Liverpool College Combined Cadet Force]
*UK charity|526682