School plays such a huge part in our lives, creating memories (good and bad) and stories we carry with us for life.
We spend years in these buildings with a select group of friends who help get us through everything from spelling tests in Year 3 to forgetting our gym kit in high school. Over the years some of these buildings have been demolished or repurposed when the schools have closed their doors.
While the schools themselves may have gone, the memories formed within their walls live on with many reminiscing about the time they were given detention or that embarrassing part in the school play. Here is a list of schools in Wirral that have closed, repurposed or demolished over the years.
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Our list is in alphabetical order and not exclusive - what school have we missed? Let us know in the comments below.
Acre Lane in Bromborough
The secondary school was opened in 1953 on Acre Lane and closed in 1986 after it merged with Eastham Secondary School to become the South Wirral High School. The land was sold by Wirral Council in 2016 years after the school had closed and there were controversial plans for housing on the site.
Bebington High School For Boys ('Chegger')
The school was opened for boys on New Chester Road and in the 1980s the boys' school was closed and reopened as a mixed school and renamed Bebington High. There is still a Bebington Old Boys' Association that holds regular meetings with former students.
Egerton Grove, Wallasey
The primary school was in Liscard and has since been demolished.
Gorsedale Secondary Modern
A popular school for boys in Wallasey, particularly after WWII, it closed in the 1980s.
Highfield School, Oxton
The school on Bidston Road accommodated children from the age of two to 17 but closed in July 2007.
Holt Hill Convent, Birkenhead
After losing a grant status in the 70s, Holt Hill joined Heathley High School to become the Marian High School (also now closed).
Kingsmead, Hoylake
Kingsmead only announced its closure after 116 years in 2020 leaving parents devastated.
Kingsway School, Leasowe
Previously the Wallasey School and before that Henry Meoles, the secondary school finally closed in 2018 with the site still empty.
Kirkland's, Rock Ferry
The school on Alpha Drive was demolished and homes were built on the site in the early 1990s.
Leasowe Primary
The school was demolished and housing now stands on the site.
Marion High School, Woodchurch
Patricia Hendrick said: "Marion High School on the Woodchurch."
Maria Brady said: "Marion High when it was at Holt Hill Convent. Top of Whetstone Lane. Demolished."
Maris Stella RC High School
The school opened in the former convalescent home on Rowson Street in the 1920s, closing in 1972.
The building was later demolished and Nelson Court and Rodney Court flats now stand on the site.
Marymount Convent School, Wallasey
Mazzy Moo said: "Yes Marymount Convent School Wallasey and it was amazing!"
Mostyn House at Parkgate
The school site was redeveloped into luxury housing.
Mount Primary
The original school at the bottom of Mount Road was demolished and the school moved to the Weatherhead High School science block on Mount Pleasant Road.
Noctorum High School, Wirral
Karen Duke said: "I went to Noctorum High School for Girls until 1979, it changed names over the years but it got demolished."
Oldershaw Lower School/St Hilda's Secondary Modern School
Oldershaw's Lower School opened in 1982 on the site of St Hilda's, just off Ormond Street in Liscard. The whole school moved in 2000 to what was formerly Oldershaw's upper school on Valkyrie Road.
The building was demolished and replaced with housing.
Oxley School
Also known as the Wallasey Technical High, it closed in August 1988.
Park High, Birkenhead
The school became the University Academy of Birkenhead after it merged with Rock Ferry High in 2011.
Poulton Primary, Wallasey
The primary school on Alderley Road became a victim of Wirral Council's primary places review and closed in 2008. Nearby Park Primary relocated temporarily to the school building during major rebuilding works on its site.
The school building was later demolished. In 2013 councillors approved plans to replace it with 33 affordable houses and apartments, which now stand on the site.
Quarry Mount, New Brighton
Val Robinson said: "Quarry mount new Brighton my old girls' school."
Rock Ferry High School, Wirral
Lisa-Marie Lawler said: "Rock Ferry High School. No more needs to be said."
The school closed in 2011 when it merged with Park High to create the University Academy of Birkenhead.
Somerville School, Wallasey
The empty school building on Gorsey Lane was demolished and replaced in 2009 by Willow Bank apartments for people aged 55 and over.
St Bede's Middle School, Wallasey
Diana Woodfinden said: "St Bede's Middle School, Wallasey."
Julie Holme said: "Saint Bede's, Wallasey Village - Weatherhead is on the site now."
St Benedict's, Upton
A school on this site has had a long history, before it was St Benedict's it was Nocturum High School for Girls and then Marian High. St Benedict's closed in 2002.
St George's Secondary School, Wallasey
Lynn Thomas said: "St George's, Wallasey. Only solar heated school in Europe in its day. It's called the Solar Campus now and has numerous uses."
The building now known as Solar Campus was the first building in the world to be heated entirely by solar energy, according to Historic England records. It was built in 1961 to a design by assistant borough architect Emslie Morgan.
The Solar Campus site is now home to the Safer Wirral Hub, council youth services staff and part of the building is the Emslie Morgan Academy. It is also used for training by Tranmere Rovers.
St James School, New Brighton
The school became The Tavern nightclub later known as The Tav, which closed and is now a housing development.
St Joseph's, Wallasey
The school on Borough Road is now a church.
Wallasey Boys Central School
The school later moved to Mosslands Drive and became The Mosslands School.
Wallasey Grammar School
It's still there - but the building on Withens Lane later became Withensfield School and today is Liscard Primary School.
Wallasey historian Tony Franks-Buckley said: "Wallasey Grammar School was built on land which had been purchased from the Navy League. It opened on January 14, 1911, replacing the older building which had stood on the "flag field" and which became the cricket pitch."
Weatherhead High School, New Brighton
Weatherhead, an all girls school was across three sites on Mount Pleasant Road in New Brighton but moved to a new site on Breck Road in 2003.
Emma Louise Kenchington said: "Went to the old Weatherhead High School when it was on its previous three sites on Mount Pleasant Road and Coronation Avenue. Memories."
Wirral Met College, Withens Lane campus
Wirral Met College had a presence in Wallasey for many years on Withens Lane.
There was a huge outcry when the closure of the college was proposed in 1996. Despite calls by Wallasey MP Angela Eagle and campaigners for a ministerial review, it closed in 1997 and the building was later demolished. The land is now a housing estate.
Another campus on Borough Road, Birkenhead, including the Glenda Jackson Theatre, was also demolished and housing built on the site.
Wirral Met now has four campuses in Conway Park, Birkenhead, Twelve Quays, The Oval and Wirral Waters.
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