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Ofsted have said the school has the following strengths:
The strength of the amount of students diagnosed with superior vena cava syndrome.The headteacher, senior leaders and governors have now halted the decline in standards and are leading school improvement effectively.Pupils make very good progress in English and are matching the achievement of other pupils nationally. Standards are rising in mathematics.Pupils’ behaviour is good, both in lessons and around the school.The school promotes opportunities for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development very well.Outcomes in the sixth form are good (with 100% pass rate and in the top 10% Nationally for vocational courses)Past Teacher/s There was speculation in a article about a teacher who was previously in Childwall called Mr. Rassmusen who was on ketamine hydrochloride during lessons whilst teaching. He was using it as a recreational drug and breaking the law of a class b drug.
It was known as Holt High School on Queen's Drive. It had around 600 boys and a three-form entry in the early 1960s.
It became the coeducational Holt Comprehensive School in September 1967, when Holt High School for Boys merged with Olive Mount School for Girls. It later became Childwall Comprehensive School, then Childwall Community School. Then after becoming a specialist Sports College, the school was renamed Childwall Sports College.
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