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Students Celebrate A Level Success Across Merchant Taylors’ Sixth Form
Sixth Form students at Merchant Taylors’ are celebrating a year of excellent A Level results. An impressive 32% of grades were recorded at A*-A, while nearly two-thirds of all grades attained fell within the A*-B range. Six students demonstrated excellent
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Laurie joins Sports Wall of Fame
Old Crosbeian Laurie Sephton has been added to our Sports Wall of Fame after he was selected for the England Walking Football Squad. Laurie, 47, was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease when he was aged 38. In recent years,
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Hall Road continues to take shape
The development of our new sports pavilion at Hall Road continues apace. As you can see from the latest photographs, construction of the external structure is now approaching completion and work is well underway to create the various internal spaces,
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Ella releases debut single
We wish the very best of luck to former pupil Ella Sansbury, who is releasing her debut single Apologise on Friday 14 July. A singer-songwriter, Ella writes from a very personal and emotional place and her debut release was written
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Athletics glory for Merchants’ pupils
Merchant Taylors’ enjoyed a haul of team and individual honours among our girls and boys at this year’s Sefton Schools Athletics Championship. Our girls’ teams from Years 9 and 10 were overall winners in their age group categories, while our
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OC Joe wins prestigious USA Rugby prize
Congratulations to Old Crosbeian Joe Sharrock, who was won a prestigious rugby tournament in the United States. Joe, who left school in 2021, is part of the rugby programme at The Mount St Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland and played
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Author Charlie’s ‘Super-Secret’ Stanfield visit
We were delighted to welcome Charlie Brooks, author of The Super-Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson books, to Stanfield Preparatory School. Charlie gave a hugely insightful talk to boys and girls in Years 3, 4 and 5 about his journey to
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Paris Dinner 2023
The sun was shining for the fabulous Paris Dinner, which took place at the spectacular Cercle de L’Union Interalliée. Former pupils from Merchant Taylors’ Crosby and Merchant Taylors’ Northwood came together at the event, where they were treated to a
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Royal Navy cadets visit HMS Biter
Cadets from the Royal Navy section of our CCF paid a visit to HMS Biter. HMS Biter is one of the 14 Archer Class inshore patrols vessels that form the Coastal Forces Squadron. The cadets boarded the vessel at Liverpool’s
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Rowing success at Lancaster Regatta
Our rowers enjoyed a successful day at the City of Lancaster Regatta, claiming a haul of medals. Harriet, Jess, Rhea and Dara took gold in the W4x, while Jess also won in WJ17 1x competition and claimed a third medal,
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