March 25th 2010 - St. Anne's School, Stanley

One of, if not the, oldest primary school building left in Liverpool, St. Anne's (Stanley) has been educating the children of Stanley and the surrounding areas since 1914. The school is linked with nearby St. Anne's Cof E Church, built when Stanley was but a tiny rural village between the hamlets of Old Swan and Stoneycroft in the 1830's. These districts still exist, Stanley being one of the smallest (and least 'well known') districts in the city. The church and the school play an important role in the community and residents are rightly proud of both - the school received 'Outstanding' in their recent Ofsted inspection, the first Liverpool school to gain '1' in every inspection area.