Savio Salesian College (formerly known as Savio Catholic High School or Savio High School originally known as Salesian College Grammar School) is a Roman Catholicsecondary school in Bootle, Merseyside, England. The school is under the care of the Salesians of Don Bosco and was successful in early 2006 to secure a bid for specialist Business & Enterprise status. The school has about 600 pupils on roll.
History
The school opened in September 1966 as Salesian College Grammar School for Boys, and was the first Roman Catholicgrammar school in Bootle, with the first pupils moving to the school on 2 May 1966. The building project began in April 1963 and cost around £398,000. The college was blessed by Rev. Augustine Harris, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool.[1]
On 2 December 1971, an explosion in the school's boiler room shook the entire school and nearby houses, with debris crashing onto the school playground. The two boilermen, who were removing oil from the tanks, escaped just seconds before the boiler room was wrecked by "a fierce explosion".[2] The explosion, caused by escaping gases from storage tanks, extensively damaged the boiler room, although the school was able to reopen the following Monday after repairs were undertaken over the weekend.[3]
The school underwent a £2 million refurbishment and rebuilding programme in 1990.[4] Having been established in 1966, the school celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 1991.[5]
In November 1993, the school was listed as having the worst rate of truancy within Merseyside, rating 14th nationally, although teachers disputed the findings by suggesting that the numbers are open to distortion by schools themselves.[6]
Notable former pupils
Former Liverpool F.C. and England national football team defender Jamie Carragher
