- Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School, Crosby has educated boys on Merseyside since the 17th century. In September 2025, it merged with Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School to become a single co-educational senior school educating, and is now known as Merchant Taylors’ School. As it describes, this will create “one school, one community, with one vision.”
- The school’s “Making Waves” campaign is in support of the reopening and refurbishing of the swimming pool in partnership with Swim, an organisation run by Olympians Rebecca Adlington and Steve Parry who will offer swimming lesson for the local community.
- Merchant Taylors’ has a large, active Combined Cadet Force open to both boys and girls, the school runs the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and a range of musical, sporting and artistic clubs and activities are offered. A counselling service is on hand to support pupils within the school’s culture of “openness and resilience”.
- Merit-based scholarships have a value of up to 10 per cent of school fees for those entering at year 7, with awards for sixth formers varying from 10 to 30 per cent. In addition, means-tested bursaries are available to cover up to 100 per cent of school fees; through the programme the school aims to “unlock potential, nurture ambition, and reflect our core values of inclusion”.
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