St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby
The school's missionary statement is: We will ensure that each individual is valued and achieves success within a caring Christian community.[1] Due to vandalism, the education committee pressed for expediency on a caretaker's house to be built on the school site.[2] A council report in February 1989 highlighted that areas of the school's building was in "urgent need of repair", including poorly fitted and rusted window frames, inadequate external lighting and a heating system which was not effective.The Director of Education John Marsden noted that the local authority had spent considerable sums undertaking repair and maintenance work at the school, which then accommodated around 715 pupils.[3] The school came under criticism in June 1989 after cancelling a planned play of Our Day Out, citing concerns by parents who did not approve of the "bad language" and a scene which encouraged shop lifting.During this time, the main hall was remodeled into a performing arts venue, the dining room facilities was extended and developed, and one of the entrance areas was renovated.A new car park at the front of the school was also completed and in July 2008 was extended into a disused playground, ready for the 2008 academic year.M Block is the tallest part of the school, containing both its Sixth Form facilities alongside its History, Geography, Religious Studies and Modern Foreign Languages classrooms.The previous science block was completely destroyed in an arson attack in March 1994, started by 19-year-old Andrea Blundell who was suffering with paranoia.