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St Francis Xavier's College (abbreviated SFX) is an 11–18 boys Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Woolton, Liverpool, England. The college is under the trusteeship of the Brothers of Christian Instruction.
St. Francis Xavier’s College was founded in 1842 by the Society of Jesus. It was opened by Fr. Francis Lythgoe and was to be conducted by masters from and in connection with the Jesuit College at Stonyhurst, near Blackburn.
Br Ken Vance SJ tells the story of the Jesuit presence in Liverpool, which came to an end at Easter when the church of St Francis Xavier was handed over to the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Below are listed notable Jesuit high schools or secondary schools, many of which grew into Jesuit colleges or universities, or formed in association with them. This list includes schools at the sixth form level, as distinguished from four-year colleges and universities (above).
The Jesuit presence in Everton commenced in the 1840s when priests from Stonyhurst College arrived in Liverpool to set up SFX College.
The Jesuits in Britain have announced that the next parish priest of St Francis Xavier Church in Everton will be a member of the Archdiocesan clergy. The parish has always been served by Jesuit priests and brothers, although it has been in the ownership of the Archdiocese of Liverpool in recent years.
The former schools (Infants, Junior, Senior, and Jesuit College) which had been left derelict from the early 1980s were taken over by Liverpool Hope University in the late 1990s. They now form their Creative Campus, accommodating their arts and drama departments.
