In its final year, the school had only 90 pupils and 32 members of staff.

This merger was opened and blessed by Archbishop Worlock on 16 March 1987.

[1] The closure of St Thomas Becket Catholic School was approved on 29 June 2005.

Pupils in year 8 only continued their education on the St Thomas Becket site until the end of year 9 before transferring in 2007 to St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School.

[4] The school building was demolished in the months following its closure, allowing work to begin on the £16.1m Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park.