Remembrance day service
Posted 12th November 2025
On Tuesday morning at Dixons Croxteth, we held our annual Remembrance Day service, a deeply meaningful tradition for our school community. As always, students attended wearing family medals, and this year, we were honoured to welcome members of our local community, with families joining us to pay their respects alongside our students.
The service included a moving reading from our Deputy Head Student, who explained the significance of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. He also shared the story of Matthew Rooney, the youngest known Liverpool soldier to die in World War I. Matthew enlisted at just 15 years old, having lied about his age, and tragically lost his life at 17.
We heard the Exhortation, delivered by a member of staff who has served in the Armed Forces, followed by Mrs Unsworth’s poignant performance of the Last Post. The entire school observed an impeccable two-minute silence before Mrs Unsworth played Reveille. During this moment, the Union Jack was raised, and two students laid a wreath in remembrance.
The service concluded with the Kohima Epitaph and a reading of In Flanders Fields. This annual event is an important tradition at Dixons Croxteth and a powerful example of how we live out our British values as a school community.
On that same morning, two of our students proudly represented Dixons Croxteth at the annual Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. They joined a short parade and, alongside other organisations, laid a wreath on behalf of our school community. This was a truly special and memorable moment for both students, one they will cherish for years to come.
We are deeply grateful to them for their impeccable conduct and for embodying our values. Members of the community have contacted the Academy by phone and email to share their appreciation, describing our students as “the smartest they have seen, with the best manners.” As always, our students make us proud and demonstrate what it means to live our British values.
