St Saviour's Parish was formed in 1959 and continued to grow over the next decade. At this time, Ellesmere Port was rapidly expanding due to the relocation of thousands of young families from Liverpool.

St Saviour's first parish priest was Fr Joseph O'Donnell. He celebrated two masses each Sunday - one in the Cemetery Chapel at Overpool and another in the Great Sutton Village Hall. Soon after this, Fr O'Donnell began saying daily masses in the front bedroom of his rented home on Brooklyn Drive.

The St Saviour's church hall was opened just in time for the Easter Week services in 1960. This was used as a temporary church. 

As the church hall was being completed, plans were being laid for two schools (infants and juniors) to serve the ever-increasing numbers of Catholic children in the parish. 

St Saviour's Junior School opened first in April 1966 and the Infants School opened eight months later. 

In 2011, these two schools were amalgamated to form what we now have - St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School.

 

In 1963, this illustration was created as part of the Christian Giving Campaign when St Saviour's Parish was looking to build a primary school to serve the needs of the Catholic community here in Ellesmere Port. 

A drawing of St Saviour's Junior School after it had been built in 1966.