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…y at the right time anyway. SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: I will sit again at 3.25 pm. (3.14 pm) (A short break) (3.25 pm) MICHAEL MCGARRY (sworn) Questioned by MR BOYLE SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: Thank you very much. Please have a seat. Mr Boyle. 171 hport Inquiry 22 October 2025 at this time? A. That's absolutely possible, yes. Q. You set out your refle…

…t children and the DfE, against what's called a priority 170 MR BOYLE: Could you give your full name, please? A. Michael McGarry. Q. Thank you. You are headteacher at the Range High School in Formby; is that right? A. At Range High School, yes? Q. Thank you very much. Could we have up, please, RAN000039. Do you recognise that as your stat…

….... 101 PAUL TURNER (affirmed) ........................ 104 Questioned by MR BOYLE ........................ 104 MICHAEL MCGARRY (sworn) ..................... 171 Questioned by MR BOYLE ........................ 171 DAVID CREGEEN (sworn) ........................ 205 Questioned by MR MOSS ........................ 205 240 (60) Pages 237 - 24…

…arrested by the time that came across to Merseyside. On arrival at the school, they were met by the headteacher, Michael McGarry, and taken to his office. AR was in the office. Mr McGarry explained that AR had previously been expelled from the Range High School but had attended that day during an assembly. When challenged by Mr McGarry, A…

…were affected and families affected by the tragic events. SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: Thank you very much. MR BOYLE: Mr McGarry, before you became headteacher at the Range High School, you were associate principal at the Belvedere Academy in Liverpool for 11 years and Deputy Headteacher at Fred Longworth in Wigan for five years; is that right? A…

…to one of the country's best universities. Q. Sorry, we don't need -- A. So I certainly don't recognise -- Q. Mr McGarry, I just ask you not to provide any further detail on that. You are referring to Dion R, we have his statement at IWS000060. Could we have page 6, paragraph 24. I'm asked to raise with you the contents of this 186 been p…

…of information-sharing failures, and examples of IT incompatibility which has complicated sharing. For example, Michael McGarry, Head Teacher of the Range, acknowledged that the sharing of important information relating to comments about the Manchester Arena attack and teachers getting murdered, was delayed after his exclusion and transf…

…he persisted in his dispute with the officers.1828 58. Alphonse R challenged the accuracy of what was said by Mr McGarry about his behaviour. In his evidence to the Inquiry, Alphonse R said that t if he persisted in his dispute with the officers.1828 58. Alphonse R challenged the accuracy of what was said by Mr McGarry about his behaviour…

…h School is a secondary comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18. The Inquiry has received evidence from Mr Michael McGarry, who has been the headteacher of the Range High School since September 2019 and, as I have mentioned, from Mr David Cregeen, who was the designated safeguarding lead at the school from September 2019 until Augus…

…because Range High School had received poor Ofsted ratings in December 2018 and there was a new headteacher, Mr McGarry, who started in September 2019, who, it was understood, was trying to crack down on bad behaviour including the carrying of knives, which I understood from friends was pretty common at our school." Just pausing there, j…

…25 Juan Martinez Director of Ageo 30 September 2025 Wholesale UK Limited, trading name of huntingandknives.co.uk Michael McGarry Headteacher, 22 October 2025 Range High School Lucy McLoughlin Headteacher, 23 October 2025 Presfield High School Alexander McNamee Police Response Officer, 2 October 2025 Lancashire Constabulary Dr Anthony Moly…

statement also was true to the best of your knowledge and belief? A. That's correct, yes. Q. Thank you. Just turning to your background now. You're currently employed, is this right, as an As statement also was true to the best of your knowledge and belief? A. That's correct, yes. Q. Thank you. Just turning to your background now. You're …

…en and parents at Range High School. The rumour was also referred to by the headteacher at Range High School, Mr Michael McGarry, who had heard about it but never seen such a list.84 DC Murphy confirmed to the Inquiry that she never saw such a list or any evidence that it actually existed.85 She said that as far as she was concerned, it w…

…to know about it and they would have informed us. Q. Thank you. We turn then to 7 October, paragraph 23, and Mr McGarry has told us some d have informed? A. I think the students would have got to know about it and they would have informed us. Q. Thank you. We turn then to 7 October, paragraph 23, and Mr McGarry has told us something of t…

…-230/24. 400 The Southport Inquiry Report: Volume 2 Chapter 12: AR’s family 38. The next day, 9 October 2019, Mr Michael McGarry, headteacher at Range High School, sent a letter to AR’s parents informing them of the decision to permanently exclude AR from that date. The letter stated: “I realise that this exclusion may well be upsetting f…