University of Oxford Kenneth Crook CMG, Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1976 to 1979 Nicholas Fazackerley, lawyer and MP for Preston in the years 1732-67 Jacqueline Foster, Conservative MEP for North West England from 1999 to 2004 and 2009 to 2019 Pete Griffiths, founding member and bassist of punk rock band The Spitfire Boys Tony Hazzard, songwriter, session singer and recording artiste Prof Graham Hough, Professor of English at the University of Cambridge from 1966 to 1975 Sue Johnston, actress Prof Peter Lawrenson, award-winning electrical engineer, President from 1992 to 1993 of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Ian McIntyre, broadcaster and Controller of BBC Radio 4 from 1976 to 1978 and BBC Radio 3 from 1978 to 1987 Keith Macklin, sports broadcaster and journalist Geoff Nulty, Everton FC footballer John Edward Parkinson, Professor of Law at Bristol University and promulgator of the concept of stakeholders in corporate law Laurence Perkins, principal bassoonist in Manchester Camerata John David Pugh, Lib Dem MP for Southport since 2001 Nigel Roberts, computer scientist Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist for the Beatles for two years Sir George Sweeney, former principal of Knowsley Community College; knighted in 2000 Rt Rev John Waine, former Bishop of Chelmsford from 1986 to 1996 Prof Sid Watkins, neurosurgeon and Formula One medical advisor References External links Prescot School The Prescotian Prescot Roll of Honour 1544 establishments in England Educational institutions established in the 1540s Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley