Liverpool Institute High School for Girls, Blackburne Place, Liverpool, England, was a girls' grammar school that was established in 1844 and closed in 1984. It was situated off Hope St to the north-east of Liverpool Cathedral in the area close to the University of Liverpool and Catharine Street (A5039).
| Liverpool Institute High School for Girls | |
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Blackburne Place Liverpool , Merseyside , L8 7PF England | |
| Coordinates | 53°24′00″N 2°58′16″W / 53.400°N 2.971°W |
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| Type | Grammar school |
| Established | 1844 |
| Closed | 1986 |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 350 |
History
editThe school was made a Grade II listed building on 14 March 1975.[1] It was based in Blackburne House that is now the Blackburne House Centre for Women.[2]
By the 1970s it had around 350 girls, with 50 in the sixth form, being administered by the City of Liverpool Education Committee.
Closure
editOnce Liverpool City Council became Labour-controlled in 1983, having had no overall control from 1974 to 1983, it quickly introduced comprehensive schools in all but one of its grammar schools.
Notable former pupils
edit- Edwina Currie, politician[2]
- Lis Howell, TV executive
- Tina Malone, actress [3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Notes On Buildings Of Special Architectural Or Historic Interest" Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, Department of the Environment
- ^ a b "Blackburne House", Liverpool's Historic Canning area
- ^ "Education". Liverpoolecho.co.uk. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2011.