Liverpool Institute High School for Girls

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Liverpool Institute High School for Girls
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Address
Liverpool Institute High School for Girls
Blackburne Place

Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L8 7PF

England
Coordinates 53°24′00″N2°58′16″W / 53.400°N 2.971°W / 53.400; -2.971 Coordinates: 53°24′00″N2°58′16″W / 53.400°N 2.971°W / 53.400; -2.971
Information
TypeGrammar school
Established1844
Closed1986
Local authorityLiverpool
GenderGirls
Age11to 18
Enrolment350

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).

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History

The 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

Once Liverpool City Council became Labour-controlled in 1983, having had no overall control from 1974–83, it quickly introduced comprehensive schools in all but one of its grammar schools.

Notable former pupils

See also

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References

  1. "Notes On Buildings Of Special Architectural Or Historic Interest" Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine , Department of the Environment
  2. 1 2 "Blackburne House", Liverpool's Historic Canning area
  3. "Education". Liverpoolecho.co.uk. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2011.