Liverpool Institute High School for Girls
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).
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 to 1983, it quickly introduced comprehensive schools in all but one of its grammar schools.
Notable former pupils
- Edwina Currie, politician[2]
- Lis Howell, TV executive
- Tina Malone, actress [3]
See also
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- Arnot St Mary Church of England Primary School
- Broadgreen Primary School
- Dovedale Primary School
- Liverpool College
- Roscoe Primary School
- Anfield Community Comprehensive School
- Blackburne House
- Bluecoat Chambers
- Huyton College
- Huyton Hill Preparatory School
- Liverpool Collegiate School
- Liverpool Institute High School for Boys
- Liverpool Institute High School for Girls
- New Heys Comprehensive School
- Parklands High School
- St Benedict's College
- Scotland Road Free School