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.<ref>"Notes On Buildings Of Special Architectural Or Historic Interest" Template:Webarchive, Department of the Environment</ref> It was based in Blackburne House that is now the Blackburne House Centre for Women.<ref name="canning">"Blackburne House", Liverpool's Historic Canning area</ref>

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<ref name="canning"/>
• Lis Howell, TV executive
• Tina Malone, actress <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

• Liverpool Institute for Boys