Liverpool Institute High School for Girls, Blackburne Place,

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, was a girls'

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that was established in 1844 and closed in 1984. It was situated off

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to the north-east of

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in the area close to the

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and ''Catharine Street'' (A5039).

History

The school was made a Grade II

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on 14 March 1975. It was based in Blackburne House that is now the ''Blackburne House Centre for Women''."Blackburne House"
Liverpool's Historic Canning area 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

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, politician * Lis Howell, TV executive * Tina Malone, actress

References

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History

Closure

Notable former pupils

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