Educational Institutions: Sefton
(asked on 23rd January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools and colleges have been (1) closed, and (2) amalgamated, in Sefton during the last five years to date.
In the last five years to date, one school (St Ambrose Barlow Catholic College) has closed without replacement provision. There has been one amalgamation/merger (Hugh Baird College and South Sefton College) which resulted in the closure of South Sefton College.
There have also been five academy conversions in this time.
Details are outline in the table below.
Establishment Name | Reason Establishment Closed | Close Date |
St Thomas Church of England Primary School | Academy Converter[1] | 31/10/2017 |
Stanley High School | For Academy[2] | 31/08/2017 |
Hillside High School | For Academy | 28/02/2015 |
Litherland High School | For Academy | 28/02/2015 |
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic College | Closure | 31/08/2016 |
St Michael's Church of England High School | For Academy | 31/10/2014 |
South Sefton College | Result of Amalgamation/Merger* | 01/12/2017 |
This data was obtained from Get Information About Schools (GIAS). The responsibility for updating GIAS is shared between the Department for Education, local authorities and schools. It changes each day as data is removed and uploaded therefore we are unable to guarantee complete accuracy.
*Merged with Hugh Baird College
[1] ‘Academy Convertor’ is a previously Ofsted rated ‘outstanding’ maintained school that has voluntarily converted to an Academy.
[2] ‘For Academy’ refers to schools which have closed to become academies following the issue of a Direct Academy Order in response to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating.