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School	Address	Built	Notes
La Sagesse Catholic	Aigburth Rd, Grassendale	1911	Convent High School. 'Holmleigh'. Closed in the Catholice reorganisation of 1983, amalgamating with Notre Dame Woolton and Our Lady of the Assumption Secondary Girls to form St Julie’s. The Head, Sister Charles (Miss P R SOUPER) went to St John Almond.
Lancashire Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls	May Place, Broadgreen, Old Swan	1869	Originally located in St Helens at Blackbrook House (from 1869). Moved to Liverpool in 1876 for 70 girls and again; closed 1922
Lambeth County Secondary	Lambeth Rd, L4		Closed in 1982 when it amalgamated with John Hamilton Secondary to form Breckfield. The Head, Mr PATERSON, retired.
Lander Rd	Lander Rd, Litherland		Between Linacre Rd and Webster St. On the photo, taken in 1908, Britannia is represented by Lydia READ. Thanks to Paul GOODMAN for the photo. This link will take you to a photo of a class from 1932.
Lawrence Rd	Lawrence Rd, Wavertree	1902	Temporary school in connection with Webster St in 1900; new building opened in 1902. The school is on the same site to this day, although the old building has been replaced. In the 1950s, chair of governors was Canon C. P. CLARKE, Vicar of St Bridget’s in Bagot St. The secondary schools closed in 1982, due to falling rolls; Head of the Girls, Miss A C PAGENDAM, went to Holly Lodge. The primary school is still open, in brand new buildings but with the old bell still outside.
Leamington	Leamington Rd, Norris Green	1928	Originally described as a ‘portable school’ (along with Broad Square, Monksdown and Ranworth Square). Original cost of building, per head, £13 9s. Now beautifully refurbished
Leyfield RC	Leyfield Rd, West Derby	1905	I think there was already a school in this location, between Broughton Hall School and Cardinal Allen and it transferred to the City Council in 1905. The Record Office has log books for the Girls’ School from 1905 until the school’s closure in March 1961. Frank HITCHMOUGH attended the school from 1954 - 1961. He writes: “At this time it was a co-ed school run by the Sisters of Charity/Mercy and had an orphanage attached. The school had two floors. On the upper floor of the wing closest to the Carmelite Monastery there was a class room with a number a stuffed birds that were very impressive. Sister Augustine was the headmistress along with a Miss FURLONG. Miss FURLONG was a small lady with glasses but could wield a hefty cane as could Sister Augustine. Could this be the Miss Furlong and Sister Augustine that were on staff in 1919 and 1924 respectively? There was a young nun Sister Frances who was the epitome of a dedicated teacher. She was kind and considerate yet efficient. Miss WALSH taught the older grades. She was an older lady, white hair and rode a bike to and from school. She had a thick Irish accent.”
Lidderdale	Lidderdale Rd	1937	Built on the site of St Pancras’ Church ( a Chapel of Ease for St Agnes in Ullet Rd), this infants’ school was recently demolished. Amalgamated with Morrison to form Greenbank Primary School.
Linacre School	Thornton Rd, Bootle	?	Thanks to John Hardy for this lovely photo.
Lisieux Catholic Infants	Utting Avenue, Norris Green	1934	Recently amalgamated with St Teresa’s Catholic Infants, on the same site.
Lister Drive	Lister Drive, Tuebrook	1907	Separate Infant and Junior schools. The schools have now moved onto a site on Green Lane, opposite St Cecilia’s. Hope this photo is of the right building! Baths were here too...
Litherland High	Sterrix Lane, Litherland	1948	Due to be rebuilt under the BSF scheme in the next few years, possibly merging with Bootle High School
Little Woolton CE School	Woolton	?	Also known as St Stephen’s in Gateacre?
Liverpool College	Lodge Lane; Mossley Hill	1844	Originally the upper school for Liverpool Collegiate. Became a public school in 1907; now situated in Mossley Hill. Became co-educational when it amalgamated with Huyton College. The photo was kindly sent to me by Ken ROBERTS; there are now flats on this site on the corner of Lodge Lane (now Sefton Park Rd) and Bentley Rd.
Liverpool College for Girls	Crown St	?	Listed in 1894. Quite a way from Blackburne House etc. Not sure about its relationship to to other institutions.
Liverpool Collegiate School	Shaw St	1840	Founded in 1840; Shaw St site opened in 1843. The school aimed to provide an appropriate mixture of commerce, science and religion for boys of the middle classes. The Upper School moved to Lodge Lane in 1884. This became a public school in 1907, when the Collegiate transferred to the Local Authority. School continued on the Shaw St site as Liverpool Collegiate until closure in 1985. At this time the Headteacher (Mr E CLARKE) retired and the school amalgamated to form Breckfield.
Liverpool Farm School for Boys	Newton-le-Willows	1859	Certified in 1859. Became an Approved School for 115 boys from 1933
Liverpool Girls' Reformatory	Mount Vernon Green	1857	Managed by the Liverpool Juvenile Reformatory Association in 1900 this school catered for 80 girls; 90 when they acquired the adjacent house in about 1910. Used premises in Newsham Drive because of infectious illness in 1915 and made a temporary move to Heswall Park in 1916. Closed later that year.
Liverpool Industrial School for Girls	St Domingo Rd, Everton	1849	Founded in 1849 as a mixed school; became a girls' school in 1878. A private house with additional wings and a front garden. There were also premises at 52 St Domingo Vale where the Auxiliary Home may have been situated. Closed in 1920.
Liverpool Institute and School of Art	Mount St	1825	Opened in Sir Thomas St, then moved to Slater St. The Mount St building opened in 1837. Renamed The Liverpool Institute in 1856. it is still listed in 1894. Transferred to Liverpool City Council in 1905. The Girls’ School was in Blackburne House. There are lots of websites devoted to the Institute, including the Liobians and Fred Crane’s site.
Liverpool Institute High School for Girls	Blackburne Place, No 1, Hope St	1844	Linked with the Liverpool Institute and School of Art; listed in 1859. Also known as Blackburne House. Principal Miss L M COOMBE in 1911. Now restored, a Grade II listed building..
Liverpool Nautical College	Colquitt St, Seel St	?	Both sites listed in 1894
Liverpool Orphanage Industrial School for Catholic Boys	Everton Crescent	1868	A voluntary school run by the Sisters of Charity. The school took in 200 boys from 4 - 14 years of age. Later called St Vincent's Beacon Lane. Became an Approved School for 150 juniors from 1933. Supported by Fr NUGENT
Liverpool School of Music	Bedford St South	.	John Ross was removed from the 1911 Directory.
Liverpool Talmud Torah School	Great Oxford St, Bedford St	?	Listed in 1911 as a school for the Hebrew education of Jewish children. Located at 40 & 42 Great Oxford St, the Head Master at the time was Hyman SHEREFSKI. The school moved to Great Bedford St in 1932.
Longmoor Lane	Longmoor Lane	1896	Building was commenced by Walton and completed by Liverpool School Board. Only 987 pupils in 1900 - quite small for the time! Now a large school, after separate infant and junior schools amalgamated into a brand new building.
Loraine St	Loraine St	1910	The street is off Breckfield Rd North; the records are deposited with the LRO and date from 1910. Became part of John Hamilton Comprehensive, and then Breckfield Comprehensive
Lower Lea	Beaconsfield Rd, Woolton	?	Special School
Mab Lane	Mab Lane, Norris Green	?	Separate Infant and Junior schools until about 10 years ago; recently rebuilt. At one time known as Cantril Farm School.
Macket’s Lane	Arncliffe Rd, Hunts Cross		My friend Maureen ROGERSON attended this school. She remembers that there was a swimming baths, but this was discontinued because of the expense of keeping the lifeguard. The school closed about 2004.
Maidford		1933	Amalgamated with Colwell to form Blueberry Park in the early 2000s
Major Lester	Sherlock St	1903	Originally separate schools for Girls, Boys and Infants; Boys’ and Girls’ schools amalgamated in 1964, and then the Infants’ later on. Amalgamated with Eileen Craven in 1997 to form Hope Valley Primary School on the Major Lester site.
Malvern	Huyton		Recently rebuilt
Manesty's Lane	Manesty's Lane	1792	One of Liverpool's oldest schools
Mann Island Infants' School	Mann Island	?	A school for infants in 1859.
Manual Instruction Centre	Baker St, West Derby Rd	.	Corner with Emlyn St. Run by Liverpool School Board
Manual Instruction Centre	Chatsfield St Edge Hill	?	Listed in Slater’s 1859 Directory
Manual Instruction Centre	Mill St, Toxteth	?	Listed in Slater’s 1859 Directory
Manual Instruction Centre	Nelson Place, Wavertree Rd	?	The building is still standing on Wavertree High St
Mariners' Daughters’ School	Georges’ Dock	?	Listed in 1859
Mariners' Day and Navigation School		?	Nautical School
Mary Help of Christians Catholic	Stonebridge Lane, Croxteth	?	Now know as St John Bosco, located in Stonedale Crescent
Matthew Arnold	Dingle Lane	1908	The old building was demolished in the late 1890s. There is a new building on the site
Meadow Bank	Sherwoods Lane, Fazakerley	?	.
Melling	Wheeler Drive, Melling	.	.
Merchant Taylors	Liverpool Rd, Great Crosby	1618	Reorganised and rebuilt 1878. The school has current websites for the boys’ school; the girls’ school, junior boys’ school and infants!.
Mersey View	Minehead Rd, Aigburth	?	.
Methodist Wesleyan	Epworth St	?	Listed in Slater's 1859 Directory
Methodist Wesleyan	Great Homer St	?	Listed as separate infant and junior schools in 1859. The infants is listed as Wesleyan. LRO holds records from 1886 - 1912
Methodist Wesleyan	Moss St	?	Listed in Slater's 1859 Directory. Separate Infants' school. Close to London Rd
Methodist Wesleyan	Heath St, Toxteth Park	?	Listed in Slater's 1859 Directory
Methodist Wesleyan	Jamaica St, Jordan St	?	Listed in Slater's 1859 Directory; separate Infants' school
Methodist Wesleyan / Hibernian Free School	Pleasant St	?	Listed separately in Slater's 1859 Directory. Records for Pleasant St held at the LRO include information on Great Homer St Wesleyan School, St Clement’s CE and Russell St Board School. May be linked to Pleasant St Board School.
Millstead	Mill Lane, Wavertree	?	Old Mill Lane; possibly on the site of the old infants' school
Millwood	Greenway Rd, Speke	?	Probably opened in the early 1930s. Linda says ‘when I went there in 1953 it was one of the biggest Primary schools in the city - so big in fact that at junior age the girls were 'farmed out' to the girls' branch of Speke Secondary Modern in Central Avenue. The boys were sent to Stapleton Avenue, again attached to the boys branch of the Secondary Modern School’ (later Speke Comprehensive)
Monk St	Monk St, Everton	1900	Opened as a temporary school; still listed in 1911
Monksdown Primary	Frinstead Rd, Norris Green	1928	I’m sure I’ve seen this date somewhere recently, but can’t now track it down! The Junior School was rebuilt in the late 1960s and the Infants’ in 1997. Now amalgamated into a single primary school.
Morrison	Mossley Avenue, Mossley Hill	1907	There was a temporary school (an iron building) in Greenbank Rd from 1900. Jan Byers attended the school in the 1960s, and remembers a teacher taking a cine film of children in the yard, dressed as hippies. The 1907 building was demolished around 2004 when Morrison amalgamated with Lidderdale into Greenbank Primary School
Mosspits	Mosspits Lane, Childwall	1927	Separate Infant and Junior schools. Originally a wooden building, the schools were going to be a classic infants downstairs / juniors upstairs arrangement which was never completed.l
Mother Teresa Catholic	Titchfield St, Everton	?	Formed from the amalgamation of St Anthony's and St Sylvester’s.
Mount Pleasant Catholic	Mount Pleasant	?	RC (Sisters of Notre Dame). Plans for a ‘Training College for Mistresses’ were submitted in 1856. My great grandmother was here on census night in 1891. My mother trained here in the 1950s.
Much Woolton Catholic	Watergate Lane, Woolton	1992	Linked to St Mary's Woolton. Built on the site of St Bennet’s Priory; opened in 1992, although some classes had been based here for a while (probably since 1967, when older Junior children were taught at this site).
Much Woolton School	School Lane, Much Woolton	1610	Apparently attended by St John ALMOND in about 1650. LRO holds plans for a building dated 1847. The school is listed in Slater's 1859 Directory; ceased as a school in the mid-late 19th century. It has apparently had many purposes since then, including being a cowshed. It is now a nursery.
Municipal Central Technical School	Byrom St	.	Between Scotland Place and Clayton St
Nash Grove Ragged School	Prince Edwin St, Everton	.	See Great Homer, Campion, Welsh Calvinist Methodist
Netherton Moss	Swifts Lane, Netherton	.	.
Netherton Park	Chester Ave, Bootle	.	.
New Heys	Heath Road	?	The school is now single sited. Originally Gilmour Seniors; there was a house called New Heys in the area, where a merchant lived
Newsham	Boaler St (Primary); Sheil Rd (Secondary Modern)		Primary: see Boaler St; Secondary Modern - was Newsham, then Fairfield. Often known as Sheil Rd
Noonan CE School	Everton	?	Probably in Everton - that's where the schoolmaster was living in 1861 anyway - in Dover St
Norman Pannell	Brownbill Bank Netherley	1968	Built to serve the new housing in the area.
North Corporation	Bevington Bush / Blackstock St	1825	Built by the Liverpool Corporation, partly as a substitute for the Grammar School founded by John Crosse, which had closed in 1815. Transferred to Liverpool School Board in 1872 and enlarged the following year. The school had the right in perpetutity to nominate a scholar at Liverpool College, Shaw St. The holder of this place in 1903 was George FISHER of Cavendish St. There were about 700 pupils in 1900. Next door to St Saviour's Female Refuge in 1911. Has been listed, delisted and demolished
Northcote	Northcote Rd, Walton	1885	Originally built by Walton School Board. This was a free school in 1903 - freed from the charges levied on pupils attending Arnot St and Anfield Rd, the closest Board Schools. Rice Lane was built soon after. There were 1,020 pupils in 1900. The original building (photo courtesy of Liverpool Record office) was recently demolished and a new one built in Cavendish Drive near Sainsbury's. Visit the website.
Northway	Walgrave Rd, Wavertree	1927	Close to Wavertree Garden Suburb. The school looks now just as it did when it was built - externally! Internally it is probably less easily recognisable to the pupils who attended 80 years ago. The school has a current website.
Notre Dame High School	Maryland Street	1853	My Aunt - born 1915 - attended there from the age of 13 - 17. She still quotes Sister Mary of the Good Shepherd! Also listed as ‘Notre Dame Demonstration Primary School’ - known as The Dem! Maria says: in the 50/60s when I was there, the school uniform colours for the Demonstration School were Dark brown and Yellow. The Commercial School were Royal blue and green and the High School was Dark blue and white.You had to wear your uniform with pride outwith the School. You were easily identified for any misdermeanours out of school. reported and had to own up at Assembly! This photo is the main entrance for Maryland St
Notre Dame Collegiate, Catholic	Everton Valley	1869	My mother attended this school in the 1940s. It still looks fantastic, dominating Everton Valley. Like many other people I still call it Everton Valley.
Notre Dame, Woolton Catholic Girls'	Speke Rd, Woolton	1970	There is a convent in Speke Rd. For many years there was a Preparatory School there; the secondary school was in Woolton Hall, which is now privately owned. Woolton Hall amalgamated with Notre Dame Mount Pleasant in 1970. Headteacher was Sr Margaret Taylor, Deputy Head was Miss (Bessie) Lunt. Really stupid uniform, though! I know, I had to wear it. In the early 1980s, amalgamated with La Sagesse to form St Julie's.
Nugent RC Boys’ School	Overbury St	1983	Named after Father James NUGENT. Created in the Catholic Reorganisation of 1983 from a range of other Catholic Boys’ Schools, including Cardinal Godfrey, St Anne’s, St George’s, St Nicholas. Located on the site of St Anne’s in Overbury St. First Headteacher was Brother CAREY from Cardinal Godfrey. The school close din the 1990s; pupils transferred to Campion in Everton. The building is now the site of the Christian Fellowship School, which moved there in 1997.
Oakes St	Oakes St	1905	Listed in 1911. According to the Record Office, a temporary board school. The LRO holds the log book from 1904-1914. One of the oral histories in the LRO (Mary Miers) refers to a Hebrew School in Oakes St. There was certainly a Jewish cemetery there at one time, but it had been closed for many years. The remains were exhumed in 1904 for reburial in Broadgreen cemetery.
Old Church CE	Moorfields	1790	Church of England - probably linked to Our Lady & St Nicholas, Parish Church. LRO holds plans for a new building dated 1861. 1900 -average attendance about 500 junior and infant pupils. The school had places for 600.
Old Swan Technical School	Broadgreen Rd		Next to the Corporation Tramways Office, corner of Catharine Terrace
Olive Mount	Childwall Rd	.	Amalgamated with the Holt, now known as Childwall Sports College. The site was demolished around 2004.
Orrell Primary	Sefton Rd, Bootle	.	Now amalgamated with Roberts Rd into a brand new school.
Oulton Secondary School	Clarence St, Liverpool	1907	Corner with Pleasant St. William OULTON was a prominent member of Liverpool School Board. In 1903, he was chair of the Technical Instruction Committee (other members of which were Philipt HOLT, Herbert RATHBONE and Florence MELLY) and chair of Liverpool Council of Education (other members: Canon Major LESTER and J W ALSOP. He lived in Cuckoo Lane, Gateacre. Head in 1911 was Robert NIXON, BA. LRO has records from 1899; the school was based in the building which was originally the pupil teacher college. In 1938, the girls - with their teachers - transferred to Childwall Valley High School. The school eventually closed in 1943. The boys and their teachers were transferred to the Liverpool Collegiate.
Our Lady & St Nicholas CE	Easton St		Listed in the 1955 Directory. Lilian FOX was Headteacher from 1972-1990. The school closed in 1990, and is now the site of the Vauxhall Millennium Centre.
Our Lady and St Philomena’s Catholic	Sparrow Hall Road	1942	The school was for children of all ages, but grew very rapidly. Eventually, separate infant and junior schools were built.
Our Lady & St Swithin’s RC		1953	Originally known as Gill Moss RC
Our Lady Bishop Eton Catholic	Green Lane, Mossley Hill	1951	This is a relatively new school, based in the building previously occupied by St Anthony of Padua School. The parishes were divided between the two churches, and the children likewise. The school is on Green Lane, between Woolton Rd and Menlove Avenue. Date approximate - I keep on forgetting to check!
Our Lady Catholic	Eldon St	1867	Later Our Lady of Reconciliation; built for 1,200. Marked on the 1906 map. Headteachers include Tom WALSH. Pictures of the school are on the Scottie Press website. Closed 2003 when it amalgamated with St Gerard's and Mother Teresa to form The Trinity.
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic	Northumberland Terrace, Everton	?	Probably built on the site of the Girls' Industrial School
Our Lady of Fatima High School Catholic	Margaret Street	1956	The site on Townsend Avenue (now All Saints’ RC Junior Derpartment) was Our Lady of Fatima. This was at one time part of John Hamilton Comprehensive. Renamed Our Lady’s High School around 2000. Now part of one of the new academies.
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic	Chestnut Grove, Wavertree; South Drive, Wavertree	1872	Formed out of the district of St Oswalds. The new church of Our Lady of Good Help opened on 1 May 1887. The building which had served as a temporary chapel since 1871 was converted into an infant school Enlarged 1887. Headteacher at one time was Joe COGHLAN, who went on to be Head at St Sylvester’s. The current building in South Drive dates from 1970, and backs onto the old school and the parish centre.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic	Chipping St, Toxteth Park North Hill St	1865	Enlarged 1872 and 1886. In December 1960 part of original building was destroyed by fire. The new school opened in 1961 - 100 years after the original building. The photo here is of the church. LRO holds log books 1887-1947. There are other links to photos of the school after the fire, on Flickr.
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic	Hartsbourne Avenue, Belle Vale	1958	The Junior School opened in 1958 - the first Headteacher was a Mr G SMYTHE. The Infants opened a year later, and the Secondary Modern in 1960. The Secondary Modern closed in 1983 with Catholic Reorganisation, children transferring to SFX and St Julie’s.
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic	Stand Park Ave, Bootle		In the Netherton area
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic	Ford Close, Litherland		.
Our Lady, Star of the Sea Catholic	Kepler St, Everton		Between Everton Rd and Everton Terrace. Listed in 1911 as Kepler St, Seaforth. In 1916, there was an RC school in Seaforth Vale listed as ‘Star of the Sea.
Oxford St Ragged School (Industrial)	Oxford St		Listed in Slater’s 1859 Directory
Paddington High School	Mount Vernon Green	1968	This school was open when I was a teenager in the 1970s. We were always told terrible things about the students from this school, and lived in constant terror - rather exciting, in retrospect! The building became a Local Authority training and resource centre, and has been home to Archbishop Blanch Girls’ High School for almost 15 years.
Palmerston	Beaconsfield Rd, Woolton		Special School
Park Hall	Huyton Hey Rd		Built in the 19th Century; photo on the Knowsley website is dated 1906.
Park Lane School	Park Lane	1878	Listed as separat infant and junior schools (Corporation South) in 1859. The accommodation was said to be 'scarcely adequate' in 1878 when it was certified as Park Lane School. Matron in 1900 was Miss Robina FraserLinks with the school in Northumberland St. Closed either before or just after the Great War
Park Rd Ragged School (Industrial)	Park Rd	?	Listed in Slater’s 1859 Directory
Park St Ragged School (Industrial)	Park St, Toxteth Park	?	Listed in Slater’s 1859 Directory
Parkhill Rd	Parkhill Rd, Toxteth Park	1860	The school backed onto David St - part of Dingle’s Holy Land area. The school amalgamated in the late 1990s with Beaufort St to form Beaufort Park. The last Headteacher was Peter Rirey. For a time, children were bused from Beaufort St to Parkhill. The old building was eventually demolished in about 2002. Thanks to Ron Johnson for the photo.
Parklands High School	Central Avenue Speke