Department for Education written question – answered on 6 February 2018.
Lord Fearn
Liberal Democrat
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.
Lord Agnew of Oulton
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education
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 | 31/10/2017 | |
For Academy[2] | 31/08/2017 | |
For Academy | 28/02/2015 | |
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.
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