Catalogue description RECORDS OF LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

The collection contains a variety of documentation pertaining to the everyday running and management of the school and appears to have been created or managed primarily by the Headmaster. Information pertains to the periods both prior and following separation from the Upper School but the majority of information is relevant to the period following separation. The series included in the collection are not complete.

The collection is arranged as follows:

373COL/1 Liverpool Collegiate School

373COL/1/1 Student Administration Records

373COL/1/2 Financial Records

373COL/1/3 Operational Records

373COL/1/4 Personnel Records

373COL/1/5 Miscellaneous Records

373COL/2 Oulton Secondary School

Some of the records in this collection contain sensitive personal information and are closed for 100 years. This is in accordance with Section 1 (Principles 1,2 and 7) of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Acc. 4293, Acc. 4683, Acc. 4404

The majority of the records were deposited by Mr. I. R. Hall, then headteacher at Breckfield Community Comprehensive School, in 1985.

• Liverpool, Lancashire
• Liverpool, Merseyside
• Schools

The Liverpool Collegiate School was founded in 1840 under the name Liverpool Collegiate Institution, as a day school for boys. The site of the school was Shaw Street, which saw the official opening January 6, 1843. The main purpose of the school was to provide the sons of the middle classes with a suitable education incorporating a combination of scientific, commercial and religious instruction.

At its opening the college was divided into three schools; Upper, Middle (sometimes referred to as the Modern school) and the Lower (also called the Commercial) Schools. In 1884 the Upper School moved to a site on Lodge lane whilst the middle and Commercial schools remained at Shaw Street.

Eventually, in 1907 the schools formally split when the Middle and Commercial Schools were sold to the city. The Upper School continued as Liverpool College and became a public school. The Middle and Commercial Schools united under the name Liverpool Collegiate School and continued until its close in 1985.

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