The Academy of St Nicholas

Academy in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
  Websitewww.astn.uk

The Academy of St Nicholas, previously known as Enterprise South Liverpool Academy (ESLA), is a joint Roman Catholic and Church of England secondary school located in Garston, Liverpool, England. The school is co-educational from years 7 to 11 including the sixth form, All Saints Sixth Form College, for ages 16–19.

The school opened in a building costing £23.4m[1] in February 2013. It is a mixed-faith school that accepts students of all faiths and none.

Ofsted Reports

An Ofsted inspection in October 2012 found that ESLA “required improvement”,[2] they then went into special measures in October 2014. The school received £1.2 million emergency funding in 2012 and in 2013/2014[ambiguous] - only £131,00 of which needs to be repaid.

In 2014 Parklands High School in Liverpool closed down and ESLA agreed to take some of the students in, while their Ofsted report was Inadequate.[3]

In 2016, a number of sponsors of ESLA pulled away from the school including their main sponsor 'Enterprise' losing rights to the word in their school name. Since this time, ESLA/The Academy has risen back to the previous "requires improvement" score in Ofsted reporting.[4][5]

Branding

The school logo is an abstract depiction of a purple dove (purple being the school's signature colour) with five wings; the five wings represent the academy's five sponsors: Amey PLC, Liverpool City Council, the diocese of Liverpool and the archdiocese of Liverpool, and The University of Liverpool.

Name Change

From 2 February 2017 Enterprise South Liverpool Academy changed to The Academy of St Nicholas,[6] due to the pullout their main sponsor 'Enterprise' and adding more students from The Academy of St Francis of Assisi creating All Saints Sixth Form College.

References

  1. ^ "Enterprise South Liverpool Academy". www.bdp.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Ofsted Report 2012".
  3. ^ "Ofsted Report 2014".
  4. ^ "Ofsted Report 2016".
  5. ^ "Ofsted Report 2019".
  6. ^ Weston, Alan (20 January 2017). "New sixth form college for south Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

External links

  • http://www.esla.org.uk/
  • https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/136119
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26576320
  • https://schoolsweek.co.uk/sponsors-step-away-from-troubled-liverpool-academy/
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