The Academy of St Nicholas

The Academy of St Nicholas (more commonly known as ESLA) is a joint Roman Catholic and Church of England secondary school located in Garston, Liverpool, England. The school is coeducational from years 7 to 11 including sixth form (All Saints Sixth Form College) ages 16–19.

The Academy Of St Nicholas
Address
51 Horrocks Avenue

Garston

Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L19 5NY

England
Coordinates53.353446°N 2.890523°W / 53.353446; -2.890523
Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic/Church of England
EstablishedFebruary 2013
Department for Education URN136119 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadMs J Sings
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment787
Colour(s)  
Websitehttp://www.astn.uk/

The school opened inside of a school building costing £23.4m[1] in February 2013. It is a mixed-faith school that caters for 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 - 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, both the Diocese and the Archdiocese of Liverpool, The University of Liverpool.

Name Change

From 2 February 2017 Enterprise South Liverpool Academy changed to The Academy of St Nicholas, due to adding more students from The Academy of St Francis of Assisi creating All Saints Sixth Form College and the aforementioned sponsor pullout. This new name is intended to be another chapter for the school and hopefully a better one in the making.

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".
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