St Hilda's School, Westcliff-on-Sea

St Hilda's School
Motto Upward and Onward
Established 1946
Closed 2014
Type Independent day school
Headmistress Mrs S O'Riordan
Location 15 Imperial Avenue
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex
SS0 8NE
England
51°32′38″N 0°40′52″E / 51.5439°N 0.6810°E / 51.5439; 0.6810Coordinates: 51°32′38″N 0°40′52″E / 51.5439°N 0.6810°E / 51.5439; 0.6810
Local authority Southend-on-Sea
DfE URN 115405 Tables
Students 120~
Gender Girls; Coeducational (3-11)
Ages 3–16
Website St Hilda's School

St Hilda's School was an independent day school for girls aged 3-16 and boys up to age 11 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It was one of few independent schools in the county which did not have a sixth form.[1]

History

St Hilda's predecessor school, St Clare's, was founded by Mrs Tunnicliffe in 1946 at Thorpe Bay. St Clare's soon outgrew its premises and new buildings in Westcliff-on-Sea were purchased. St Hilda's was opened on January 1947. The school was owned by Mrs Tunnicliffe's family.[2]

Closure

St Hilda's School was foreclosed and closed on short notice in the summer of 2014. The last school day was 14 July 2014.[3] The Echo newspaper reported that the school may have closed due to highly increasing levels of debt in its final years. Its headteacher Susan O'Riordan and financial director Steven Gorridge had both resigned as directors from the management board of the school on 30 April 2014.[4] In a statement, the school's directors said that "excess capacity" for independent school places in the area was behind the decision. "We have sought finance, possible buyers and mergers, and various other possibilities notwithstanding considerable financial input from ourselves," they stated. The insolvency firm DKF Insolvency Ltd assisted with the school's liquidation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "EduBase - St Hilda's School". www.education.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  2. ↑ 65 Years of St Hilda's
  3. ↑ "Independent school in Westcliff shuts at short notice". Echo. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  4. ↑ "When did head know St Hilda's was doomed?". Echo. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  5. ↑ "St Hilda's school in Westcliff goes into liquidation". BBC News. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
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