Houses at one of Merseyside’s most prestigious schools have been renamed as they “were not reflective of the modern world”.
The Blue Coat School in Wavertree has confirmed five of its houses will adopt new names following an 18 month consultation. The school faced calls to remove the name of founder Bryan Blundell from members of the school community following the Black Lives Matter campaign after the worldwide outcry triggered by the death of George Floyd while in police custody in the United States last year.
Headteacher Scilla Yates then confirmed a wider engagement exercise would take place looking at reforming a further five house names. The names Shirley, Graham, Bingham and Styth have been removed owing to their historical links to the slave trade.
