University of Liverpool Mathematics School
University of Liverpool Mathematics School (abbreviated as University of Liverpool Maths School and ULMaS) is a coeducational maths school in Central, Liverpool, in the English county of Merseyside. It was opened by the University of Liverpool in September 2020 as the third specialist maths school in the country and the first in Northern England. It is located on the university's campus, in the Sir Alastair Pilkington Building, and offers a curriculum specialising in A-Level mathematics (including further mathematics), physics and computer science. History. In July 2018 the Department for Education, with Lord Agnew  and Liz Truss, announced plans to establish the University of Liverpool Mathematics College. It would be a maths school offering the subjects of A-Level mathematics, further mathematics, and physics, and would enrol 80 students per year. An offer of computer science and music were also considered. The New Schools Network, made to support free schools (including maths schools), welcomed the announcement. The University of Liverpool promoted this college to Year Eleven pupils in multiple schools throughout April 2019. By June 2020 the college's name had been changed to University of Liverpool Mathematics School. A headteacher, Damian Haigh, was  appointed. The staff had been employed through video call as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department for Education reached an agreement with the college, scheduling its opening date to September 2020. The college opened on 1 September 2020 and was reopened on 30 September 2021. It was opened the second time by Steve Garnett, a business magnate who previously spoke at the college. Before March 2022, students had worked from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical face-to-face teaching resumed on 8 March under new preventative measures, such as compulsory face masks in areas where social  distancing could not be enforced. Students were also offered campus COVID-19 tests and some testing equipment for home usage.