A senior councillor has apologised for distress caused by proposals to move children from their school 14 miles across Liverpool.
As part of its plans to meet the “dramatic increase” in need for school places, Liverpool Council had suggested Bank View School on Long Lane in Fazakerley should relocate to the other side of the city to Parklands in Speke. Following a lengthy consultation this summer, the local authority has amended its plans and will now recommend the creation of a satellite site on the Speke grounds when its cabinet meets on Friday.
Cllr Tom Logan, cabinet member for education and skills, took to social media to acknowledge how “distressing” changes could be for families and hoped changes made to the plans would be well received. He said: “On Friday I will be bringing a report to Cabinet regarding plans to radically increase the capacity of our maintained special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision.
