Four South Liverpool schools are to become two combined provisions following a community consultation.
Liverpool Council is seeking to move ahead with plans to amalgamate Sudley Infant and Sudley Junior schools in Aigburth as well as Gilmour Infant and Gilmour Junior School in Garston. Subject to cabinet approval, the local authority will launch statutory proposals to discontinue the existing schools to create two new sites from September 1.
As Ruth Thomas, headteacher at Sudley Infants, tendered her resignation in December and Jayne Hathaway, Gilmour Infants’ head taking the decision to retire at the same time, the city council explored the possibility of merging the four schools into two new primaries. The two Aigburth schools sit just 1,500 feet apart with Sudley Infants providing education for four to seven year olds and Sudley Juniors catering for those seven to 11. Less than half a mile divides the two facilities in Garston.
