A free school could be built on the site of a large former fruit and vegetable market in Old Swan.
Liverpool Council ’s cabinet is to take a decision this week about whether to dispose of the unoccupied almost nine acre site on Prescot Road. The land is to be declared surplus to requirements and to be disposed of for educational use only.
As a result, the Department for Education (DfE) will be offered the location to build a new free school as the local authority wrestles with the challenges of a lack of school places across the city. The cabinet report said by 2026, Liverpool will be 370 places short for year seven pupils across its schools.
