Plans to move children with special educational needs and disabilities 14 miles across Liverpool to a new school have been scrapped.
Liverpool Council ’s cabinet has today moved ahead with amended plans as it seeks to meet its “dramatic increase” in need for school places. The local authority 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, in which parents and stakeholders hit back against the proposals, a new satellite site on the Speke grounds are to be built as an alternative.
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 reiterated his apology to the cabinet meeting this morning and said: “We have listened and we have acted.”
