A primary school in need of "constant repairs" has missed out on cash from Sefton Council.
The planning committee voted to invest section 106 cash, provided by a developer, into the Sefton coastline. But one councillor believes the funds would have been better spent on improving Lydiate Primary School.
Cllr John Sayers for Park Ward said: "The council can spend the section 106 money where they like and they could have allocated money to Lydiate primary school to improve its facilities but instead they have awarded it to Green Sefton for the coastline.
"The problem with it going to Green Sefton is none of that money will provide services in Maghull and Lydiate. £20,000 has now gone to affluent areas such as Formby and Birkdale while Lydiate Primary is falling down."
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The primary school had to be closed for a week in 2019 over concerns about the safety of its building and in December 2021 Sefton MP Bill Esterson spoke of the deteriorating state of the school at Education Questions in the House of Commons
He said: “Staff at the school do an excellent job, but the building is damp, the heating system needs constant repairs, the roof leaks, the basement floods, and parts of the building are unsafe.
“The Department for Education carried out a survey and the surveyor has told the school he’s extremely concerned at the state of the building. So does the minister agrees, no child should have to go to school in such a poor environment."
Repairs have been carried out on the roof and the building re-wired, but more repairs are needed according to the MP.
A spokesperson from Sefton council said: "Sefton Council has been working with Lydiate Primary School for several years to improve a range of issues relating to repairs of the fabric of the building, and a major electrical system renewal, which is in support of our aim to ensure all Sefton schools are a safe, warm and dry environment for both our pupils and teachers to thrive in.
“The Council will continue to work with the school to improve conditions in line with its capital programme priorities and resource availability. We are not currently aware of any issues which would deem the school building to be unsafe.
“We are confident the school has enough capacity for any potential increase in the number of local school children due to housing developments in the area.”
