Local residents may well already have seen the article in today’s Manchester Evening News about a potential new Catholic “super school”.
As a local Councillor I have said from the outset that the Council should not be closing down a good school - and St George’s is a very good school. That remains the case. Any new school would not be St George’s.
I - and my colleagues - need to know what local residents, pupils, parents and staff think about this new proposal. Please leave a message on this post or e-mail me at councillor.lindley@salford.gov.uk and tell me your views.
I thought that the original plan required the sale of the St George’s site to wash-it’s-face financially. So can/will the disposal of BOTH sites, fully cover the cost of a brand new school?
It’s difficult to answer that question when there isn’t really even an outline plan on the table as yet. It’s nothing more than an initial idea and the way this has been spun by the Council and the Labour Party is incredible.
What is certain is that any new school would definitely require the sale of both sites (in Walkden and Swinton) to be even vaguely financially viable.