One group of people who definitely won’t be listening to the views of local residents over the new Catholic school proposals are the Labour Councillors for Walkden North and Little Hulton - they’ve already jumped ship to support the closure of St George’s High School in favour of the new school in Wardley.
This is not a surprise as the Labour Party locally in Walkden & Little Hulton has spent the past 18 months saying as little as physically possible about St George’s in the hope of not offending their leadership. They have been silent when they should have been shouting from the rooftops.
I’ve received dozens of comments already from local residents, parents and pupils (past and present) about this week’s proposals. I want to hear as many views as possible, so please e-mail me at councillor.lindley@salford.gov.uk or leave a comment on this blog post!
But of course the new school wouldn’t mean the closure of St George’s. Leastways not if they name the new school “St Georges”!
You can’t actually “merge” two schools. A “merger” is in reality the closure of two schools and the opening of a third brand-new school. If this plan does come to fruition - and we are an awful long way from that even being possible never mind likely - I sincerely doubt whether the new school would be called “St George’s”.