Education bosses have been sent back to the drawing board over plans to build a new secondary school in Preston
on the site of another one that shut down almost 15 years ago.
The county council’s cabinet member for education and skills told a recent cabinet meeting that the informal consultation into the re-use of Tulketh High’s former home had “given an indication that parents would prefer another site”. All three were an integral part of the North West Preston Masterplan, published in 2017, to guide the development of 5,500 new homes in the area over the two decades through until the mid-2030s – although the document did not indicate any timescale for their arrival.
“I’m hopeful that they will have taken the [secondary school comments] as a very clear signal before they get themselves in a mess over the primary [school plans],” he said in response to the county council’s shifting stance. Regarding the high school plans, he added: “For me, it needs to go across towards Higher Bartle to serve the new developments over there – and it looks to me like that is what they are considering at this moment in time.
The full results of the survey of opinion into the secondary and primary plans are due to be presented to the next meeting of the county council’s cabinet in April. The authority told the LDRS in December that the fact it was in control of the Tulketh High and Cottam Hall sites was a major factor in its decision to consult over their use for the new schools, which are needed by September 2025.
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