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New £7m school project under consideration in Liverpool

A £7m scheme to rebuild a Liverpool school for girls is to be considered by planners in the city later this month.

The proposed Holly Lodge Girls’ College is part of the Mayor’s Investment Plan for Schools, which was devised as a rescue package following the scrapping of Wave Six of Liverpool’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project.

The funding – a combination of city council and Government money – was negotiated as part of Liverpool’s City Deal, and will see at least 12 schools receive investment.

The scheme will see a new main teaching block with comprising new humanities classrooms, new arts, music and drama spaces including a new main activity hall, and a new 6th Form with a central atrium and café area.

The aim is to significantly reduce the number of school buildings, some of which are over 100 years old and unsuited to delivering a modern curriculum.

It also includes a small extension to the existing sports hall with new administrative offices and a new look reception.

There will also be a new half-sized floodlit artificial grass pitch which will be made available to the local community.

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