Two schools to move into iconic building
If the proposals is to go ahead, the council said major traffic problems are not foreseen with pupils accessing the park off Edge Lane and buses to help children get to the school, likely to be offered.
Mark Tock, Innovation Manager at Liverpool Innovation Park, said the move would “save” the Littlewoods building.
He told the Daily Post: “Establishing a cluster of excellence for science and technology education next to Liverpool’s Innovation Park will be an exciting investment in Liverpool’s intellectual capital.”
He added: “Another new well-designed building will be a boost to Edge Lane’s regeneration. It will save the visually-impressive Littlewoods building and improve the aesthetics of the main gateway into the city centre.”
The Innovation Park plan forms part of a £500million Building Schools for the Future programme to rebuild or refurbish secondary schools across the city by 2017.
Cllr Keith Turner, Liverpool council’s executive member for education said: “This programme will raise education standards in Liverpool even further.
“It will make our schools available to the local community, ensuring residents can benefit from all of the state-of-the-art facilities and enhance their own learning skills and qualifications.”
Subject to approval work on the schools could begin by 2011.