A MULTI-MILLION pound revamp of ageing Liverpool primary schools has been put on hold amid fears it will be the next victim of Government education cuts.
Liverpool Council has halted consultation on the next phase of its programme to transform the city’s primaries using an estimated £100m Government funding over the next 15 years.
Schools in Everton, Anfield and Croxteth have already secured improvements designed to update dilapidated buildings .
Toxteth and Dingle schools are to follow suit.
But last night it was confirmed a review of remaining parts of the city has been put on ice.
Worried council officers have halted the process amid fears the coalition Government may axe or scale down the Primary Capital Programme (PCP).
Earlier this week, it pulled the plug on Labour’s Building Schools For The Future programme, which would have seen 26 Liverpool secondaries share £350m.
Last night the Department for Education said a review – looking at how it could balance the country’s deficit with demand for primary school places – would be complete by August.
PCP was launched in 2005 to upgrade at least half of all primary school buildings by 2022-23.
Due to dwindling rolls in Liverpool, at least 10 primary schools were expected to be shut – but 47 more were planned to be rebuilt or extensively refurbished over the next 15 years.
The next scheduled phase of the Liverpool programme concerned 21 schools covering the council wards of Mossley Hill, Cressington, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, and Greenbank.