LIVERPOOL’S Edge Lane could be home to an education corridor as part of ambitious plans to place two schools and a separate college at the heart of business.

Last night the prospect of offering pupils genuine hands-on study and courses relevant to the jobs market was welcomed by city education officials.

As we revealed Liverpool council is hoping to revive plans to place two schools – city centre secondary Archbishop Blanch high and Sefton Park’s St Hilda’s High – on Edge Lane whose Innovation Park is home to 80 businesses and 3,000 employees.

A Liverpool council-appointed taskforce of business experts is continuing to look at potential sites for the proposal which could happen as soon as 2015 as part of the council’s £100m school rescue package to transform the city’s crumbling schools.

Now the Daily Post can reveal that the two schools could be joined on Edge Lane by one of the government’s flagship University Technical Colleges (UTCs).

In October it was confirmed the city had been given the government green light to open a UTC which would combine practical and academic studies and see employers shape the curriculum as well as setting projects and offering work placements.

Specialising in the bio-medical sciences, engineering and healthcare, The North Liverpool Life Sciences UTC will cater for 600 14 to 19-year-olds and be led by sponsors Everton-based North Liverpool Academy, University of Liverpool, and the Royal Liverpool Hospital.