'No decision made' over new Tulketh High School location as authority 'considers its options'
The location of a new secondary school in suburban Preston has not been decided, education bosses have insisted - despite previously resolving to prepare an already-proposed site.
The Liberal Democrat politician has previously criticised the proposed location for the new school over the traffic it would generate and said that allocating significant funds to ready the site gave the impression that the county council had “already decided what it wants to do and is not interested in what the public believes is appropriate”.
Fifty-seven percent of an unpublished number of respondents agreed, while a further 11 percent “tended to agree”. However, even amongst those supportive of the plans, around one in six believed that the intended location was “not ideal”. A 2017 “masterplan” guiding the development of the 5,500 homes coming to the area over the two decades up to the mid-2030s suggested an indicative location for a secondary facility in Higher Bartle.
The county council has previously stressed the need for the new secondary to be open by September 2025, because of demand for places driven by housing growth in the area and a previous boom in Preston’s primary-aged population which is now on the cusp of post-11 education. No details have yet been given about the outcome of a concurrent informal consultation into a new primary school which the county council has proposed for land off Tom Benson Way, behind the Ancient Oak pub.
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