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First school opens as part of £169m BSF rescue package in Liverpool

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The first school to be built under Liverpool’s £169 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF “rescue package” has opened its doors this week.

The first school to be built under Liverpool’s £169 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF “rescue package” has opened its doors this week.

Notre Dame Catholic College opened its £15 million building in Everton on Monday (September 16).

A total of 12 schools are to be rebuilt across the city as part of a £135 million project, with another £34 million being allocated for other schools in need of investment.

The rescue package was put together after Liverpool was particularly badly hit by the cuts to the BSF programme in 2010 and the scrapping of the planned ”Wave 6” schools in the city.

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