Two-site proposal for new academy

Most people who responded to a questionnaire about plans for a new academy in Cumbria say they would prefer it to be based on two sites.

The facility in Barrow would replace Alfred Barrow, Parkview and Thorncliffe secondary schools.

Feedback from the public has been used in a report by the county council's children's services department.

It will be put to the council's cabinet which will be asked to approve the two-site option at a meeting on 6 January.

Some 68.1% of people preferred an academy permanently based at the Parkview and Thorncliffe school sites.

This compared with 24.8% who said the school should be built on one site at Parkview.

The academy would be sponsored by Barrow Sixth Form College, Furness College and the University of Cumbria.