Survival Reached at Kingswood

Survival reached at Kingswood

Mid-week Visiter 16th January 2008

A YEAR after Kingswood College was almost sold to developers pupils and parents have celebrated its continued survival.
Parents clubbed together to save the Scarisbrick school from closure after owners Global Education Management System (GEMS) announced that SCarisbrick Hall estate would be sold.
Supporters who rallied behind the Southport Road establishment this week reflected on how much had been accomplished in such a short space of time.
Speaking to the Southport Visiter, headteaher Eric Borowski said: ''It was a fantastic achievement made within record time, things were done so quickly.
Kingswood College is going from strength to strength, we have 200 pupils on the roll and numbers are growing steadily, we only have 30 places available for September.''
Lynne McVeigh, of Friends Of Kingswood which co-ordinated the campaign said: ''What a difference a year makes! This time last January the announcement was made and we were in a big panic about where our children would be going.
It was an emotional day on Wednesday because we remembered the announcement and our campaign to keep the school open.''
Lynne , whose two children William, two, and Chloe, 10, are pupils at Kingswood, said: ''It was emotional too because William started at Kingswood in September and he wouldn't have been able to go there, we are delighted he'll be there for the next 14 years now.
The school is better than it ever has been.''
The FRiends of Kingswood College are organising a Rio Carnival ball on Saturday March 29 to celebrate the survival of Kingswood