As you have probably already seen, our school has been issued with a termination warning notice that could see it shut down after nearly 100 years.

We intend to fight to stop any planned closure of De La Salle Academy and need your help in sending a strong message to the Department for Education that if they make a decision to close the school it will be the wrong one.

What you can do to help at this stage:

• Sign the petition to show your support
• Write to us via email with a message of support which we can share with the Department for Education: SOSdelasalle@de-la-salle.co.uk
   

Our most recent monitoring report from Ofsted in March this year, found that improvements have been made at the school and that efforts were being made to ensure pupils received their education during the pandemic.

We are determined to present all the concrete measures and changes that are in place to ensure the continued growth and success of De La Salle Academy in one of the most deprived areas of Liverpool.

Like every school, of course, De La Salle has its challenges and it has things that it needs to improve, but it has also had a vital place at the heart of our community for nearly 100 years.

The school has been working hard to make those changes and, as a result, the school is now in a much stronger financial situation, while the past two monitoring visits have shown that it is making solid progress academically.

But we won’t take this lying down. We will do whatever it takes to help save the school and give some much-needed certainty to the students whose education is at risk, staff whose jobs are at risk and the community who risk losing an integral and valuable part of the local area.

The De La Salle Academy Trust now has until June 30 to respond to the notice and outline an improvement plan - if this is not deemed satisfactory, the decision to close the school may follow.

Let’s show our Liverpool spirit, its now that we need to come together and show our commitment by working with all involved in the best interests of the children in this community. Sign the petition and get in touch if you want to be more involved.