Birmingham council sold a £395,000 house in 2013; 11 years later, it discovered a primary school had accidentally gone with it; now it is going to court to get it back
- George Dixon Primary School, Image: Pentagon PlayBirmingham City Council sold a three-bedroom former caretaker's house at auction in 2013 for £395,000, and a paperwork error meant the sale also transferred ownership of George Dixon Primary School in Edgbaston.
- The mistake went unnoticed for 11 years while the school carried on as normal.
- It came to light on 12 April 2024, when the school looked into becoming an academy and learned that the council no longer owned the site.
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- George Dixon Primary School, Image: Pentagon PlayBirmingham City Council sold a three-bedroom former caretaker's house at auction in 2013 for £395,000, and a paperwork error meant the sale also transferred ownership of George Dixon Primary School in Edgbaston.
- The mistake went unnoticed for 11 years while the school carried on as normal.
- It came to light on 12 April 2024, when the school looked into becoming an academy and learned that the council no longer owned the site.
Sources: Times of India