Wisewood parents led a campaign to stop the merge but now Myers Grove parents have launched a campaign of their own.

Nicola Hancock, from Stann-ington, who has a daughter at Myers and a son due to move there, admitted she had not been involved in the consultations.

“I was very happy with the plans and I expected them to go ahead,” she said.

“Now I feel it is such a shame that this area won’t get a new school. A lot of people like me didn’t speak up before - now I wish I’d said something.

“I suppose you could say I’m part of the silent majority - I really think politicians need to take notice of what we think too.”

The headteachers at Myers and Wisewood, John Wilkinson and Diane McKinlay, have argued that the plans would be in the best interests of pupils in the area.

Mum Deborah Beck, of Manvers Road, Walkley, who has two children at Myers feeder school Rivelin, said an opportunity was being lost for the whole of the Sheffield 6 area.

“We were being offered an 11 to 19 school which would have A level and vocational courses - something really important for this area where sixth formers have to either go to Hillsborough College or travel across the city to schools like King Edwards or High Storrs,” she said.

“We want to see the original proposals back on the table.

“I have even talked to some parents from Wisewood who are supportive of what we are trying to do.

“This isn’t just about these two schools, it’s about what is best for Sheffield 6.”

Melanie Frost, of Wadsley Lane, Hillsborough, said she lived near Wisewood but still felt a merger was the best way forward.