Keresforth Close News Today

A TEMPORARY secondary school will not be open in time for pupils to attend in September - despite leaders behind the scheme assuring parents it was on trac...

× PLANNERS have been questioned over having a ‘gun put to their heads’ - after it was claimed plans for a new temporary school were rushed through at the risk of funding being pulled. The proposals on land off Keresforth Close, near Broadway, were approved at Tuesday’s planning regulatory board meeting. They indicate a temporary school will be opened in September and welcome 180 students aged 11 to 16, followed by a further 180 in 2022. It’s expect...

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a temporary school near a busy crossroads will ‘cause chaos’ for local residents who are fighting against the proposal.Last ye...

× CONTENTIOUS plans to build a temporary school near a busy crossroad next year have been proposed to residents - just months after neighbours criticised plans to build a permanent 900-place school in the same area. Earlier this year, Barnsley was identified as an area in need of additional school places by government bosses. To tackle this issue, a proposal was drawn up to open a new 900-pupil secondary school, Trinity Academy, on a site off Keresforth Cl...