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× LEADERS behind a new school which is set to open in just a few months’ time have reassured parents that they will be on time - despite a councillor revealing building work is yet to start. A temporary school, on Broadway, Kingstone, will welcome 180 students aged 11 to 16 - followed by a further 180 in 2022 - and will be known as Trinity Academy St Edward’s. A permanent school will be in place by 2023 on the site of the former NHS Keresforth Centre. The two-storey temporary setting will be built on playing fields which have become disused and overgrown which, as a stipulation brought by Sport England, will return to their former use once the temporary building is no longer required. ....
× 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 expected a permanent school will be in place by 2023 on the site of the former NHS Keresforth Centre, due for demolition in April. That site will provide 49 car parking spaces for the temporary school, which will be enclosed by a 2.4-metre security fence on a 0.78-acre patch of land. ....