Parents and carers of pupils who attend Sandon Business and Enterprise College in Stoke-on-Trent are being invited to take part in a consultation over the future of the Box Lane site of the school.
Council officers and governors have been meeting to discuss the future of the site, which was due to close in 2013. However, due to the poor state of the buildings and pressure on the school’s budget, along with the fall in pupil numbers, there are proposals to close the site at the end of the summer term this year.
Currently, around one hundred and twenty five (125) students are being taught at the Box Lane site, and around sixty (60) could transfer after the summer break, as the school will be able to accommodate the new intake.
The existing buildings at Box Lane are due to close in two years time but following detailed examination of the classrooms and facilities it is proposed to close the site early in the best interests of both pupils and staff.
“Moving the young people from this outdated site early will benefit them in many ways, and we are keen to ensure that all children and young people receive the best quality education in the very best facilities. Closing Box Lane means we can secure the highest standards of education and ensure all available funding is used to best advantage at the Sandon site, rather than money continuing to be spent on a soon-to-be redundant school building.”
After the consultation has finished governors from Sandon Business and Enterprise College will meet council officers to consider the findings and make a final decision.
The consultation is open to all parents and carers at the school and will end on March 18th. People interested in taking part can do so can do so by giving their views in writing to Laura Wright or Sarah Pilling, Children and Young People’s Services, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, SRT41RN or email laura.wright@stoke.gov.uk or sarah.pilling@stoke.gov.uk .
Consultation – tosh! We all know about ‘consultations’ the council is involved in where schools are concerned.
In the original bsf closure plans families were promised that pupils at the Longton High site would not have to move. Labour – going back on their promises – nothing new there then.
690 school places short.
If it was 20 or even a high 30, we couldn’t really call them clowns, could we?
690 (a high school intake)means, yet again, someone goofed badly.
M*rk Meredith will represent Labour in Birches Head.
No blame is attached to a system that refused to listen.
Why they ignored 1000 years of unpaid local Governor servitude, surprises everyone but not D4S that organised its removal.
“M*rk Meredith will represent Labour in Birches Head.” Mark and who else?
While Mark represents Labour, who do we have to represent the people? I would like to see Eve Maley. But who else independent?
Libdems may be heading for a crash given national reputation, but they’re pretty useless locally as well.
M*rk Meredith’s name has been deliberately altered so as not to embarrass the Labour Party or anyone connected with the Labour Party.
I have it on good authority that at least four members of the House of Lords have started to transfer money from their offshore accounts into the local Labour Party set up.
The big picture is the Labour Party’s determination to re-install the Elected Mayoral System with full powers in Stoke and across the Midlands.
The main culprit in Sandwell is rumoured to have been sacked recently.
Questions raised of this ‘working class’ action to prominent members of the Labour Party (by me to them), a silence was deafening.
M*rk Meredith is rumoured to have chosen the Labour candidates in Stoke-on-Trent.
Lord Sai*sbury was unavailable this evening to deny any accusations that he was pumpimg money into Stoke-on-Trent, but his spokesman said: “Pork chops are on offer this week at four for a fiver”.
This story is accurate.