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Open day for North North secondary school delayed an other year
learning centre Public meeting with education director planned for 19 September
A new training suite run by Swin- Swindon Council recently 'un- years to come, some younger chil- ary school is unaffected by the re-
don College, adjacent to the North veiled,' again, £58 million worth dren will be faced with long jour- vised programme which now in-
Swindon Library at the district of investment in school building neys to school. cludes the rebuilding of the
centre holds its first open day on in the north of the borough. Parents of older children will be Moredon primary schools in Akers
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Friday 5 September,l0am to 5pm. Unfortunatel for North Swin- disappointed at the delay in build- Way.
don families, the programme re- ing the new secondary school on Funding for the new schools will
veals some delays in the previ- the education campus to the north come from a private finance initia-
ously promised educational pro- of Thamesdown Drive. An open- tive and three companies will be
vision for the area. ing in September 2005 had been submitting tenders by the end of
Blunsdon and Haydon Wick Par- promised, but the Education Part- the year for the contract to build
ish Councils are concerned that nership Board, on the basis of the and manage the buildings.
residents should be given the full new population figures recom- Parents seeking full information
picture and have arranged for Di- mended postponement until 2007. about Swindon Council's inten-
rector of Education, Hilary Pitts, However, following pressure tions for the education of their chil-
to attend a public meeting to ex- from local councillors it is likely dren should attend the public
plain the education authority's lat- that years 7 and 8 pupils will be meeting on Friday 19 September,
est intentions. admitted from September 2006. 7pm, at Abbey Meads Community
The two parish councils have The scheme for the redevelop- Primary School, adjacent to the
for some time queried the statis- ment of Hreod Parkway second- village centre off Elstree Way.
tics used to project primary school
requirements. Having given pri-
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North Swindon t aining centre Head ready to open ne w North primary school
ority to the building of Bridlewood
manager Julia Hoskins
School off Lady Lane, in the east of Swindon's newest primary
Call in to discover the range of Priory Vale, against the advice of school, Bridlewood, off Lady
computer courses on offer, many the parish councils, Swindon Lane, opens in September in two
s',
of which are self-directed and can Council commissioned a new portakabins until the permanent
be undertaken at times convenient study which confirmed that buildings, to accommodate 210 chil-
to the student. 'changing populations trends', i.e. dren, are completed next April.
The large open plan area where smaller families, have altered the The school opens with 53 recep-
21 computer terminals are located situation for future schools. tion and year 1 children who live
can also be divided for use as a As a consequence, the provision in the Ash Brake and St Andrew's
classroom for other courses. of a primary school at Oakhurst to Ridge areas of North Swindon.
The full Swindon College course the north west of the area has been Headteacher Jane Rodbourn, left,
brochure is now available in li- put on hold. One concern of the is joined by two teachers, two as
braries or by calling 0800 7312250. parish councillors is that, for many sistants and an administrator.

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