The Cabinet this afternoon approved the expansion of Byron Court Primary School to five forms of entry. This would create a school with 1,050 4-11 year olds.
The expansion was overwhelmingly opposed by local residents and many of the school's parents LINK:
Informal consultation:
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Formal consultation:
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Opposition centred on the inappropriateness of such a large, secondary sized, school for young children; doubts about the demand in the immediate area for school places, and traffic congestion which is already a problem at the school.
Local MP Barry Gardiner MP wrote a letter to Councillor Butt on behalf of his constituents opposing the expansion. Cllr Butt refused residents permission to read out the letter stating that the Cabinet had already read it.
The expansion will now go to the Planning Committee.
The full report that went to Cabinet is HERE
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The expansion was overwhelmingly opposed by local residents and many of the school's parents LINK:
Informal consultation:
Formal consultation:
Local MP Barry Gardiner MP wrote a letter to Councillor Butt on behalf of his constituents opposing the expansion. Cllr Butt refused residents permission to read out the letter stating that the Cabinet had already read it.
The expansion will now go to the Planning Committee.
The full report that went to Cabinet is HERE
