According to a Council press release, seven sites have been identified for a new primary school to ease the pressure on places in Brighton & Hove after an unprecedented influx of families with young children.
The Council aims to provide a minimum of 135 new primary school places which equates to four and half new classes by 2011.
The council will also consult with schools and their communities on proposals to expand Goldstone Primary School, Westdene Primary School and Queens Park Primary School.
The sites being considered for a new school are:
- Connaught Road, City College’s FE centre for Hove
- Holy Trinity Church, Blatchington Road
- Playing fields between Cardinal Newman School and BHASVIC
- Park depot adjacent to Hove Park
- Co-locating a school on the site of Hove Park school’s Nevill Road campus.
- Development site on the Brighton/Hove border
- Potential development site in central Hove
The council calculate that a new school will cost £7-£7.5 million, which does not include site acquisition costs. The park depot adjacent to Hove Park is the only option where the council already owns the land and where a new primary school could be built within the next four years.
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