Primary school plans for Kingswood Parks begin to pick up the pace

Kingswood Parks Development Company is delighted to announce that we soon expect to be in a position to hand over a five acre site in the middle of the emerging Kingswood Parks village centre to Hull City Council for the provision of a primary school.

Where will the school be in Kingswood Parks?

Hull City Council begun its consultation process in the latest the Kingswood Parks Voice magazine in order to sound out public opinion and suggestions. The proposed opening date of the new school is September 2013. However, read on to find out what the council is saying on this matter...

Hull City Council has announced plans to develop a new primary school in Kingswood Parks, which will cater for 280 pupils and will have a 26 place nursery. Cllr Carl Minns, of Hull City Council, said: "Hull City Council are committed to providing the best educational opportunities and raising education standards for all our children and young people. In helping to achieve this we feel it is important to provide parents with a good choice of schools within their local communities. The development on Kingswood Parks has seen many new houses being built in this area of the city and I am delighted that we are now in a position to start consultation on a new primary school for this area of the city"

The school will be developed alongside our exciting Building Schools for the Future (BSF) plans for Kingswood College of Arts (the secondary school in Wawne Road), which will have its own state-of-the art new building opening in September 2012. David Martin, BSF Director commented: "We’re delighted to be able to develop another new Primary School in Hull as part of our commitment to transform learning and opportunity in line with the BSF strategy. This will ensure that families living in, or moving to the Kingswod Parks development will be able to access a new primary school in their community. This will help to develop a sense of belonging for the children, support friendship groups, promote community development and reduce the need for car journeys as well as provide the opportunity to be part of a network of new and existing ‘excellent’ schools across our city".

The cost of the school will be funded, in part, by Kingswood Parks Development Company (KPDC), following an agreement with the council, which states that the developer would provide a suitable school site and a contribution to the costs of the construction and fitting out of the primary school.

 

Local residents invited to share their views on October 19th

Hull City Council is committed to providing the best educational opportunities and raising education standards for all our children and young people. In helping to achieve this we feel it is important to provide parents with a good choice of schools within their local communities.

We would very much like to hear your views about whether you feel a new primary school is needed in the Kingswood Parks development and what sort of school (if any) is needed. Please come and share your views with us on October 19th, at 7pm, at Kingswood College of Arts, Wawne Road and we will explain the process for opening a new school and how you can become involved in the decision-making process.

Look out for our consultation document, which came through your letterbox with the latest edition of the Kingswood Parks Voice magazine. It provides further details about this exciting opportunity.

Autumn 2010: Hull City Council - primary school consultation: Click here to link through to Hull City Council’s website, where you can view the consultation document they distributed inside Issue 07 of the Voice, when we gave an update on plans for a primary school development in our village centre: click here to download