Consultation: Future
use of surplus school sites in Haverhill
town
In May 2008 Suffolk
County Council’s Cabinet approved proposals to extend the age range
of primary schools and upper schools by the introductions of a two
tier education system in the Haverhill area. The County
Council is making a substantial financial investment to facilitate
this which will enhance educational achievement and benefit
all.
The change to the two
tier system will come into effect from September 2011 and will mean
the closure of the middle schools and the relocation of some
primary schools during the following year. In Haverhill, this
will mean the closure of Chalkstone Middle, Castle Hill Middle and
Parkway Middle and the relocation of Westfield and Clements Primary
Schools to new sites (during 2012).
Proposals have already
been identified for the future use of the Parkway Middle and
Chalkstone Middle School sites. Castle Hill Middle and
Westfield Primary School sites are surplus with their future as yet
undetermined. We invite your views on the proposals for the
Chalkstone Middle School site and the 2 surplus sites and whether
alternative appropriate community uses exist for them.
Ultimately if no viable community uses are identified for these
sites they will be sold and the funding reinvested in
education.
Parkway Middle
School site
The Parkway Middle School site will be used to provide
additional accommodation for students attending Castle Manor
Business and Enterprise College.
Chalkstone Middle School site
Suffolk County Council is proposing to build a care home on this
site. It is proposed that the new care home would have 60 beds for
the care and accommodation of older people with dementia and
complex needs. This would include a dementia nursing service. The
care home would also have the flexibility to offer intermediate and
respite care services. Further details on the proposed new
home can be seen in the booklet “A new standard of care homes for
older people” which is available at
www.suffolk.gov.uk/carehomesconsultation2010.
Clements Primary School site
Clements Primary School is being relocated to a new site on
Greenfields Way. The existing site will be transferred to St
Edmundsbury Borough council and used as public open space.
Consultation on the future use of this space is being carried out
jointly by St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Suffolk County
Council.
Westfield Primary and Castle Hill Middle School
site
The County Council is now considering the future for both these
school sites.
Criteria
Any suggestions for the future use of a site must:
• Have a long term financial plan
• Meet a recognised but unmet community need
• Have considered if the community use could be accommodated
at one of the remaining schools in the area
Location of relevant Haverhill town schools and existing and
proposed site plan for Chalkston Middle School site
Consultation
A consultation evening has been arranged at Chalkstone Middle
School on 30 March 2010 from 3pm to 7pm. The relevant site
plans will be available as well as other useful information to help
you give your views and suggestions on the future community use of
these school sites. You will also be able to hear more about the
proposed use of the Chalkstone Middle School site.
If you are unable to make this event you can also visit Haverhill
Library or the Abbeycroft leisure centre where the relevant
information will be on display between 26 March and 12 April
2010.
You can give your views by:
Sending an email
to: sor@suffolk.gov.uk
or;
Writing to: Suffolk County Council FREEPOST NAT18364
Ipswich IP1 2BR (please mark envelopes with
'school organisation
review')
24 April 2009
The Haverhill 16-19 competition launched by the Learning and Skills
Council (LSC) Suffolk to improve education and training provision
in Haverhill came to a close on Friday 20
th March. A
proposal was submitted by the “Two Counties Learning Trust”.
The LSC Suffolk are keen to encourage people to read the
proposal and respond to its recommendations between now and the
5th June 2009. A local stakeholder panel will then
convene to consider the proposal and any comments from the public,
their decision will be reviewed and approved by the LSC Regional
Board so that the outcome can be announced w/e 31st July
2009.
"Two Counties Learning Trust" bid
Haverhill 16-19 public notice
Anybody wishing to submit comments on the bid may do so via writing
to:
Judith Mobbs, Area Director, LSC
Suffolk
c/o Peter Mumford, Learning and Skills Council, Felaw Maltings, 42
Felaw Street, Ipswich IP2 8SJ or email:
peter.mumford@lsc.gov.uk
24 June 2008 Cabinet paper
On 24 June Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet approved
proposals for the future of schools in the Haverhill area.
Following the decision, plans have been implemented to manage the
three-year transition period. All of the changes will come
into effect in full in September 2011.
24 June Cabinet paper
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Consultation
At the start of public consultation in October 2007
a
consultation document and
questionnaire were distributed to stakeholders,
including: parents, teachers, school staff, governors, teachers
unions, local councillors, MPs and MEPS. As well as the main
document individual information sheets for
schools in Haverhill and the surrounding
area were distributed to stakeholders. The individual
school page refers you to a timeline. View the
timeline here.
Some of the
benefits and issues relating to the
Haverhill options were identified during the
consultation period.
All
comments received from members of the public using
the paper copy of the questionnaire have been compiled
into a spreadsheet.
406 questionnaires were received from a
single middle school. Comments received from this group
have been analysed separately as they focused on a
specific issue.
Sustainability Assessment
A
Sustainability assessment has been produced for the Haverhill
options.