Stile Common school all set to make a big impact

Jan 28 2009 by Neil Atkinson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Stile Common school all set to make a big impact

“It is tremendously exciting. When I did my head teacher training years ago, we were asked to come up with our ideal school and this is as close as you can get to that.

“But it is also a school in which the children, the parents, the staff and the community have had a big say.

“They have been consulted on everything – including the name. Hillside was the top choice, with many others including Top o’t Hill also put forward. And the children have been encouraged to come up with ideas which have been incorporated, from the design of the door handles to the pond in the grounds for environmental lessons.

“When the new Moorlands School opened last year, that was rightly described as the top school in Kirklees.

“We are going to steal their title.”

Hillside Primary School will have 340 children

The school will feature nine classrooms, a large hall, a dance studio and specialist rooms

The complex will also include a Children’s Centre, currently housed in a portable building at the Infants School

The Infants School dates from 1876; the Junior School, to be demolished, from 1976.