Fartown High School consultation gets under way

Apr 28 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

PLANS to close Fartown High School and replace it with a new school received a mixed reception from parents.

Kirklees Council plans to build a £20m school next to All Saints Catholic College in Bradley as part of its Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

The first of a series of consultations with parents was held at Christ Church Woodhouse Junior and Infant school in Deighton.

The consultation enables families involved with feeder schools to Fartown and the community to find out more about the project and pose questions to council officials.

A small gathering of parents were told about the plan, which would replace the school with a brand new 1,200-place secondary school for pupils from Birkby, Bradley, Deighton, Fartown, Fixby and Sheepridge.

The move would see Fartown High School close in August next year.

The new school would initially be established at the Fartown premises in September 2011 before its move to a new building when built and ready for opening in September 2013.

The new school would be run by a private bidder.

The school would be on the same extended campus as All Saints, which would share the new indoor and outdoor facilities including sporting and community provision.

Parents were told at the meeting that the school presented an ‘exciting opportunity’ for children and young people already in the local school system.