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Stroud School places

The County Council has a statutory duty to plan the provision of school places and to ensure there are sufficient, appropriately located places for all 4 to 16 year old young people in the County. This includes the commissioning of suitable school accommodation to support the promotion of high-quality educational standards and to ensure vulnerable learners get fair access to educational opportunities. The County Council manages the impact of rising and declining pupil numbers and helps to create a diverse community of schools.

See below for the latest updates on all of our school projects in the Stroud area:

 

A photo of construction workers on site at Great Oldbury Primary Academy

There is an identified need to establish a new 1.5 Forms of Entry Primary School, with Early Years facilities, following a housing development (Great Oldbury) of 1350 new homes on land west of Stonehouse. Under the terms of the S106 agreement the school will be funded and delivered by the developer, Robert Hitchins Ltd.

A competition was carried out to find a sponsor for the new school and following a selection process, the Regional Schools Commissioner announced in September 2019 that the preferred sponsor for the new school is Gloucestershire Learning Alliance.

Great Oldbury Primary Academy will offer 315 primary school places and will open in Reception from September 2021. The school will open in a phased manner, allowing it to grow gradually to accommodate pupils as the new housing comes on line. Further information can be found via the below links.

http://greatoldbury.greenhousecms.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/GreatOldbury

https://www.facebook.com/Great-Oldbury-Primary-Academy-111103380653839/

The building of the new school has now started with the contractor EG Carters starting on site in June 2020. The planned completion and delivery of the school is August 2021, however, this is subject to no significant delays due to COVID-19. A ground breaking ceremony took place on Wednesday 24 June 2020, where representatives from Robert Hitchins Ltd, EG Carters, Quattro Architects, Gloucestershire Learning Alliance and GCC attended.

A photo of construction workers on site at Great Oldbury Primary Academy

There is an identified need to establish a new 1.5 Forms of Entry Primary School, with Early Years facilities, following a housing development (Great Oldbury) of 1350 new homes on land west of Stonehouse. Under the terms of the S106 agreement the school will be funded and delivered by the developer, Robert Hitchins Ltd.

A competition was carried out to find a sponsor for the new school and following a selection process, the Regional Schools Commissioner announced in September 2019 that the preferred sponsor for the new school is Gloucestershire Learning Alliance.

Great Oldbury Primary Academy will offer 315 primary school places and will open in Reception from September 2021. The school will open in a phased manner, allowing it to grow gradually to accommodate pupils as the new housing comes on line. Further information can be found via the below links.

http://greatoldbury.greenhousecms.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/GreatOldbury

https://www.facebook.com/Great-Oldbury-Primary-Academy-111103380653839/

The building of the new school has now started with the contractor EG Carters starting on site in June 2020. The planned completion and delivery of the school is August 2021, however, this is subject to no significant delays due to COVID-19. A ground breaking ceremony took place on Wednesday 24 June 2020, where representatives from Robert Hitchins Ltd, EG Carters, Quattro Architects, Gloucestershire Learning Alliance and GCC attended.

To enable the school to increase the number of classrooms and ancillary facilities to become a 2 form of entry when the demand requires. 

The work required will be undertaken in several phases and Phase 1 is now in progress and will provide internal and remodelling to create additional space.

To enable the school to increase the number of classrooms and ancillary facilities to become a 2 form of entry when the demand requires. 

The work required will be undertaken in several phases and Phase 1 is now in progress and will provide internal and remodelling to create additional space.

Work has now been completed on a separate access/parent waiting area which includes the conversion of an internal space to form a new reception area with an office.

Work has now been completed on a separate access/parent waiting area which includes the conversion of an internal space to form a new reception area with an office.

Callowell Primary School is a Community School in the process of converting to an academy. The school caters for children aged 4-11 and has a Nursery within the school grounds. However, pupils at the Nursery are not currently on the school roll. If agreed, following consultation, this will enable the nursery to be integrated during the academy conversion process to avoid them remaining a separate entity from the school and enable the nursery to continue.

Gloucestershire County Council has now published a Statutory Notice on the proposal. The Statutory Notice was published on Thursday 25th May 2023, any person can submit comments on the proposal to universalcommissioning@gloucestershire.gov.uk by Thursday 22nd June 2023.

Statutory Notice (PDF, 45.6 KB)

Long Statutory Notice (PDF, 186.7 KB)

Callowell Primary School is a Community School in the process of converting to an academy. The school caters for children aged 4-11 and has a Nursery within the school grounds. However, pupils at the Nursery are not currently on the school roll. If agreed, following consultation, this will enable the nursery to be integrated during the academy conversion process to avoid them remaining a separate entity from the school and enable the nursery to continue.

Gloucestershire County Council has now published a Statutory Notice on the proposal. The Statutory Notice was published on Thursday 25th May 2023, any person can submit comments on the proposal to universalcommissioning@gloucestershire.gov.uk by Thursday 22nd June 2023.

Statutory Notice (PDF, 45.6 KB)

Long Statutory Notice (PDF, 186.7 KB)