Primary Future Schooling in Knowsley
Following the opening of Knowsley’s magnificent seven Centres
for Learning within a year, the borough is now focusing on five new
primary schools, two of which have designated special provision,
and one new special school.
Parents, pupils, teaching staff and the community have been
engaged in design festivals and events so that they have a say in
how their new schools will look.
Although names of the schools are still to be decided, the
proposed new schools are as follows:
Northwood
Kirkby, in the north of the borough, will be one of the first
areas to benefit from investment. Opening in April 2011, work has
begun on a new 2 form of entry, 420 place community primary
school in Northwood which will include:
- A 52 place nursery
- A 40 place designated special provision
- Language unit
- A Children’s Centre with childcare provision
- An Outreach Team to support and work with the primary schools
across Kirkby
This will see the amalgamation of Overdale and Simonswood
Primary Schools, incorporating the specialist services of the
Northern Primary Support Centre to create a new learning
environment.
The new school will be located on the same site as All Saints
Catholic Centre for Learning. By doing this, the project will aim
to create an educational campus model serving all ages.
North Huyton
Construction work has also begun on new joint Catholic &
Church of England Primary School in North Huyton. It will have a
part time nursery for 52 children and will benefit both pupils and
the local community.
Due to open in April 2011, the new school will replace the
existing St Dominic’s RC Infant and Junior schools and will be
built on the site of the new Christ the King Centre for Learning as
an educational and community campus.
It will sit at the heart of the community providing facilities
and rooms for the community to use throughout the day.
Stockbridge Village
Knowsley is proposing to establish to build a new 1 form entry
primary school as part of the wider regeneration of Stockbridge
Village. Opening in September 2011, the new school will form part
of an integrated children, family and health centre offering
services to children and their families. The new facility will
include education provision as well as a Children’s Centre, family
room, a suite of health consulting and treatment rooms and a
library. It will also be interlinked to a new neighbourhood centre
which will house a swimming pool, sports hall, fitness suite and
gym.
The new school will see Nine Tree Community Primary School,
Hollow Croft, Stockbridge Village and Brookside Community Primary
School, Waterpark Drive, Stockbridge Village merge.
It will provide places for 210 for 5 – 11 year olds and a further
26 full time equivalent places for nursery pupils (3-5 year
olds).
It is being proposed because both Brookside and Nine Tree
Community Primary Schools have long been identified for
reorganisations owing to falling pupil numbers.
Halewood
In September 2011 the Council is planning to open a newly built
Greengates School as a 1 form entry school offering Designated
Special Provision on the Halewood Centre for Learning site, as part
of a campus arrangement.
Knowsley Southern Primary Support Centre (KSPSC) will close in
August 2011 and its pupils will transfer to the new Designated
Special Provision (DSP) which will be created within the new build
Greengates Community Primary School.
Bringing in support services for children with special
educational needs in and alongside mainstream schools will help
their development. It supports personalised learning and is a key
policy commitment in Knowsley.
Park Brow
Knowsley is also planning to build a brand new Park Brow Primary
School in Kirkby, which is due to open in September 2011.
The new school will be a 21st century learning environment,
capable of providing many different educational
experiences.
It will also have a nursery for 52 children, be an extended
school, and provide family learning and other extended activities
benefitting both pupils and the local community.
It will sit at the heart of the community providing facilities
and rooms for to be used throughout the day.
The new school will replace the existing Park Brow School that
is currently operating on 2 sites, on Broad Lane and Rockford
Avenue.
The new Park Brow Community School will be located on the land
immediately behind the current school on Broad Lane.
Springfield and the Elms Special Educational Needs School
Knowsley has also secured Private Finance Initiative funding to
develop a new dedicated 185 place facility for profound and severe
complex needs which will be located on the site of Kirkby Sports
College Centre for Learning. Knowsley has been working with both
schools to develop a state of the art learning environment, a new
curriculum, ICT provision and extended and integrated services
provision. The new school is due to open in September 2012.
For more information, please contact:
info.fsk@knowsley.gov.uk
0151 443 3232
Environmental sustainability
Environmental sustainability was central to the design and build
of the new Northwood and Hope primary schools which opened in April
this year.
The schools incorporate low-impact designs which maximise the use
of natural ventilation, limiting mechanical cooling requirements.
Windows have been designed to achieve good levels of daylight and
low energy lighting is used throughout.
Steps were taking during the construction process to reduce
environmental impacts with one of the main contractors returning
packaging to their factory to fuel their biomass boiler; flooring
contractors taking off cuts back to site to reuse in their
manufacturing process and crushed demolition materials re-used in
construction of one school’s car park massively reducing CO2
emissions.
The buildings’ green credentials have been officially recognised
by BREEAM, the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and
rating system for buildings. BREEAM has assessed both buildings as
very good (PDF) .
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