Two new projects have been added to South Gloucestershire Council Capital Programme, following its Cabinet meeting on Monday 14 July.
A brand new two form entry primary school will be built on the Berwick Green development on the western side of the Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood. This will deliver new school places to meet the needs of the first families living and moving into Berwick Green and Beaufort Park developments.
The £19million project, will be funded by money from developers paying Section 106 Roof Tax contributions, and the target is for the new school to welcome new pupils in September 2029.
In Lyde Green, a £950,000 project was also approved by Cabinet that would expand the Resource Base, which is part of the existing school that provides for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
The plans will require final approval from the Department for Education (DfE) and would be funded from the council’s High Needs Capital Grant from Government. The expansion will increase the number of children who can attend, allow them to learn there for longer, and widen the range of needs that could be supported.
South Gloucestershire Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for Education, Cllr Ian Boulton, said: “I am really pleased to see these two projects moving forward.
“In recent months we’ve had to work hard to get capital projects progressing that are vital to meet needs where new homes are being built; families are moving in and now we have vital promised infrastructure like schools being delivered. We’ve been able to get projects like the new primary and secondary schools for Lyde Green underway and on track and now we can move ahead and really build for the future.
“The new school at Berwick Green is the first of several new facilities that will be needed to serve the wider Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood, including the Brabazon site on the old Filton Airfield. We will continue to closely monitor the build out of these new homes so that we can plan and deliver the infrastructure needed to sustain them at the right time.
“The expanded Resource Base at the existing primary school in Lyde Green will allow more children to get a place there. It will broaden the range of needs that can be support there, and it will allow those children to stay in the school for longer, so they don’t have to change schools part-way through their primary years.”
The council’s approval of the plan to expand the Lyde Green Resource Base project will be submitted by the School to the DfE for approval. Once agreed, the project plan would be finalised and more information will be shared about when it will be delivered.
Details of the new projects can be found as part of the papers for the South Gloucestershire Council Cabinet meeting from Monday 14 July, at items 16 and 17: https://council.southglos.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=16945.
