Last night the governing body of Highbury Grove secondary school (of which I am a member) gave its formal agreement to the building of completely new premises for the school, under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The school’s existing 1960s buildings are very much in need of replacement, and this means that by 2010 Highbury Grove’s pupils will have some amazing new facilities.
The school has made a huge amount of progress academically in recent years (earlier this year being judged ‘good’ by Ofsted, a remarkable turnaround) - and it’s great that its facilities will be catching up and giving pupils the best opportunities in future.
Getting governing body agreement is hardly the end of this process - with a huge construction programme to come over the next two years. But it’s great to know that it will now definitely be happening!
October 31st, 2007 at 20:42
That’s great Jeremy! Good work. I’ve only just become a school governor and work as a council officer in the Planning Department by day so was very interested to read your post! Hope your school went out to celebrate their improvement earlier this year…