Community Schools Action Group

The Building Schools for the Future [BSF]controversy has rumbled on and on in Stoke-on-Trent for some 6 years. It should have been a good, good news story, a win win for every family in the 6 Towns. But from the moment that the then Elected Mayor and Serco decided to stand in front of secondary pupils, their parents, their teachers and their headteachers and tell them what they were getting instead of asking them what they want, it all went belly-up! The Elected Mayors Board and Serco described

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has announced the preferred site for the new Discovery Academy. Members of the city council’s BSF (Building School for the Future) Board have today agreed the recommendation that the preferred site for the new academy is land at the Willfield Centre, Lauder Place North, Bentilee. The announcement comes after a five month feasibility study carried out by independent planning advisers Broadway Malyan.

Community School Action Group Press Statement Following an encouraging meeting with Education Minister, Vernon Coaker yesterday, five members of the Community School Action Group, Margaret Lowe(Chair), Pat Smith (Head of Governors, Mitchell High School), Terry Crowe (Head of Governors, Berry Hill High School), Mick Stone (parent of Mitchell High School) and Graham Lowe (member of the group)) met with Cllr Ross Irving and Cllr Ian Mitchell with a view to trying to resolve their differences over t