BSF programme kicks off in Stoke
Construction work has begun on a Stoke-on-Trent School as part of the region’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The £4.3m project in Trent Vale will create a school site for 80 pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
The REACH school will be the first to be built under the BSF programme, which aims to allow every secondary and special school in the city to be rebuilt or refurbished.
The school will replace the current REACH pupil referral unit, which is currently based in Bucknall, and is due to open in February 2012.
Cabinet member for children and young people’s services, Councillor Debra Gratton, said: “This is hugely significant our BSF programme. The beginning of this work shows the people of the city that at last building is underway and our young people will have new, cutting-edge, 21st century facilities in which they can learn and play.
"There is still a great deal of work to do but I would like to thank all those – staff, parents and pupils – who have worked so hard to help make this project a reality.”
