New first school for Redditch – have your say today 

A month-long public consultation is being launched to find out what matters most to residents in the delivery of a new school.  

 

The new school is required to meet the increased demand for school places which has arisen due to local housing developments. Worcestershire County Council is proposing to deliver a new First School with nursery, including wrap around provision, and the school will be located on a site off Foxlydiate Lane, in the Webheath area of Redditch. 

 

The school will open initially as a 2-form-entry (60 places per year group) in 2027, when it is forecast that 30 children in each school year group will live on the new development, increasing to over 60 by 2030. The school will open initially to Reception-aged children and will grow over time as it will take a new cohort of Reception children each September. 

 

Councillor Tracey Onslow, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Education at Worcestershire County Council said: “Making sure children across the county have access to good quality education, which allows them to go on and reach their full potential, is a long-term priority for the County Council.

  

“Our team works hard to consistently analyse the need for school places across the county. We are looking to deliver a new first school in Redditch to help us meet the need for first school provision in the town. It is really important for us to listen and consider the views of local residents and stakeholders as we look to take this exciting project forward.”

 

The provision of a new school provides an opportunity to build on the existing ‘Good’ first school provision in Redditch and offers more choice of schools, which is important to support our children and young people in achieving good attainment and realising their full potential. Additional middle and high school places required for pupils from the new development will be created by expanding existing local schools.

The school will be delivered by Worcestershire County Council and run by an Academy Sponsor. The process to appoint the Academy Sponsor will run in the Autumn Term of 2023 and will follow the Department for Education (DfE) Free School Process. 

 

Your responses to the survey will help Worcestershire County Council to shape the school design specification and outline in detail what is expected from an Academy in applying to run this school. 

 

The survey runs until 4 August 2023 and you can submit your survey response online.

If you require a paper copy of the questionnaire, please email NewFoxlydiateFirstSchool@worcestershire.gov.uk.