Lambeth Labour are
on course to meet their manifesto commitment of reducing the remaining shortage
of secondary school places after opening consultation on a new multi-million pound
Academy for
Lambeth.
The new £18 million
purpose built school, sponsored by the leading education group E-ACT and
partnered with Dulwich College, will be located in Tulse Hill alongside a
rebuilt Fenstanton Primary School, and will open it's doors to pupils in
September 2013.
The new school will
offer a first-rate education for young people in Lambeth, providing the latest
technology and computer suites as well as specialist study areas for design,
science and technology, ensuring that
future generations are given a flying start to
life.
Lambeth's Cabinet
member for children and young people, Cllr Pete Robbins
said: “This is a
fantastic new project for Lambeth which will go a long way to providing the
extra secondary school places our young people need. Lambeth Labour are working
hard to ensure we deliver on our commitments to Lambeth, despite huge government
cuts to school building programmes, to ensure future generations are guaranteed
the best possible start to their
education”
If you would like to give
your views on the new project please fill in a short questionnaire at http://proposede-actlambethacademy.org