Fresh details of a new school set to open on the site of a demolished Nottingham College campus have been revealed. Bluecoat Trent Academy, which is due to open for the 2023/24 academic year, will replace the Clarendon building in Pelham Avenue, Nottingham.
The secondary school will include a teaching block with an adjoined sports hall, catering and dining facilities, the planting of new trees, games court areas and external learning space. There will also be student bicycle, visitor and staff car parking, servicing zone bin store and a secure boundary fencing.
The overall capacity of the new school will be 1200 pupils, with the anticipated annual intake being 240. Locals said that they would be pleased to see the old college demolished and the new school opened.