The Government insists it is “working as quickly as possible” to finally get a new school built in the north of Newcastle.
Families were dealt a significant blow last week, with news that the permanent building for the Great Park Academy will not be ready until summer 2025, the latest setback for the long-awaited project. The middle and secondary school on the Newcastle Great Park estate was originally meant to open in 2020, but is instead operating out of temporary accommodation at Gosforth Academy instead.
Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell complained last week that the delays had become “totally unacceptable”, with the latest problem being blamed on the the Department for Education (DfE) failing in a procurement process to find a contractor to build the school.
