A campaign group led by parents has said they are "delighted" after confirmation of an urgently needed secondary school in east Bristol. It is part of the £375 million regeneration of Silverthorne Lane in Bristol Temple Quarter which was given the green light on April 13 by Minister of State for Housing, Stuart Andrew MP on behalf of the Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities.
The scheme will provide a 1,600 pupil secondary school and sixth form delivered by the Department for Education to address a severe shortage of secondary places in the BS2 and BS5 areas. While developers have been waiting well over two years since the planning application was submitted in August 2019 by Feeder Estates LLP, a partnership controlled and managed by Square Bay, some parents have been campaigning for increased secondary school places for almost eight years.
BS5 Secondary Forum, a parent-led group, was established in 2014 to address the local lack of school places and provider choice to champion high quality and inclusive Bristol City Council’s in the east of the city. Amy Harrison is one of the numerous parents who was involved in the campaign, which was a "relentless and complex journey".
