Nottinghamshire County Council-owned land has been officially signed over to The White Hills Park Trust as part of an agreement which will see a planned new school built on the existing Bramcote College site.
In a move to help invest in the community, the council has sold two plots of land for the nominal fee of one pound, so the Trust can sell the land on to a housing developer. This money will be used to fund the rebuild.
The new school building will provide a total of 950 places (750 secondary school places and 200 places for sixth form). There will be the potential to increase capacity in the future.
The new school will be purpose-built and have modern facilities for all subject areas and will meet the Department for Education’s sustainability targets, built to low-carbon standards.
Commenting on the official contract agreement with the Trust to sign over land, which combined is more than 17 hectares or equivalent to 43.5 acres, Councillor Keith Girling, the county council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Asset Management, said: “As a county council, it is our duty to invest in education to benefit future generations.
“This is great use of our land assets as this agreement with the Trust will help them to fund a purpose-built school which will provide the best environment for learning and help bring more school places to Nottinghamshire.”
Paul Heery, CEO of White Hills Park Trust, said he was delighted to be working with the county council on this project. He said: “This project will deliver a wonderful new home for Bramcote College, fit for education in the 21st century.
“Generations of students, as well as the wider community in Bramcote and Stapleford, will benefit from this partnership. We now look forward to building commencing this summer.”
The school is due to be delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction with Arc Partnership, a joint venture between Nottinghamshire County Council and SCAPE, providing the architectural design.
