Longsight Community Primary

The Department for Education has approved a bid by The Big Life Group, which currently manages the Longsight Sure Start Centre on Farrer Rd, for a free school in Longsight. A free school is a school in England funded by the taxpayer, academically non-selective and free to attend, but not controlled by a local authority.

Local parents worked with The Big Life group to submit the bid for the free school which will be called ‘Longsight Community Primary’ and be an extension to Longsight Surestart Children’s Centre. It will eventually offer 189 school places to children aged 4 – 11 years old. You can visit the school website here.

We have supported the bid as local Councillors due to the high and growing demand for school places in the ward. The Big Life Group has involved us all along the way as local Councillors. They have now asked for me to become a member of the schools Governing body and I have agreed.

The schools vision is ‘together we can achieve the best future for our children’. Alongside education, delivered in line with the national curriculum, but with a focus on language, the school will provide volunteering opportunities to parents and training opportunities, in partnership with local organisations, for people looking to secure teaching and childcare qualifications.

The school is currently in the Pre-Opening phase and as part of this phase they are undertaking a Statutory Public Consultation. You can read the Consultation document here. If you have children and live locally they would appreciate if you would get involved in this process and complete the questionnaire online. The public consultation will end on 8th February 2013.