Greater Manchester town could finally be about to get its own high school

Radcliffe's former leisure centre is set to be demolished to make way for a new school operated by Star Academies

After 10 years without a high school, youngsters in Radcliffe are set to be educated in the town - with plans for a new academy likely to be approved next week. Members of Bury council’s planning committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss plans to demolish the town’s current leisure centre and a pupil referral unit to make way for a Star Academy high school.

The new school, which will eventually have a 750-pupil capacity will then be built around the temporary structure. The school is set to be built off Spring Lane, at the site of the town’s current leisure centre. It said: “The application site consists of an area of 1.5 hectares. “The site previously was in use as Radcliffe Riverside High School and some of the school buildings have been retained on site. “These buildings are used to house the Spring Lane Pupil Referral Unit School and Radcliffe Leisure Centre.

“It is intended that the temporary school would be utilised for the first two academic terms up to the Easter break in 2025, at which point the first cohort of students would decant across to use the new main school building for the summer term onwards.

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