Parents have been left disappointed after plans for a primary school were scrapped
Parents living on a huge new housing estate in Gedling village have been left disappointed after plans for a primary school were scrapped. Nottinghamshire County Council said there was no longer any need for the 210-place school at Chase Farm and would ask developers Keepmoat to instead direct the money towards the expansion of secondary schools in the area.
It said a Keepmoat would be required to instead pay around £3.6million towards additional secondary school places in the area. John Clarke, leader of Gedling Borough Council, said he was "very disappointed" by the decision.Parents living on the estate also expressed their disappointment. Cathy Shum, who would have sent her three-year-old daughter, Elva Liu, to the school said: "Oh no really? That's really disappointing.
She said the school was part of the reason she moved in four years ago. "It's disappointing, I don't think they should say they have plans to do this and this and then not. We were told it would be a whole new estate with shops and a school, even the park is a bit disappointing." "The proposal is therefore, quite sensibly, that instead of building a new primary school, those resources are diverted into creating further secondary school places, meaning there still won’t be a shortfall or any need for parents to be concerned.
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