I was delighted to formally move the resolution to grant planning permission for the new three form entry school at Newlands Primary at last weeks Plans Panel - a project bringing over £10 million investment to this part of Morley.
The delivery of this new school has been a campaign we have been running for many years. We believe we started the work in 2004 as we were horrified at the poor state of the present building and associated portacabins. Some of the temporary classrooms have been in since the 1970s when West Yorkshire County Council ran education and a local planner confirmed at last weeks meeting that they had over 10 planning applications over the years for temporary classrooms.
There in no doubt the local community and the wider school family deserve this new build scheme and their patience has been fabulous under very difficult circumstances. It is perhaps interesting to note that Labours Flagship - Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme failed to bring a penny of new investment to any of Morley's primary or secondary schools. Our campaign has successfully convinced the powers that be that financing the new school was inevitable.
I wish the new Newlands School every success. This investment has been a long time coming but I am sure parents and teachers alike will believe it was worth waiting for!
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