Golden Lane gets the go-ahead
The new Golden Lane campus was given planning permission at a meeting on 15
December 2005, enabling the contractors to start preparation of the Whitecross
Street site this week, with hoardings going up imminently.
Construction work is due to start in mid-April, and entire scheme is expected
to be ready by Summer 2007. The innovative project will bring together Richard
Cloudesley special school, Prior Weston primary school and Fortune Park Sure
Start Children’s Centre. Prior Weston is currently relocated to temporary
premises in Bunhill Row and Fortune Park has moved to Moreland primary school
until the new premises are complete.
The new building will combine the children’s centre, 420 place primary school
and the primary department of the special school for 30 pupils with physical
impairment; all operating in an integrated, inclusive environment, and
offering a full range of services to children and families.
Cllr James Kempton, Executive Member for Children, said: “What better way to
kick off 2006 than with the news that the ground has been officially broken at
Islington's latest exciting schools building project. The new Golden Lane
Campus is one of many major improvements coming to Islington schools and takes
us a step further towards creating a 21st Century education service."
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