Plans submitted for new school in Reading

A plan for a new secondary school in Reading has been submitted.

The new school would be called the River Academy and would cater for pupils aged 11-16, a Special Educational Needs (SEND) unit and a sixth form for 300 students.

Notably, it would be located near the Rivermead Leisure Centre and the Reading Festival.

It would involve the demolition of buildings that are currently used as a golf driving range and other activities to make way for the school.

Developers Bowmer + Kirkland have been contracted to build the school by the Department of Education.

Once built, it would be run by the Maiden Erleigh School Trust.

Back in 2018, there was the prospect of land at Richfield Avenue and Cow Lane being used as a permanent Traveller site.

However, this plan was scrapped in favour of having this new secondary school being built instead.

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