Education
Planning permission granted for the fourth new Primary School
On the 4th March 2011, Planning permision was granted for the new Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School. It is intended that the school will integrate all of the local children's services in one hub and enable the broadest spectrum of public services to be located together.
Work starts on third new primary school
From SMBC Press Office on 2 November 2009 Work has started on the third new primary school to be developed as part of the North Solihull Regeneration programme. Kier Moss, part of the Kier Group, are now on site at St Anne's school, Bosworth Drive.
Work starts on second new primary school for North Solihull
(4th February 2008) Work has begun on a new primary school that will form the centrepiece of the first new village centre in the heart of North Solihull's regeneration zone. The new Kingfisher Primary School, which is being built on the playing fields of the current school in Kingfisher Drive, will accommodate 420 children, ensuring it is large enough to cater for increase in potential pupils living in the area by the time the 15 year Regenerating North Solihull programme draws to a close.
2nd new primary school for North Solihull gets go-ahead
(22nd November 2007) Plans to build a replacement school that will sit at the heart of the first new Village Centre in the area covered by the £1. 8bn Regenerating North Solihull area have been given the go-ahead.
North Solihull school children get ‘hands on’ view of regeneration
(14th November 2007) The children from Kingshurst Junior and Infant Schools have put their handprints on the hoarding that secures the construction site for the new Kingshurst Primary School - the first new school being build as part of the 15-year, £1.
It’s back to school for North Solihull
(23rd August 2007) Regeneration specialists have long argued that education is a key plank in revitalising communities. Overhauling the built environment can raise living standards and improve aesthetics but developing the educational offer is crucial if a project is going to be sustainable in the long term.