Primary Schools

Now the Executive have approved a primary school strategy, Wokingham Borough Council is now working towards deciding which sites will be chosen for new primary school buildings.

In Winnersh there are two options on the table – further expansion on the site of Winnersh Primary School, or a new site for a small school on land next to the British Legion at Winnersh Farm. The new buildings need to be ready to take children in September 2013, and that will be quite a challenge!

There has already been some public consultation. A working group involving local schools, parents, residents, the parish council and borough councillors has been looking at the issue over the summer.

The borough council has now set up drop-in sessions for people to find out more. The first was on Monday 5th November. Apologies for not having managed to post about it before it happened, but I was away for a few days for half-term last week. I did manage to do a leaflet drop for the households nearest both sites with a letter from myself and my fellow councillor Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey, before I went away.

The next drop-in is Tuesday 13th November, at the Parish Council Community Centre (Bearwood Rec, Sindlesham) from 3pm-7pm.

Both options present problems for residents in the affected areas, mainly to do with traffic and parking. There is no perfect solution. As your Lib Dem councillors, Rachelle and I will work to get the best outcome we can for the children, their parents and people living around the potential school sites. However, we will not have a vote when the decision on sites is made in December, as the body which makes the decision, the Executive, consists of 9 Conservative councillors.

Please let me have any comments – as usual, I am keen to hear what residents think!

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