Charlton Primary School Consultation Evening

Tonight I attended Charlton Primary School's consultation evening with parents and governors where we discussed plans for the expansion of the school to a 2 form entry with the headteacher and an officer from the County Council. This will mean that 15 extra children can be admitted to the school from September. The consultation runs until Monday 7th March, and will go to the County Council's Cabinet in April. Planning permission will have to be sought for the new building which will be for the Foundation Stage. The plans also include space to create four new classrooms for Key Stage 1/2 children which would allow the current temporary classroom to be removed. There will also be a new studio created which is a new and exciting concept.

As a governor of the school this gave me an opportunity to hear the views of parents of children at the school and overall it seemed that most people welcomed the proposals. There were the usual concerns about traffic, but this has always been an issue at the school as it is an issue with schools all over the county. There were also the obvious concerns about building work on the site during any school day, but we were reassured that plans are in place for most of the work to take place during school holidays. The consultation document can be viewed here.