It was great to hear that Heathside Walton school received planning permission from Elmbridge Borough Council’s Planning Committee last night.
Heathside Walton will be an excellent new state secondary school serving children in Walton and Molesey. With a capacity of 900 pupils, it will play an important role in easing the wider pressures on school places across the borough. The target date for opening the school is now September 2022.
It has taken a tremendous team effort to get to this stage. I pay tribute to Anne Cullum (Executive Principal at the ElmWey Learning Trust, which will operate the school), the Department for Education, and Surrey County Council for all of their work.
(Image: Dom meeting with Anne Cullum, Executive Head Teacher of the ElmWey Learning Trust, Francis Nicholas – the Chair of the Trust – the Department for Education and Surrey County Council in January 2020)
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