Mitchell High School

The Building Schools for the Future [BSF]controversy has rumbled on and on in Stoke-on-Trent for some 6 years. It should have been a good, good news story, a win win for every family in the 6 Towns. But from the moment that the then Elected Mayor and Serco decided to stand in front of secondary pupils, their parents, their teachers and their headteachers and tell them what they were getting instead of asking them what they want, it all went belly-up! The Elected Mayors Board and Serco described

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has announced the preferred site for the new Discovery Academy. Members of the city council’s BSF (Building School for the Future) Board have today agreed the recommendation that the preferred site for the new academy is land at the Willfield Centre, Lauder Place North, Bentilee. The announcement comes after a five month feasibility study carried out by independent planning advisers Broadway Malyan.

The Townsend Carnival takes place this Saturday 24th July, 10.30am – 4.00pm, at Mitchell High School. Rumour has it that this carnival, organized by Townsend Community Residents’ Association, is a most vibrant event and certainly one not to miss. Entry is free and there are activities for all generations, music and family sports and games.

Stoke-on-Trent Central parliamentary candidates attended an open Community Schools Action Group Meeting at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre on the evening of April 28th.

People who have an interest in the proposed location for the new Discovery Academy in Stoke-on-Trent are being asked for their views as part of a feasibility study being carried out on behalf of the city council. The proposed Academy is one of five brand new academies planned to be built in the city as part of the £250m Building Schools for the Future programme. The independent study will look at possible locations for the Discovery Academy and then advise on a preferred site.

Berryhill and Hanley East City Councillor Adrian Knapper is shocked and outraged to read within Friday nights Sentinel that the Conservative/Independent Liberal Democrat Alliance that now runs Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to expand Birches Head School by an extra 300 pupils when residents within the Bucknall area want a new School at the Mitchell site.

Audio Interview Now Online! By Tony Walley & Mike Rawlins. On Friday Mike Rawlins and myself went to interview Council Leader Ross Irving, it is a little over 3 months since Ross was voted in to the position of Council Leader.  We wanted to ask him  how he thought things were going and what the future holds. [caption id="attachment_7205" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Council Leader Ross Irving being interviewed by Tony Walley"][/caption] Since the council chamber recon

By Nicky Davis “A community school for Bucknall” is what the local action group wants. Willfield Village Forum, East Bentilee Residents Association, Townsend Residents Association, Ubberley and Brookhouse Residents Association and the governors and parent/governors and pupils of Mitchell High School and Berryhill High School have formed the Community School Action Group. A protest march took place this afternoon (12th July), starting at Park Hall Golf Course near the council’s/SERCO’s p