More Consett news, --this from BBC Tyne and Wear, --
4 March 2011 Last updated at 08:47 Share this pageFacebookTwitter ShareEmail Print County Durham's Consett Academy sponsor announcedContinue reading the main story
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A further education college is to sponsor a new academy in County Durham.
Consett Academy will replace Moorside Community Technology College and Consett Community Sports College.
New Durham College is to be the lead sponsor, with Durham County Council as the co-sponsor, subject to the approval of the council's cabinet.
The £20.7m project, on a site in Belle Vue, had faced opposition from some residents, but it is now hoped that it will open in 2012.
It had been set to cost £31.7m, but government spending cuts enforced the reduction.
The proposal was then amended to fit the reduced budget, with £6m saved through a number of measures including lower relocation costs through retaining an on-site rugby club.
Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wear-12644824
4 March 2011 Last updated at 08:47 Share this pageFacebookTwitter ShareEmail Print County Durham's Consett Academy sponsor announcedContinue reading the main story
Related Stories
Scaled down academy plan approved
Plan for three academies approved
Protest over planned academy site
A further education college is to sponsor a new academy in County Durham.
Consett Academy will replace Moorside Community Technology College and Consett Community Sports College.
New Durham College is to be the lead sponsor, with Durham County Council as the co-sponsor, subject to the approval of the council's cabinet.
The £20.7m project, on a site in Belle Vue, had faced opposition from some residents, but it is now hoped that it will open in 2012.
It had been set to cost £31.7m, but government spending cuts enforced the reduction.
The proposal was then amended to fit the reduced budget, with £6m saved through a number of measures including lower relocation costs through retaining an on-site rugby club.
Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wear-12644824