Building Schools for the Future - BSF

Building Schools for the Future is the largest capital investment programme for 50 years that will provide world-class teaching and learning environments for all pupils, teachers and communities in England.

Here in Stoke-on-Trent, we aim to create a family of schools, academies and post 16 learner centres, which will increase curriculum opportunities by offering specialist teaching and facilities to all school pupils living in the city.

Council leader Ross Irving has underlined the importance of the BSF programme to the city. He said: "Improving education is key to the regeneration of the area. The new buildings will give us a platform to move education forward and we must all work together to translate that into better achievement. That will show how education lies at the heart of our efforts to regenerate Stoke-on-Trent. A better qualified workforce will attract better, more diverse employers to the city, with the huge investments that can follow.”                

To read more about our vision for the future of education, click on documents and links on the right hand side and download our vision document. (Click Here to download Vision Document)

Provided the necessary approvals are obtained, this is how the "family" will look:

Academies:
James Brindley Science College will close and a new academy will be built on the same site.
Brownhills Maths and Computing College will close and a new academy will be built on the same site.
Blurton High School Business and Enterprise College will close and a new academy will be built on the same site.
St. Peters High School and Berry Hill High School will close and a new academy will be built on a new site located at the current Sixth Form College, Fenton.
Mitchell High School and Edensor Technology College will close and a new academy will be built at a site located in Adderley Green.

For more information about academies and their design and build contractors click here. 

Proposed Foundation / Trust Schools
Birches Head High School
Haywood Engineering College
Holden Lane High School Specialist Sports College
Thistley Hough High School
Sandon Business and Enterprise College
Trentham High School

Voluntary Aided Schools
St Thomas More Catholic College
St Josephs College
St Margaret Ward Catholic School and Arts College

Special Schools
Kemball Special School will be relocated to the Blurton Academy site and will support children with complex needs.
Abbey Hill Special School will be refurbished and will specialise in helping children with communication needs including pupils on the Autistic Spectrum Continuum.
Middlehurst Special School and Heathfield Special School will combine and relocated to the James Brindley High School campus and will cater for pupils with a broad range of learning needs.
Aynsley Special School will be refurbished and redesignated and will cater for children with behavoural, emotional and social difficulties.

We will also build a new 'hub' for children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. This will be located in Trent Vale.

The programme will make sure that our schools are equipped to meet the educational needs of our school pupils in the 21st century.