After a protracted period of negotiations between Reading Borough Council (RBC) and the Education Funding Authority (EFA)I can confirm that Crescent Road in East Reading will be the site for the new Maiden Erlegh school.
The council bought the Crescent Road site in 2013 with the express intention of securing the site for future educational use. This was done in response to the increasing demand on secondary school places, particularly developing in 2017. At tonight's Policy Committee we agreed to sell the land at Crescent Road to the EFA in order for the Maiden Erlegh academy to open a secondary school in 2015.
The building of a school is subject to planning, but the educational strategy of Reading for East Reading is to expand Alfred Sutton School, Newtown Primary and relocating Riverside Nursery as well as facilitate the new Maiden Erlegh secondary school, next to the University Technical College.
Reading have received the same monetary value as what they paid for, which means that the council will not have to pay at least £18m for a new secondary school, Reading tax payers will not have to fund this school. This is a testament to the good work council officers have done in order to facilitate a new secondary school,successfully negotiating with the EFA.
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