£20 Million Construction of Two New Schools for Wixams Gets Underway

Mayor Dave Hodgson lent a hand as the first sod was cut to mark the start of work that will create two new schools at a site in Green Lane, Wixams.

Mayor Dave was joined by Wixams Academy Principal Paul Spyropoulos and other representatives involved in this exciting building project for the Wixams community. Pupils from Lakeview Primary were also in attendance as, once built, their natural progression would be into the secondary school, Wixams Academy.

This major project will provide a new primary and a secondary school forming a central focus of the four new villages forming Wixams. It was announced this week that Bedford College Academies Trust, which will run the secondary school, will also run the primary.

Mayor Dave commented: "This project is part of a major programme of investment which is helping us to stay ahead of the game in providing enough school places, where communities and families need them. Schools are part of the lifeblood of any community, and these works are a welcome sign of The Wixams' development."

The two schools will provide a new learning community which will welcome children at the age of two to the nursery and educate them all the way through to the age of 18. Once completed, the schools will include extensive sports facilities and dedicated parking off Green Lane.

Both schools are due to open in September 2017 and offer places to over 1,200 pupils from the area.