How on earth we plan lower school education in the village is anyone's guess. Major development was approved by an inspector a decade ago on the basis that the current schools could handle the extra children from new housing. But the Home Farm proposals required extra playing space as the current Lower School site in Court Road is so cramped. The solution was a field, a quarter of a mile away from the school, on the Home Farm site.
Under previous school leadership the governors explored access to the Recreation Ground but this went down in a village poll by about nine to one. Then the Parish Council discovered that Central Beds had been having private talks with the National Playing Fields Association to see if it could unpick the covenant on the land which the PC introduced (I will confess I opposed this at the time but it's looking a good bet at the moment).
In the background there was several years of uncertainty about whether Beds would go to two-tier schools. Recently the Lower School has adopted academy status which probably brings its own uncertainties. Now someone, somewhere is earmarking a site for expansion at the end of Flitt Leys Close, though governors have not made any decisions about the way forward. When it comes to parking problems Flitt Leys would be Court Road on a triple letter score. Pcllr Roger Baker has already described Court Road at 8.45 am as "frenzied jostling".
I have recently talked to the chair of the Academy governors and I know they are doing their best to find a solution to this problem. But they have been dealt a tough hand.
Under previous school leadership the governors explored access to the Recreation Ground but this went down in a village poll by about nine to one. Then the Parish Council discovered that Central Beds had been having private talks with the National Playing Fields Association to see if it could unpick the covenant on the land which the PC introduced (I will confess I opposed this at the time but it's looking a good bet at the moment).
In the background there was several years of uncertainty about whether Beds would go to two-tier schools. Recently the Lower School has adopted academy status which probably brings its own uncertainties. Now someone, somewhere is earmarking a site for expansion at the end of Flitt Leys Close, though governors have not made any decisions about the way forward. When it comes to parking problems Flitt Leys would be Court Road on a triple letter score. Pcllr Roger Baker has already described Court Road at 8.45 am as "frenzied jostling".
I have recently talked to the chair of the Academy governors and I know they are doing their best to find a solution to this problem. But they have been dealt a tough hand.
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