Austin Park Primary Academy - a new school for September 23

Due to ongoing planning delays, we regret to announce that Austin Park Primary will not be opening as originally anticipated for September 2024, and therefore not available for school place applications in this year. We will keep you updated as soon as we have more news to share. Thank you.

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New primary school to open in Bromsgrove District, providing 420 places for children Austin Park Primary Academy, opening in the Cofton Park area, will provide 420 places for children aged between four and 11 and 52 full-time nursery places.

PRESS RELEASE: Approval for New School in Cofton Park

An application to open a new Primary School by Victoria Academies Trust has been approved by the Department for Education. Austin Park Primary Academy, a new two-form entry primary school; with a Mainstream Autism Base and a full-time fifty-two place nursery has been approved to open in Worcestershire. The new school is targeted to open in the Cofton Park area of the county in September 2023 and will be run by Victoria Academies Trust.

Gurinder Singh Josan CBE, Chair of Trustees at Victoria Academies Trust said, “This is excellent news for the children, families and community of Cofton Park. The free school application process is rigorous and demanding and we are proud to have been successful, all testament to the hard work of the team behind the bid. This will be a purpose-built school tailored for the specific needs of the children. We look forward to welcoming the children,
parents and community of the Cofton Park area into the school over the years to come.”

Sharron Philpot, CEO of Victoria Academies Trust said, “We are absolutely delighted to be successful in this bid. Victoria Academies Trust are passionate about ensuring that every child has access to a quality education enabling them to be the best they can be. By
answering the call to provide much needed places in this area, including provision for a Mainstream Autism Base, we really do believe we can impact on the lives of many more children in the West Midlands area. We look forward to working in partnership with Worcestershire County Council to ensure we open a school that truly ‘stands out’.”

Austin Park Primary Academy will provide 420 (age 4-11) much needed places in the area and will be underpinned by the Trust aim ‘To create Standout schools that ensure everyone is the best they can be’. The free school is part of the latest wave of primary, secondary and all-through schools to be approved to open, joining more than 550 already open and over 220 in the pipeline.

We have some very exciting news to share with you all! After a lot of hard work and waiting, we can finally announce that Victoria Academies Trust has been given the green light to open a school in the area from September 2023.

We are thrilled with this news, and will be working with the community in the next few months and years to ensure this pre-opening phase engages with you all.

Please feel free to share this news with interested parties.

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