Enfield Council will be holding a consultation meeting about its proposals to build a new primary school on land adjacent to Grovelands Park. The meeting will be at Southgate (The Bourne) Methodist Church at 7pm on Wednesday 25th September.
Reactions to the proposals, which came to light five months ago, have been mixed. The We Want Local Schools campaign welcomes the potential increase in primary school places within the area on which it is primarily focussed. In contrast, a new group, the Grovelands Residents Association opposes the plans - their publication appears in fact to have been the trigger for setting up the group.
We Want Local Schools is closely associated with the South West Enfield Action Team (SWEAT), which was set up earlier this year in order to provide a body with which the Council could liaise about provision of school places in the south west of the Borough. However, to date it appears to have been focussing mainly or exclusively on only part of the geographical area that its name describes - namely the area between The Bourne/Bourne Hill and Aldermans Hill/Cannon Hill, an area with very poor provision of primary school places. As well as its interest in the Grovelands project, SWEAT is continuing to press for expansion of Walker School, whose board of governors do not wish to see an increase in the school's capacity.
SWEAT will be holding a closed meeting with the Council on 17th September. The minute's of SWEAT's most recent internal meeting are available on here.
For earlier reporting see our schools channel and two reports in the Enfield Gazette - one setting out the case against the Grovelands school, the other the case for it. Enfield Council have published information about the proposals on their website.
