Detailed plans have been submitted for a new primary school in Sawtry.
Cambridgeshire County Council has submitted detailed plans for Saltbrook Primary Academy, a two-form entry primary school, with on-site early years provision, to serve the residents of new housing development in the village which is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of the county. Up to 420 pupils will eventually be accommodated.
Outline consent was granted in 2021, when the wider development of northern Sawtry was approved with land safeguarded for the school.
The school will be constructed in two phases. The first will deliver a one-form entry school (210 pupils) and early years facility with all the necessary core infrastructure to support its subsequent expansion to two-form entry.
The first phase of construction is expected to be complete before the school is required.
Cllr Edna Murphy, chair of Cambridgeshire County Council’s children and young people committee, said: “I’m very pleased to see the planning application submitted for the new Saltbrook Primary Academy, to serve a growing community in Sawtry.
“We want all children in Cambridgeshire to have opportunities to thrive, so we’re building this new school to make sure that in the future we can continue to offer people living in Sawtry an education close to home.”
Meridian Trust will run the new school.
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