Chapel St free school gets go ahead for temporary site in business park

From the Lancashire Telegraph: 'Park Hill Business Centre has been chosen as the short-term site for Burnley High School... New guidelines state that buildings chosen by the Department for Education for use as state-maintained schools can be used for one academic year'


The paper said: 'The DfE has now rubber stamped the plan and sent notification to Burnley Council, negating the need for planning permsision.'

Elizabeth Haddock, the school's executive principal ( part of the team which started Atherton Community School in Atherton Town Hall)

The school, part of Chapel Street Schools Trust, CEO Russell Rook, has a permanent site.