Triple schools appointment for Morgan Sindall Construction

Three new schools are to be constructed in Greater Manchester by Morgan Sindall Construction, on behalf of the Department for Education.

Star Radcliffe Academy, in Bury, will be a five-form entry, 750 place, 11-16 secondary school.

During its opening year, the school will admit an intake of 150 pupils in year seven. The school – operated by Star Academies – will continue to admit a new intake of Year seven pupils at the beginning of each academic year and is set to open in September 2024. It was granted planning permission earlier this month.

CGI of Pear Tree Academy

Pear Tree Academy is a new SEND school in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, operated by the Prospere Learning Trust.

The school will specialise in catering for students with severe learning difficulties and other associated needs for young people aged 11-18 and will provide 133 places following its scheduled opening date of September 2024.

Dixons Newall Green Academy is a new secondary free school operated by the Dixons Academies Trust, with temporary accommodation opening in September 2023 for the intake of 140 year seven pupils. Once completed, the school will serve 750 students aged 11 to 16 in the Wythenshawe district.

Elsewhere, Morgan Sindall is already on-site undertaking a significant new build and refurbishment project at Newhouse Academy in Rochdale, where it is building a new two-storey 16,100 sq m building with lobby and toilet facilities, along with associated plant and landscaping works.

CGI of Dixons Newall Green Academy

Throughout the build programmes for all four projects there will be employment and training opportunities created within the build programmes as well as targeted social value programmes addressing the differing needs within the four Greater Manchester communities.

Simon Arnott, managing director for Morgan Sindall Construction in the North West, said: “We are proud to be delivering these three new schools for Greater Manchester, as well as our ongoing work at Newhouse Academy, working collaboratively with the DfE and the respective Academy Trusts

“Working on so many education projects across the region simultaneously presents us with a unique opportunity to make a really significant contribution to the region’s educational offer and local economy – an opportunity we’re determined to deliver on.”