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Planning application submitted for huge new secondary school in the middle of Oldham
The proposed 1,200-pupil academy is named after the Oldham-born artist and architect Brian Clarke
The plans for the new academy off Booth Street (Image: FaulknerBrowns Architects/Cranmer Education Trust)
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The 1,200 pupil high school planned to be built in heart of Oldham town centre manchestereveningnews.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from manchestereveningnews.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Designs for the new high school in Oldham which will be called the Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
An academy trust has revealed the designs for a proposed new 1,200-pupil high school in the heart of Oldham town centre.
The Cranmer Education Trust is aiming to build the new school, named the Brian Clarke Church of England Academy, on land off Booth Street.
The brownfield site, near to Oldham Leisure Centre was previously occupied by a Sainsbury’s supermarket which has now been demolished.
The trust says that in its place there will be a ‘unique, high quality, light, airy and well-designed building, rich with colour, that will inspire the whole school community and lift aspirations’.
POLICE have arrested three people in connection with a cannabis factory. Officers from Sudbury Safer Neighbourhood Team attended a property on Middleton Road, Sudbury yesterday (Monday 12 Apr) at about 11.30am to speak to a male about an unrelated matter. When inside the property officers uncovered a cannabis factory with around 150 plants with an estimated street value of £100,000. Officers from Op Scorpion team, who tackle drug dealing crime and related criminality, also attended the property to support the recovery and subsequent investigation into the find. A 17 year old male was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in a supplying controlled drug, and being involved in modern slavery offences, while a 44 year old male was arrested on suspicion of being involved in modern slavery offences, being concerned in supplying a controlled drug, as well as on suspicion of driving offences, including driving whilst disqualified and driving with no insurance.