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Homes plan may force Kingdown School move
2:20pm Sunday 29th January 2012
MORE than 1,000 new houses are needed in the Warminster area, and Kingdown School may have to move to cope with rising numbers, according to Core Strategy proposals.
The Wiltshire Council document lays out the strategy for the town as ‘to increase the level of employment, town centre retail and service provision, along with residential development, as part of sustainable growth’.
Among the proposals are the expansion of Princecroft Primary School, and the need to relocate Kingdown within the town to accommodate more pupils.
Headteacher Sara Edwards welcomed the idea of moving, but stressed that it was only being considered at present.
“We are bursting at the seams,” she said. “An opportunity to design a new school for future students would be fantastic.”
Mrs Edwards said that if proposals for 900 houses off the A36 towards Longleat go ahead the school will have to expand.
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