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Will there be school places in Reading for our children in 2014?

There are not enough secondary school places in Central West Reading.

West Reading Education Network and CfBT Schools Trust have joined together to make an application for a new secondary school in the heart of our community.

If your child is in a local primary school, then Get Involved to see how you can help make this happen.

Parliamentary support for our free school - Updated

Submitted by Mischa Tytel on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 16:52

"I am absolutely delighted to be supporting WREN's plans to establish a new secondary school in my constituency. It was a real pleasure for me to work with the parents who successfully set up Reading's first Free School, All Saints Junior. And the fact that many of the same parents and community leaders are behind the WREN initiative provides a real boost for this project. We do need more school places in Reading and the WREN school initiative is one we should all get behind."

Alok Sharma MP
Reading West

Updated Jan 25th 2012 (TJ)

Invited to interview

Submitted by Tim Jennings on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 23:31

To all our WREN members, friends and supporters.

We would like to share the absolutely brilliant news we have had this afternoon from the Department for Education that we have been invited to interview with them on March 8th. If we are successful at interview we will get approval for the new school to open in September 2014.

This is the next stage on our long road to building our school, getting to interview is a major achievement for which we thank each and every one of you for your support.

Best wishes

The WREN Steering team.

New Public Meetings

Submitted by Natalie Ganpatsingh on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 19:23

Following on from our recent public meetings, we're organising two more. Extra details to follow.

Southcote Library,

Southcote Lane, Reading, RG30 3BA,
Thursday 31st January 3:30 pm to 6 pm

Battle Library,

420 Oxford Road, Reading, RG30 1EE,
Tuesday 5th February from 4:30 - 6:30 pm

New Year, New News

Submitted by Mischa Tytel on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 19:08

Thank you to everyone who has been involved in helping us to gather support from parents by collecting signatures. Now with our interview with the Department for Education only a few weeks away (we hope), we need to gather more signatures from parents with children currently in year 4 and year 5. We need to get all the signatures we can by Friday 15th February.

MP backs plan for new secondary school in West Reading

Submitted by Tim Jennings on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 21:21
GetReading.com

A studious group was given the backing of Reading West MP Alok Sharma in its bid to set up a new secondary school in West Reading.

At a public meeting last month, where parents had their say about the proposal – which would see the school ready to open in September 2014 – Mr Sharma said: “I am absolutely delighted to be supporting the West Reading Education Network’s (WREN) plans to establish a new secondary school in my constituency.

Dear all WREN supporters

Submitted by Mischa Tytel on Sat, 12/22/2012 - 07:11

Just want to share with you some exciting news. Thanks to all your help we were able to send out 4500 surveys into 19 schools. With help from our media campaign, website, open events and mainly just getting stuck into visiting schools and getting surveys completed, we managed to get an astonishing 667 surveys completed. 88% of these were in favour of the school.

More Great News!

Submitted by Mischa Tytel on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 16:45

More Great News! Alok Sharma, MP for West Reading, and supporter of the school will be joining us on our Friday evening event at All Saints Junior School at 5:30 pm. Tessa Watkins from the Reading Chronicle will also be there, and is bringing a photographer.

Looking forward to seeing you there from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm to join us getting your views on our community's new school. Homemake cakes and tea and coffee will also be provided.

Council to participate in future public meetings

Submitted by Mischa Tytel on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 13:43

Great news! John Ennis, Lead Councillor for Education will be attending the next two "Have you Say" events, to answer your questions and show his support for the school, at All Saints Junior School this Friday from 4:30 pm until 7:30 pm and on Sunday from 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm at the All Saints Junior School, Brownlow Road, Reading.

First public meeting

Submitted by Mischa Tytel on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 09:39

Thank you to all the parents that found the time to come along to our event and "have their say". It was a great turn out. Thank you also for the lovely homemade cakes!

Parents' bid for new free schools

Submitted by Tim Jennings on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 13:12
getreading.co.uk

Studious parents from across Reading are making bids for new free schools in the town.

Mums and dads in West Reading are pushing for a new secondary school on the former Elvian School site in Southcote while in the latest plan North Reading parents are gathering support for a new primary for the Caversham Heights/Mapledurham area.

Reporters Karen Jordan and Linda Fort investigate

A free school for children in the north of Reading could help ease the town’s chronic shortage of primary school places.

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