Stopsley High School
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Stopsley High School is located in the centre of Stopsley
near the regional sports centre (one of
the biggest in Bedfordshire
).
It is well established 11-16 mixed Comprehensive and Community College. Since September 2002
Stopsley High has also been a designated Specialist Sports College. It was re-designated in 2007 with Music nominated as their second subject.
As a part of Building Schools for the Future
(BSF) programme a proposal notice has been submitted by Luton Borough Council in accordance with Section 19(1) of Education and Inspections Act 2006
for alteration to the school building by adding additional accommodation. This will increase the current capacity of 990 to 1350. However, due to the government's proposed spending cuts, this development may not come to fruition.
Stopsley
Stopsley is a ward in the north-east of Luton. Originally a hill-top village settlement, most of the urbanised part of the civil parish of Stopsley became part of Luton when the boundaries were extended in 1933, with the rural areas going to Hyde and Streatley.After the Second World War, there was...
near the regional sports centre (one of
the biggest in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
).
It is well established 11-16 mixed Comprehensive and Community College. Since September 2002
Stopsley High has also been a designated Specialist Sports College. It was re-designated in 2007 with Music nominated as their second subject.
As a part of Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
(BSF) programme a proposal notice has been submitted by Luton Borough Council in accordance with Section 19(1) of Education and Inspections Act 2006
Education and Inspections Act 2006
The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. According to the government the Act "is intended to represent a major step forward in the Government’s aim of ensuring that all children in all schools get the education they need to enable them to fulfil...
for alteration to the school building by adding additional accommodation. This will increase the current capacity of 990 to 1350. However, due to the government's proposed spending cuts, this development may not come to fruition.