Plans for Ebbsfleet Garden City’s first primary school have been approved, with a proposed opening date of September next year.
The 420-pupil school and community centre, in Castle Hill, will also offer 26 nursery places and facilities for up to 15 special needs children.
The school was given the green light at an Ebbsfleet Development Committee meeting last night (March 16).
It will be called Cherry Orchard Primary, and run by Leigh Academies Trust.
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The school would be a special centre for kids with speech, communication and language needs.
Chairman of the Ebbsfleet planning committee David Lock said: “I’m delighted the very first primary school for this part of the Garden City has been approved.
“Not only will the school and community centre be the focus of a new neighbourhood in Castle Hill but it will also provide much needed school spaces for the area.”
Interim Chief Executive of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation Paul Spooner added: “Development in the Garden City is now moving forward at pace - we are accelerating the delivery of infrastructure and new housing.
“There are already 387 homes built with another two developers on site preparing to build 400 homes.”
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