A public meeting will be held so that people can find out more about a Ruislip headteacher's bid to open a free school in Pinner.
Andrew Wilcock, headteacher of Bishop Ramsey Church of England School in Hume Way, Ruislip, along with the school’s governing body and the London Diocesan Board for Schools, is putting together a bid to open a religious free school on the Heathfield School site in Pinner.
The girls’ school will merge with Northwood College in September, leaving the Pinner site vacant.
For the next stage of the plans, the bidding group is holding two public open meetings to share its plans for the secondary school and hear the views of people living nearby.
Go along to a meeting on March 26 at 7.30pm at Pinner Village Hall in Chapel Lane or on March 27 at 7.30pm at Pinner Free Church in Paines Lane, to hear the plans.
Mr Wilcock said: “The hope is that there will be a chance for local parents and those who may be interested in sending their children to the school to find out more and also local residents who will have a whole different set of issues that they want to find out about to meet us.
“Its really a chance for us to talk about our vision for the school, but also give people a chance to feed back to us about what they want to see in terms of the of the running of the school and the way it impacts on the local community.”
Mr Wilcock’s proposal to take over the vacant buildings will go before the Department for Education on May 9, he will find out if it has been shortlisted in July and a final decision on whether the Bishop Ramsey bid has been successful or not should be given by the end of the school summer holiday.
If the bid is accepted the proposed free school will open in September 2015.
A reference group, made up of local stakeholders, has been discussing what the school's ethos and admission criteria would be. View the proposals and keep up to date with the free school progress at www.pinnerfreeschool.org .
