Kingshurst Primary unveils building plans

A GROWING demand for places has seen plans put forward for Kingshurst Primary to further expand.
The proposals for a new block, submitted to Solihull Council earlier this month, will enable the school to complete its transition to a three-form entry system.
The application lodged with the planning department reveals that the building will include a trio of new classrooms.
It will also provide a new home for Caterpillars nursery, allowing it to move out of the "dilapidated" temporary base it has occupied for the past six years.
Since the new block will be built on the site of the current nursery premises, the pre-schoolers will use the primary's inclusion centre during the construction period.
Paperwork accompanying the application notes the need to meet growing demand for school places across the borough.
When Kingshurst Primary was built back in 2007 - as one of the first major projects of the North Solihull Regeneration - it had enough places for 420 pupils.
But the roll-call had already risen to more than 480 at the start of 2018, following two previous extensions at the School Close site. These were completed in 2014 and 2017.
Solihull Council has previously confirmed that the birth rate has increased across the borough and that it also needs to find enough places to cope with new housing developments locally.
The scheme will be considered by the local authority in the next few months.