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BBC News
31-03-2025
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Prudhoe school pupils begin first day at Washington base
Students at a school which had to be shut when the building was found to be unsafe have begun their first day at a temporary base about 16 miles (26km) Community High School, in Northumberland, was closed on 17 February for up to nine months due to cracks in its upper will use Sunderland College's Washington Campus for the foreseeable future. They will be bussed from Prudhoe to the site and back again each school's headteacher, Annmarie Moore, said it had been a "team effort" to get them back to face-to-face learning. Buses will leave at 07:54 BST, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said, arriving in Washington at 08: will then travel back at 14:10 to avoid rush-hour traffic. It is expected they will return to the town at about 14:45. Cheviot Learning Trust, the academy chain running the school, issued a thanks to the local community following an outpouring of support, as well as Sunderland College, Northumberland County Council and the Department for trust's chief executive, Alice Witherow, said a "huge amount has been achieved" with a logistical effort involving transport, IT, furniture removals, cleaning and into what caused the issue are ongoing. Parents have been told they are likely be completed around Easter. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
14-03-2025
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Prudhoe High school Pupils given new site 16 miles away
Pupils at a school which had to be shut due to cracks will now be taught about 16 miles (26km) away for the "foreseeable future", bosses have Community High School in Northumberland was shut on 17 February and pupils were initially told they would not be able to return until 3 the Cheviot Learning Trust then told parents the school would be closed for "six to nine months as a minimum" after the building - built nine years ago - was found to be has now said pupils will be taught at Sunderland College's Washington Campus, meaning pupils will have to take a 32-mile (52km) round trip each day. Trust chief executive Alice Witherow said the team was grateful to the college for "their collaboration and support in making this solution possible".She said the team had received "many messages of support" from parents and the wider community in recent weeks."[It] has been a real lift for all of us," she said, adding: "It is a real team effort and we are really grateful." The trust said the building in Washington would only be used by its school pupils and it would be for the "foreseeable future", the Local Democracy Reporting Service said the children would be bussed from Prudhoe to the college and back again each day, and that everyone would be "entitled to a space".Education Partnership North East, which Sunderland College is a part of, said it was committed to serving communities in the region. Neither body said when exactly pupils would start learning at the site. Students are currently being taught online. Prudhoe Community High School was built in 2016 at a cost of £14.6m under the previous Conservative government's priority school building programme (PSBP). Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
