Chislehurst to get another school

Bullers Wood School for Bigger Boys?

Here at Village News we are so pleased to have only daughters! With two single sex girl's state secondary schools but no boys' in Chislehurst, parents with sons who wish to have a single-sex education have to "compromise" or go further afield.

This is set to change, however.

Bullers Wood School for Girls is shortly to be making an application to set up a new free school - Bullers Wood School for Boys. It is intended that it will be a thriving comprehensive providing an academic education for boys within the Village News area. If the application is successful, Bullers Wood School for Boys will be a 11 to 16 year olds' four-form entry with a shared sixth form with the girls. (The sixth form already admits boys).

It is intended that the school will open in September 2016. This means that any boys who are in year 4 during academic year 2013/14 will be eligible. Anyone interested in registering an interest in securing a place for their child should head to http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/?page_id=7308 to complete the survey.

There will be an Information Evening on Thursday, 10th July at 7.30pm at Bullers Wood School, St Nicolas Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5LJ. There will be no on-site parking.
 
Bullers Wood School for Girls is one of twenty-four groups of teachers, parents and charities to have so far successfully applied for a place on a national Development Programme designed to provide tailored support for groups that want to set up new free schools.

So where's the school going to be? Village News has learnt that it will be sited on part of the large "underused" playing fields at Bullers Wood.
 
Nick Cross, Headteacher, said,

"As part of the application process, we will be consulting with all stakeholders, with our existing parents and carers foremost in our minds. The staff and Governors at Bullers Wood School for Girls are fully committed to ensuring that standards remain as high as ever. There will be significant benefits to our existing students at the Bullers Wood School through collaboration with an outstanding boys' school."

Except, maybe, that we'll be getting fatter kids?

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