Connell Co: Last News

direct to your inboxThis is the first look at how the site of the former Showcase cinema in Belle Vue will be transformed into a new secondary school.The Co-Op Academy Belle Vue, which will be a free school for 1,200 pupils, is expected to welcome its first set of Year 7 students this September.Temporary accommodation will be provided at the nearby Connell Co-op College until the new school building opens in 2023.A formal planning application to redevelop the 13-acre site on Hyde Road has now been lodged with Manchester council.Documents show a modern L-shaped building split into three ‘zones’, starting with a two-storey sports block which will boast a sports hall, auditorium, and a drama studio.The central three-storey building includes

A school that replaced a Manchester landmark has been given its first Ofsted grade - and has been told that it's 'outstanding'.

A former teacher who worked at a school in east Manchester has been banned from teaching indefinitely after headbutting a teenager in the face. Craig Embrey, who was employed by Connell Co-op College at the time, was under the influence of alcohol when he assaulted the 16-year-old in January 2020, according to a report by the Teaching Regulation Agency published last week.