For the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A planning application for a huge new high school in the middle of Oldham town centre has been submitted to the council.
The Cranmer Education Trust is aiming to build a new school, named the Brian Clarke Church of England Academy, on land off Booth Street.
The proposed 1,200-pupil academy is named after the Oldham-born artist and architect Brian Clarke, who works predominately in stained glass.
The trust aim is that the new building will also include an original stained glass window designed by Mr Clarke. The brownfield site where the school is proposed to be built was previously occupied by a Sainsbury’s supermarket which has now been demolished.
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