Plans for 'stop-gap' school so pupils don't have to wait for new one to be built

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direct to your inboxEducation bosses have lodged plans for a ‘stop-gap’ school at a Middleton college so pupils don’t have to wait for a new one to be built.The application proposes temporary buildings on scrub land at the town’s Hopwood Hall College campus, on Rochdale Road.It comes after planners granted outline permission for a new secondary school - dubbed the Edgar Wood Academy - at Bowlee.But that won’t be ready to open its doors until September 2022 at the earliest - and a shortfall of 114 pupil places is already forecast for Middleton this year.The Altus Education Partnership announced its intention to run the school from temporary buildings at Hopwood Hall’s Middleton campus in November.And now the Department for Education - which.