Tenders sought for former school site (From Hampshire Chronicle)
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Private operator sought for leisure facilities at former Millbrook Community School site
4:30pm Tuesday 17th January 2012 in Education
School site: Tenders sought
A PRIVATE operator will be sought to run leisure facilities at the former Millbrook Community School in Southampton when Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill quits the site for a new building at Five Acre Field in September.
Tory council leaders last night agreed to put the management of the school sports hall, fitness suite, gym and external courts out to tender to avoid breaching an agreement attached to a £1.5m grant from Sport England.
The loss-making Down to Earth Farm and a motor vehicle workshop on the same site will be let for free to the Oasis Community Learning, which runs the academy. The rest of the campus will be retained by the council for educational use.
The 900-pupil Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill replaced Millbrook Community School and Oaklands Community School, which both closed in 2008.
Comments(3)
tootle
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5:41pm Tue 17 Jan 12
Condor Man
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11:44pm Tue 17 Jan 12
housewife wrote:perhaps because it loses a lot of your money to keep it running?
What about the facilities at Oaklands?
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And why describe Down to Earth as "loss making" - it was never intended to make money - its an educational facility
housewife says...
4:48pm Tue 17 Jan 12
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And why describe Down to Earth as "loss making" - it was never intended to make money - its an educational facility