As you can see from this photo I took recently, the ARK Academy is nearing completion. It was actually on the cusp of approval in 2006 when Labour lost power. The Lib Dems and Tories decided to "review" it for more than a year. As a consequence, the opening has been delayed from September 2009 to September this year. Since it provides 1,700 school places, it is pretty essential to Brent Council fulfilling its legal duties on school places.
With the Lib Dems and Tories nationally freezing Building Schools for the Future money as well as a lot of primary school investment whilst they also conduct a review, it is a nervous time on the education front. Strangely, I don't recall Sarah Teather telling people that Building Schools for the Future money was under threat when she was looking for votes in May.
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