Public notices

Proposal to expand the Cherry Garden School into a satellite provision, that will occupy spare classroom space at the Bellenden Primary School.

We are publishing these proposals under section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and having regard to the DfE guidance ‘Making significant changes (‘prescribed alterations’) to maintained schools - Statutory guidance for proposers and decision makers October 2024.

The proposal in this notice is to expand the Cherry Garden School into a satellite provision, that will occupy spare classroom space at the Bellenden Primary School from a provisional date of September 2025.

These proposals would see:

• the expansion of the Cherry Garden School to a two-site specialist provision
• the creation of approximately 25 new specialist places for pupils at Cherry Garden School
• unused spaces at Bellenden Primary School brought back into use for children, making the school more financially secure for the future
• investment into the making the unused spaces fully accessible and suitable for children with special needs.
• more local specialist places meaning more parental choice

The proposals to expand Cherry Garden School were published on 28 April 2025. 

Within 4 weeks from the date of publication of this proposal, any person may object to or make comments on the proposal 

• by visiting the consultation page on our engagement hub
• by writing to: Education Capital Team, Hub 1, 4th Floor, Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2TZ.

The closing date for receipt of responses to the representation period is 26 May 2025 at 5pm. The council’s Cabinet will meet after the end of the representation period, in June 2025, to take the final decision on the proposal in this notice.

This notice is an extract from the complete proposal. Copies of the complete proposal can be viewed on our engagement hub. If you require a paper copy of this, please contact us via email at schoolcapitalprojects@southwark.gov.uk or by writing to: Education Capital Team, Hub 1, 4th Floor, Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2TZ

Michael Crowe

Assistant Director – Transformation & Operations (Children’s Services)
Publication Date: 26 April 2025