Sikhs Plan Free School In Leeds

[Sikh24]

http://www.sikh24.com/2012/01/sikh-free-school-planned-in-leeds/

Leeds, UK (January 9, 2012)–With backing from the New Schools Network, Sikhs plan to open a new free specialist primary school in the Chapeltown area. Project leaders are hoping to utilise a disused building near the Gurdwara on Chapeltown Road for the school.

The school will be non-faith specific and therefore open to all members of the local community. Initial plans suggest that the school will enroll one form of 30 children and extend intake year by year.

A spokesperson for the project, Mr Sukhraj Singh, said that the plan is “to set up a school teaching more subjects based around science. We want to give something back to the community and offer a new opportunity for our younger children, to set them in the right direction for a professional career.”

The New Schools Network funded by the Department of Education is currently offering to help free school groups aiming to open by September 2013 in deprived areas.

Coordinators of the project are receiving expert help in exhibiting sufficient demand for the school and are also being given access to legal and business expertise via seminars, workshops and special “boot camps” being held at the Network’s HQ in London.

A formal submission will be made to the Department of Education by the end of February, with teachers joining forces with business people, religious leaders and parents to ensure that the scheme succeeds.