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The current school is cramped and at maximum capacity. Get the new school built and stop delaying things. A delay is not in the best interest of the local children.

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We live in the catchment for WB infant and junior school, but did not get a place at either of these schools. We instead had to send our to a non feeder primary school even though we are WB secondary catchment. Now we don’t fit anywhere for secondary places, WB secondary priority admissions after SEN is feeder school plus catchment, we’re not Rushcliffe catchment and not Catholic for Beckett our other local school. We now have children leaving our school in Yr 5 to try and get into a feeder primary school, which is so sad that people are having to do this to raise their chances of securing a place at their catchment secondary. The academy’s and feeder schools have really confused matters and made size of catchments unsustainable.  This has been a problem for several years and no one has done anything to try to resolve it. 

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We live in the catchment for WB infant and junior school, but did not get a place at either of these schools. We instead had to send our to a non feeder primary school even though we are WB secondary catchment. Now we don’t fit anywhere for secondary places, WB secondary priority admissions after SEN is feeder school plus catchment, we’re not Rushcliffe catchment and not Catholic for Beckett our other local school. We now have children leaving our school in Yr 5 to try and get into a feeder primary school, which is so sad that people are having to do this to raise their chances of securing a place at their catchment secondary. The academy’s and feeder schools have really confused matters and made size of catchments unsustainable.  This has been a problem for several years and no one has done anything to try to resolve it. 

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The community school is an enviable asset but unfortunately severely outdated and ill equipped to accommodate modern day teaching. Tiny classrooms with leaky roofs, dreadful stench from the Victorian plumbing, no green/outdoor space, lack of cycle/scooter racks, no IT suite. I’m afraid the school has outlived its current site and whilst I commend the teaching staff for delivering first class education to my son, I would prefer a spacious, modern site with state of the art facilities and with ample cycle provision, a site where there is room to kick a football with his friends at playtime, where he can go to a library to choose books from the shelf, where there is room to hang a coat and bag in the cloakroom. It is time to move on and I welcome a new school on Regatta Way as opposed to one that is located further from Lady Bay.

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Building a school at Regatta Way risks turning Rutland Road into a rat-run for traffic. Its bad enough already the speed at which some cars tear down the road. I have witnessed several near misses...causing increased traffic on Rutland Road by building on Regatta Way will significantly increase the likelihood of accidents.

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In relation to the comment about more parents walking to the new site from the far end of Lady Bay - I don't think this is grounded in reality. Even from Adbolton Grove, the new site will be about twice as far to walk as the current school. From the top end of Lady Bay it will be very much further. I can only see traffic vastly increasing, particularly if a secondary school is built too, which I think is almost inevitable if the primary school goes ahead.

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I applaud people's ingeniuty but I feel the proposals completely fail to address the significant issue that there is simply not enough space on the school site and has not been for more than 10 years.

People talking about under-subscription are right but I suspect that is because savvy parents are not moving to Lady Bay seeing the facilities for their children

The children are crammed there is not the space for assemblies or performances, not enough toilets , a computer room in a corridor, a roof that leaks (despite constantly, skylight that are both draft and cause the kids to be blinded by sun in summer.  Go into the school on a lunch hour (when you could)  and see the number of children who have collided with each other it is significant.  There is not even space to hang a bag in any of the classrooms. The solution cannot be to simply re-build one section and put a playground on the roof.

Where will children be educated during this development - my experience of local authority projects especially when using non-standards materials and designs ( as this proposal focuses on) shows they are lengthy. Meanwhile the kids of Lady Bay suffer a continued sub-standard school experience - to in some way protect a "community" Or will we be expected to transport them to another site in the interim.

We have always walked the length of Lady Bay to attend school/nursery to  drop my children at a suitable school is something I would continue to do.

Right now children in the Junior school are missing out significantly on time outside  to maintain social distancing they cannot use the playground for the proportion of their lunch that they would.

Splitting the site would be a disaster and see more cars for sure.

Go out to Bunny see the tiny local school replaced by a school surrounded by green and amazing facilities. This is what I would love for the children of Lady Bay and you substitute it  with a playground in the sky.

I also feel you have overestimated the lovel for the children of Lady Bay that residents will not object heavily to a child on a room top terrace effectively looking into or over their homes.

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While I think the desire to keep the existing building and redesign is laudable, practically I don't see how it can work effectively or make or most importantly provide the children the educational tools they deserve.

Whatever the decision, it needs to be a quick one, so as to allow this to move forward at pace.

Having reviewed the plans for the designs of the re-build of the current site, I am left with a few thoughts.  Firstly there will be significant disruption to all children while the works are on going, even if a few year groups can be isolated, and given the last 18 months further disruption is not what they need.

The proposal for regatta way appears to offer a significantly greater playing area than the onsite rebuild would and would not resort
rooftop playgrounds (is a rooftop playground really what we think puts the children at the heart of the matter?). No matter how the existing site is re-designed I can't see how it will provide adequate space for the children and the required support structures.

I absolutely understand the impacts of the location of the school being moved and it is an important factor to consider when deciding whether to move to a new site or refurbish the existing.

As a father of 2 children in the earlier years at Lady Bay I have to say that weighing up all the factors I don't see how we cannot proceed with the new development

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I live in Lady Bay and I am a parent of a child who will be going to Lady Bay primary in the next couple of years.

For me, It makes little difference whether the school is on regatta way or within lady bay.

The most important thing for me is that the school meets the needs for a modern education, which it currently doesn't.

I would like a modern school with a large green outdoor space, this is not something that I can see the current site being able to provide (there isn't enough room).

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We chose the school as we could walk y

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I'm a parent and I'd love a green school in the heart of Lady Bay. It is important that the school stays in the centre so that people have that contact with each other daily on the walk to school and that local business thrives otherwise the middle will die and ou community suffer. 

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I'm a parent and I'd love a green school in the heart of Lady Bay. It is important that the school stays in the centre so that people have that contact with each other daily on the walk to school and that local business thrives otherwise the middle will die and ou community suffer. 

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Finding a way to update and improve the current school site is a much better option than a large new build on a flood plain on Regatta Way.

Currently the majority of children walk to school. If the school moves then Lady Bay will become a rat-run, younger children won't walk the >1mile distance to and from school so traffic will increase greatly. We are concerned about the impact re road safety, pollution, reduced physical activity of the children.

The current school doesn't seem fit for purpose due to chronic underinvestment, and needs improvement in a innovative way (including making use of Ten-Acre Field). A brand new school outside of the area will do irreversible damage to the community, lead to increased pollution and loss of the green belt. It will also establish a precedent for development, and increase pressure for the fields between Lady Bay and Regatta Way to be developed.

As an aside - our daughter is in Foundation class at Lady Bay School and it was undersubscribed this year.

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I think that 700 people go in and out of Lady Bay Primary School each day, twice a day. This forms the back bone of our community . It produces trade for the PO, the Lady Bay Pub and other local stores  and after school clubs at Wishing Well, Lady Bay Tennis Association, and preschools of Lady Bay Pre School and Wishing Well. Those connections between people everyday are priceless.

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I think that 700 people go in and out of Lady Bay Primary School each day, twice a day. This forms the back bone of our community . It produces trade for the PO, the Lady Bay Pub and other local stores  and after school clubs at Wishing Well, Lady Bay Tennis Association, and preschools of Lady Bay Pre School and Wishing Well. Those connections between people everyday are priceless.

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I would like the secondary to be built in the new Tollerton estate and be link ed via the canal to Lady Bay

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I completely understand and appreciate that there are lots of concerns about the new school and questions do have to be answered, but my question is what proportion of people opposed to the new school are current parents/prospective parents of school. I am concerned that a greater proportion of people opposed to the school are perhaps nostalgic (kids have left) or not parents and perhaps don't quite appreciate how poor the facilities are currently. As a parent, I am sad about loss of green belt (and would definitely oppose housing), but am desperate to see a new school built, on a site with space for an on-site field (I cannot see a significant improvement in outside, or inside space from redevelopment of the current site - there just isn't enough room). The longer there is debate, the longer it will take to make things better for the students and teachers.

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I am a parent and live at the Trent Bridge end of Lady Bay. I feel that moving the school would reduce traffic as fewer parents from the further end of Lady Bay might drive than currently do so and parents dropping children off would be able to get onto Radcliffe road directly via Regatta Way rather than having to use Trent Boulevard - reducing through traffic. Despite the new school being further away, I would have no hesitation in walking there (down Trent Boulevard, no need to walk on Radcliffe Road). The current school is woefully lacking in facility, especially grass - Foundation/KS1 pupils have no access to the field for PE (too far and no toilets) and any redevelopment of the current site isn't going to fix this.

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The main reason for having the school in the centre / or near the centre of Lady bay, is that parents and carers can walk the children to and from school - also in the last year children can start walking themselves, to gain the confidence for the next stage in their lives at Secondary school. Radcliffe Road is so very busy, if the school was located there - the pollution and traffic would be a real danger to children. Pollution must be assessed - and honestly.

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I would be supportive of keeping the site in the centre of Lady Bay IF it were feasible to actually upgrade the existing site. This, however, seems unlikely. How would they build something like the proposed plans on the existing site when the children still need to be taught there in the meantime? It’s not a 6-week holiday build. I have children who will go to the school and I would much prefer it to be at the end of my road (currently) but if this comes at the cost of decent facilities and green space then I would prefer it be built on regatta Way, provided the council also incorporate a school bus and cycle lane (again not even sure this is feasible). My worry is that the debate will turn into a standoff and improvements either way will be put on hold to the detriment of the pupils and teachers. 

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I would be supportive of keeping the site in the centre of Lady Bay IF it were feasible to actually upgrade the existing site. This, however, seems unlikely. How would they build something like the proposed plans on the existing site when the children still need to be taught there in the meantime? It’s not a 6-week holiday build. I have children who will go to the school and I would much prefer it to be at the end of my road (currently) but if this comes at the cost of decent facilities and green space then I would prefer it be built on regatta Way, provided the council also incorporate a school bus and cycle lane (again not even sure this is feasible). My worry is that the debate will turn into a standoff and improvements either way will be put on hold to the detriment of the pupils and teachers. 

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It's my belief that the site should be kept for infants in order that small children only have to walk a short distance to school, it's clear though that the local authority could sell the school for development and make a killing, I think infants should stay in the centre and then a new primary and secondary school should be built as far from the a52 as possible so more towards skylarks, its high time that West Bridgford should be included on Nottinghams tram system we are only 1.5 to 2 miles of track away from being on it, trams through Bridgford Road and trent boulevard would provide a Brillant way of getting the children to the schools and back, trams for children only would be a good idea as well, with Marshals,

All of the current problems with the new site location including increased traffic can be overcome

A compulsory purchase of the rugby ground or Notts county training ground should also be considered, a flood wall erected as at wilford

Lots of ways to make this work rushcliffe and net need a third and 4th tram line

Also if thr school is moved from. The centre this will hard footfall to the cure bet shopping hub

Which could see existing businesses struggle and their being no beating heart to lady bay

Paul Pugsley
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No kids

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I don’t have school aged children but strongly believe the school should stay where it is and be renovated to an acceptable standard 

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I don’t have school aged children but strongly believe the school should stay where it is and be renovated to an acceptable standard 

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In keeping with the area.
Children and parents need to be able to walk and cycle to primary school and not have to travel up to the green belt.
The green belt should remain just that.
It can be done….

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Building on the current Regatta Way sports facility is a short-sighted issue that appears to be purely focused on

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Primary school is proposed on fields on the corner of Regatta way next to the A52 - so they can play in the traffic fumes? And if it requires most parents to drive to/from school then the children gain some fields at break times (in summer when they aren't too muddy to be allowed on the field - I have experience of a school with fields and they don't get used a lot of the year!!) But they lose on exercise getting to & from school every day. I'm sure Ladybay could arrange walking buses/campaign for safe cycle routes etc to help but why put it next to busy A52? It is the specific proposed primary school location that seems inappropriate.

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Our children desperately need more space 

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Our children desperately need more space 

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No amount of redevelopment or reconfiguration of the existing site will provide the current primary school with playing fields and space for the children to properly run around and exercise at break/lunch and P.E.  The classroom are small and cramped and there is no space for things like a computer room, library and music room (these things are currently located in the corridors). We owe it to our children to provide a school that is fit for purpose and provides them with the right environment to learn. I feel the only option to do this is to build a new school on Regatta way or Seven Acres where there would be space to do this.

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Demolition of the existing school building will result in the loss of a designated heritage asset but the public benefits of redeveloping a new school building on the same site will far outweigh this in planning terms (paragraph 195 of the NPPF)

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Demolition of the existing school building will result in the loss of a designated heritage asset but the public benefits of redeveloping a new school building on the same site will far outweigh this in planning terms (paragraph 195 of the NPPF)

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If the primary school really does have to move sites, the proposed site currently floods (in May this year the cricket pitch had standing water on it for several days even with the drainage the club have put in). Therefore flooding will have to be managed in the new build anyway, so why not choose a location at least closer to Ladybay families and further away from the busy A52?

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The school should be located close to the centre of Ladybay to ensure as many children as possible can walk or cycle to school. The proposed site next to the A52 is so far away most parents will end up driving their children to school each day. This will increase traffic in Ladybay, increase pollution and harm children's health.

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The site, central to Lady bay, should remain for community use by all ages. Keep the heart of Lady Bay. If it can't remain as a school then how about an open air Lido, community / wellbeing centre, squash courts, snooker tables or similar...?

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Primary school transition to secondary
Will the school be a feeder to the secondary that will be on the site?
What will be the compacity of both schools?

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I know a family that cant get any place for their 2 children in West Bridgford

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We need a site that will minimize exposure of children to air pollution