St John's Academy

A proposed new Sports Facility for St John’s Marlborough

St John’s Marlborough is a purpose-built secondary school that was completed in November 2009.  The school has a current roll of approximately 1700 students and a Staff (Full and Part Time) of 215. Whilst the original planning permission for the new St John’s Marlborough included an all-weather pitch, this was never completed due to a funding shortfall at the time.

The proposed site remains under-utilised and the Academy is keen to develop this area in a coordinated way.  As part of the planning permission for the mixed use development at Marleburg Grange, money was secured from the housebuilders (Redrow) by the Council through a legal agreement to provide improved facilities for the additional places generated by this new housing.  Whilst the existing classrooms at the School can meet the additional demand arising, the sports facilities cannot meet either the current needs or those arising in the future.

The School is preparing to submit a planning application to develop the following sports facilities:

• provision of a sports hall with changing rooms
• additional toilets
• two outdoor all weather games courts
• outdoor social and recreation space for students to use during the school day.
• Landscaping and planting around the site. 
   

This web site outlines in full, the proposed facilities the School wishes to include in the application.  Just click on Key Information tab above to find out more.

Local residents are invited to read through and ask questions/comment on these proposals through this Consulting You web site, via email or by post.

Details on how to take part in this consultation can be found here