Fresh fears over new Leeds school's future as campaigners launch petition

By The Newsroom
Published 26th Sep 2017, 17:59 BST
Updated 3rd Oct 2017, 15:26 BST
The Fair Access group demonstrating at Leeds Civic Hall in 2015; they have threatened to go back to campaigning if progress is not made.The Fair Access group demonstrating at Leeds Civic Hall in 2015; they have threatened to go back to campaigning if progress is not made.
The Fair Access group demonstrating at Leeds Civic Hall in 2015; they have threatened to go back to campaigning if progress is not made.
Parents fighting for a new primary to tackle a places 'black hole' in Yorkshire's biggest city have vowed to continue their battle amid fresh fears the free school will be scrapped.

Campaigners in North Leeds have revealed they are launching a petition this week, calling on the education secretary Justine Greening to step in and help secure land to allow the long-running project to move forward.

It comes in the month Roundhay Park Primary School was set to open. Ministers gave it the go-ahead last year, but there have been issues with the preferred location.

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A spokesperson for the newly-renamed North Leeds Primary School Crisis Action Group said: “Parents whose children are due to start school in 2018 and 2019 have become very agitated and nervous about where their children will be placed.