New school will be ‘rebranded’ to distance itself from previous struggles
The new school at the former Alderman Blaxill site in Colchester will be “rebranded” to distance itself from its previous struggles.
Four options for the site, in Paxman Avenue, were presented to residents at an information evening.
The site is set to be demolished next summer and construction work should start in January 2018, with the new school opening in September 2019.
A name has not yet been chosen for the school, but Essex County Council officials at the meeting strongly hinted it would not be called Alderman Blaxill.
The secondary school opened in 1955 and fought off two closure attempts, in the Nineties and in 2008, before finally closing in 2014 due to falling pupil numbers.
