Policy information sourced from the Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031

20: Education and Skills

a. The council will provide or support the provision of facilities to meet the accommodation needs for additional primary, secondary and special school places to serve the general increase in population across the borough.

b. The council has allocated the following site as a primary school:

  • Land north of BedZED, Hackbridge (Site Allocation S3).

Furthermore, the council has safeguarded the following two sites for additional primary school provision:

  • The Secombe Theatre and adjacent church, Sutton (Site Allocation STC10).
  • The Sutton West Centre, Sutton (Site Allocation STC4).

However, if a more suitable brownfield or greenfield site becomes available before these sites are required, the council may promote the site ahead of the safeguarded sites.

c. The council has allocated the following sites as a secondary school:

  • Land at Sutton Hospital (Site Allocation LCH1).
  • The All-Weather Pitch or Part of the All-Weather Pitch and Part of the Tennis Centre at Rosehill Recreation Ground (Site Allocation S98).

The council will keep the need for secondary school places under review and may search for a third site during the plan period if required.

d. The council has allocated a site at Sheen Way Playing Fields, Wallington for a Special Educational Needs school in the long term to 2025 (Site Allocation S97).

e. The council will support adult learning and further / higher education providers in the borough and will balance their requirements with those of other sectors and the local community. In assessing applications for further and higher education uses, the council will ensure that such developments are sensitive to their surroundings, take into account the impact on the mix of uses in the area, be in areas of good public transport accessibility and seek to protect residential uses and the local environment.

For more information please see the Local Plan 2016-2031