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Worcestershire County Council would like to hear your views about a new secondary school for Worcester.

In February this year Worcestershire County Council Cabinet approved the creation of a new 600 place secondary school, in Worcester, to meet the increased demand for school places.

Making sure children across the county have access to good quality education is a long-term priority for the Council and they would like to hear from a range of stakeholders about what matters most in the delivery of a new school.

The location of the site of any new school will consider several factors including reducing pressure from oversubscribed schools and helping parents to fulfil their preference in choice of secondary school for their children.

The school will be delivered by Worcestershire County Council and run by an Academy Sponsor. The process to appoint the Academy Sponsor will run in the Autumn Term of 2021 and will follow the Department for Education (DfE) Free School Presumption Process.

Your responses to the survey will help the Council to shape the school design specification and outline in detail what is expected from an Academy in applying to run this school.

The survey runs from 11 May to 11 June and you can submit your response online at www.worcestershire.gov.uk/newsecondaryschool. If you require a paper copy of the questionnaire, please email 

Warndon Parish Council has recently been advised of a proposal to install a new FTTP fibre broadband cabinet at the entrance of Hoskyns Avenue, beside the southern pavement near the junction with Woodgreen Drive. Please see images of location and approximate size.

This is not a typical “pre-planning application” consultation; the installer plans to apply for a “street works permit” end May. The installer wishes to avoid complications, arising from unforeseen issues, by consulting local stakeholders. Technically, they do not need consent from the Parish Council or local residents, but they want to avoid any costs or delays that could be prevented via a pre-start consultation with local stakeholders. Feedback from us by 24^th May is desired.

This proposed cabinet is part of the Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) rollout, which will bring much faster broadband speed to residents. Residents will then have alternatives to BT for fast broadband (typically 3 additional Internet Service Providers: including the likes of Vodafone, Plusnet and TalkTalk).

This main cabinet will feed a network of 500-home sub-cabinets (details of these to follow) serving 5000 homes in total, most of which will be in Warndon Parish. It should be operational by Sept 2021. Additional main cabinet sites are planned for end 2021 in London Road (by Waitrose), Newtown Road and near Homestead Avenue. The installer advises that significant effort has been made to determine the most efficient cabinet locations and that less digging will be required to install network to homes than in past years, as they can now make use of existing BT Openreach infrastructure, rather than having to overbuild.

The default colour for these cabinets is grey (RAL 7038) but a dark green colour may be possible if that would not cause technical problems such as overheating in summer. One colour only (not two-tone) is offered.

If you know of a compelling reason why this main cabinet should not be installed here, outweighing the advantages of greater choice of faster broadband internet access for the Parish, please contact Warndon Parish Council https://warndonparishcouncil.org/contact-us advising your reasons.

We now have a vacancy for a Clerk & RFO, working flexibly around 60 hours monthly. You will be home based but must be prepared to attend evening meetings at least twice monthly, generally including the first Monday.

The major focus of the role is providing comprehensive administrative support for our eight Councillors and their committees, including liaison with residents and with both City and County Councils who provide the majority of our services to residents. As the Responsible Financial Officer, you will manage all the administration of the Parish Council’s finances and financial records, including liaising with the independent auditors. You will also run the Council’s website.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; the ability to understand and interpret local government law; financial accounting experience; plus a willingness to develop the role – our Parish Council has ambitions to increase its engagement with residents. Experience of servicing committees is essential and facility in Microsoft Office (ideally including TEAMS data management) is desirable.

Ideally you will hold the CiLCA qualification or be prepared to work towards achieving that; starting salary will depend on qualifications and relevant experience, in the range  LC2 SCP 24 – 28 £28,672 – £32,234, pro rata.

Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a formal application form, including details of referees, although these will only be contacted after an offer of employment has been made and accepted. These candidates will also be given the opportunity of asking questions by telephone.

Applicants will be invited to attend a panel interview in the week commencing 24^th May and the successful candidate will be invited to attend the full Parish Council meeting on Monday 7^th June, ideally taking up the appointment by 1^st July.

To apply, please send the current Clerk your CV with a covering letter explaining why this appointment interests you and what you believe you can contribute to the smooth working of the Parish Council; the closing date for applications is 6pm on Friday 7th May.

Please send your CV and covering letter to .  We look forward to hearing from you !

Further particulars are attached.

Further information about the Parish Council can be found on the About & Around section of the website.