Education Centre at the heart of Olympic Village after 2012

Planning permission has now been secured for the centre – known as Chobham Academy – that will provide 1,800 spaces for pupils aged 3-19.

Chobham Academy will include nursery, primary and secondary schools, and a sixth-form with adult learning facilities. It will specialise in performing arts and English with a focus on sporting excellence. There will also be day-care facilities for children from 0-5 years old, located on the school site and fully integrated into the nursery and lower school.

ODA Chief Executive David Higgins said: ‘Chobham Academy will be a world-class development and puts an educational legacy at the heart of our regeneration ambitions for east London. The Olympic Village will create thousands of new homes for Londoners and the Academy will be at the heart of the facilities we are building to serve new and existing communities for generations to come.’

Construction work is due to start on site later this summer with the Academy scheduled to open after the Games in September 2013. During the Games the facility will be used as an operations centre for the Village.

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