Following the Department for Education’s recent announcement of plans for a new Free School in Atherton, Chapel St and the founding governors of Atherton Community School are planning a series of Open Evenings for the local community in the weeks ahead.  Parents, carers and community members are being invited along to hear more about the [...]

The trustees of Chapel St and founding board of governors are delighted to announce that the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, has agreed that the application to open Atherton Community School in September 2012 should move to the next stage. Over the last year, hundreds of local residents and [...]

  Chapel St has recently won a project to work for Healthy Happy Communities in the Mill Hill area of Blackburn. Chapel St will be working with Mill Hill residents, community groups, Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Cornerstone Healthcare to support to a GP practice (the Bentham Road Medical Centre) in the delivery of a [...]

Chapel St is working with a group applying to establish a brand new secondary school in Atherton. We are committed to placing the opinions and ideas of the local community at the heart of the plans. Last year Atherton parents and community members formed a consortium with Chapel St. After consulting with local parents, educationalists [...]