Pupils Make Their Mark

Students from Parklands High School made their mark at their new school, when they took part in a ceremonial beam signing at the new Manchester Enterprise Academy (MEA).

Building work is well underway on the site of the brand new £19m MEA on Simonsway and to celebrate progress to date, a number of students, along with Principal Designate Marie Quayle and Councillor Sheila Newman, Manchester City Council’s Executive Member for Children’s Services, signed and dated one of the beams at the new building.

The Academy, which is one of seven across the city and one of the first to open, will provide 750 places for 11-16 year olds and post 16 provision for 120 students from 2010.

It will open in September 2009 and be based in the existing Parklands High School buildings for its first year, before moving into brand new purpose built facilities on the same site in September 2010.

Sponsored by Manchester Airport with co-sponsorship from Willow Park Housing Trust, Manchester City Council and The Manchester College,
MEA will be a totally new way of educating young people to meet the learning needs of the city’s businesses.

Marie Quayle, Principal Designate of MEA says: “The beam signing ceremony is another milestone bringing us closer to the opening of what will be a wonderful resource, not only for the students, but for parents and the community of Wythenshawe as a whole. “