Townsend: primary school and community centre
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Townsend: primary school and community centre
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 8 Jun 2008
Controversially, Bournemouth Borough Council voted, on 3 June 2008, to close Townsend Primary & Nursery School at the end of this term. The decision followed years of underachievement, inadequacy cited in Ofsted reports, and falling rolls. However, the week before the school had come out of "Special Measures" by Ofsted, suggesting that improvement had started to surface. As well as the educational implications, people on the estate are worried about whether the site, once the school has closed, will retain a community function or if it will be sold off.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.751954
Longitude
-1.828568