Calls for derelict school site to be used as recreational space

THE empty site of a former Gedling school is under the spotlight for potential redevelopment and some locals say they want a new community space.

- By LAUREN MONAGHAN

Sherwood E-ACT Academy, off Wollaton Avenue, Gedling, closed in 2016 and the site has remained vacant and overgrown for several years following works to demolish the school buildings in 2019.

A multi-use games area, which includes a basketball court and goal posts, was part of the academy but was closed to the public in 2019.

Campaigners fought to reopen the games area around 2021 on the basis there were not any similar facilities nearby for teenagers. At the time, there were hopeful discussions between Gedling borough councillors and Nottinghamshire County Council, which owns the land. These did not come to fruition and the wider site has remained formally unused and undeveloped since.