A NEW partnership from a Redditch school will enable local community groups to make use of its sports and performing arts facilities on evenings, weekends and during school holidays.

Tudor Grange Academy Redditch has joined forces with School Lettings Solutions (SLS) to manage its facilities and provide leisure venues for various activities, such as fitness classes, dance workshops and craft groups.Recent articles

SLS partners with schools, academies and colleges to fully manage their facilities at zero cost to the organisations, while linking them with local community groups in need of affordable space.

The academy will play host to activities, such as sports classes and drama workshops.

Local groups can hire its facilities, which include a sports hall, theatre, drama studio and a gymnasium, for regular classes or ad hoc events.

It is hoped the partnership will open up new opportunities to the academy’s students, as well as people of all ages from the local area.

Steven Groutage, associate principal at Tudor Grange Academy, said: “We’re really excited to be opening up the academy to the wider community.

"We’re proud of the facilities we offer our students, such as our drama studio and gymnasium, and it makes sense to us that they are available to use during evenings and weekends as well.

“We’ve already got some great partners signed up to use our facilities, and we’re looking forward to getting more on board. This can only be a positive thing for our students and people in the area.”

Jackie Latu, from SLS, said: “There is huge potential to provide more places like this for people of all ages to come together, which will be really positive for the area. At the same time, our partnerships provide a new stream of income for schools as their budgets come under more and more pressure.”

For more information or to book facilities at Tudor Grange, go to tgaredditch.schoolbookings.co.uk.