Our students were given a bird’s eye ‘Belle Vue’ when they inspected progress on their brand-new school last week and took part in a traditional ‘topping-out’ ceremony to mark the final phase of its construction.  Students from Co-op Academy Belle Vue joined chiefs from the city council, Co-op, and construction company Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd on the roof of their new school building for the topping out ceremony, which saw them help with the pouring of concrete on top of a traditional good luck evergreen laurel bow, that will remain set within the building’s structure forever.

Students are also celebrating the news that building work is well ahead of schedule, and rather than moving into their new school premises in September 2023, work on the project is now expected to be finished later this year, with pupils able to move in some time in the first half of the next academic year 2022/23. For now, Co-op Academy Belle Vue is operating in temporary premises within Connell College in east Manchester, having opened its doors for the first time to 120 Year 7 students last September 2021.  The co-educational school will continue to admit pupils into Year 7 each successive year until it reaches full capacity with students in each year group by 2025.