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  2. Swindon - Wikipedia

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    The New Swindon Improvement Company, a co-operative, raised the funds for this programme of self-improvement and paid the GWR £40 a year for its new home on a site at the heart of the railway village. It was a groundbreaking organisation that transformed the railway's workforce into some of the country's best-educated manual workers.

  3. Commonweal School - Wikipedia

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    Upon arrival at the school, each student is placed within a house. Houses act as a 'community' for the students, and students compete in inter-house events throughout the year. The house with the most points will be awarded the inter-house shield. Whilst in their final year at Commonweal, students are able to apply to become house officials.

  4. History of Swindon - Wikipedia

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    Eventually covering 320 acres (1.3 km 2), it became the focal point for the creation of New Swindon and the influx of over 10,000 new residents in the next 50 years. "The period was the phenomenal growth of the GWR Works in Swindon where the GWR management concentrated, to a far greater degree than any other reailway company – most of their ...

  5. Nova Hreod Academy - Wikipedia

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    Hreod Burna Senior High School was opened in 1966 for students aged 14 to 18, and had a sixth form. Initially, children were drawn from Moredon Secondary and Ferndale Secondary. The head teacher was Dr Blackwell, who remained at the school until 1984, just after New College opened to provide education for all sixth form students in the region.

  6. Borough of Swindon - Wikipedia

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    The first borough of Swindon was a municipal borough, created in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts of Old Swindon and New Swindon. [2]In 1974 the borough of Thamesdown was created under the Local Government Act 1972.

  7. 'Swindon town centre needs complete reinvention' - AOL

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    Councillor Jim Robbins, leader of the council, said: “Everyone is clear on the diagnosis: Swindon town centre needs complete reinvention. 'Flip the cynicism' “Of course, they are just ambitions.

  8. Lydiard Park Academy - Wikipedia

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    Lydiard Park Academy, formerly known as Greendown Community School, is a mixed sex comprehensive secondary school for students aged between 11 and 18 years in the Grange Park area of Swindon, England. As of December 2022, there were 1271 students enrolled. [1]

  9. Council facing £31m budget shortfall next year - AOL

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    Swindon Borough Council must find £31m in savings in order to balance next year’s budget. Council officers have already identified £12m in cuts, but still face a financial hole of about £19m.