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Pupil leaves lasting legacy in Northampton

An eight-year-old has won a leading UK housebuilder’s competition to name a new housing development in Northampton.

Persimmon Homes Midlands is preparing to start work on more than 600 new homes on land off Boughton Green Road in the town, with the Northampton-based business looking to involve the local community in the naming of its site.

More than 50 children from All Saints CEVA Primary School used their creativity to get involved – and the eventual winner was Maisie Douglas who came up with ‘Scholars Green’.

School pupils were tasked with basing their name ideas around the theme of education, to pay homage to the site’s former home, the University of Northampton. Maisie received £100 worth of vouchers for her efforts.

Claire Dearsley, head of sales for Persimmon Homes Midlands, said: “We love to work alongside the communities in which we build, so we were thrilled when All Saints CEVA Primary School helped name our new site.

“Our only condition was that the name had to be based around education, so Scholars Green was a natural choice for our new development of two, three and four bedroom homes.

“We received a range of fantastic suggestions from the pupils and it was a very difficult choice to pick the eventual winner, but we hope Maisie enjoys her prize of £100 vouchers and being able to see her Scholars Green name brought to life.”

Claire Dunstan, headteacher at All Saints CEVA Primary School, said: “Maisie was absolutely thrilled that her name was chosen. We encourage our pupils to take an active interest in their neighbourhood and this seemed like a brilliant project to do just that.

“The children had great fun in thinking up names for the development, and they are so excited to see Persimmon put up their new signage boards. It will be very rewarding to know they have played their part in the history of Northampton.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ross Watson .