Top bowler to open new centre

The centre is part of an £8m redevelopment which includes science labs, seven classrooms, a hi-tech learning resource centre, sports hall, dance studio, all-weather pitch and fitness suite.

Animal care & management, dance, horticulture, public services and sport will be taught at the centre which also offers skills development in women’s football, women’s netball, men’s rugby league, men’s football and wheelchair basketball. Plans to introduce cricket at the centre are also underway.

Halifax RLFC will use the Inspire Centre as a training base and, as an educational partner of Calderdale College, players can access fitness testing by sports students using the sports science lab. The pitch and sports hall will be available for use by community organisations in the evenings, weekends and during the school holidays.

The centre was self-financed by Calderdale College with a grant of nearly £1m from the Skills Funding Agency and the building work on the centre was completed in twelve months.