Leicester Forest East The school will eventually provide 210 places with the potential to expand as demand increases over the next few years. The Discovery Schools Academy Trust has been selected to sponsor the school. The school has extensive parking for staff, parents, visitors and local residents. Most people know Leicester Forest East for the Leicester Forest East motorway service station on the M1 motorway, which opened on 14 February 1966 just over a year after the motorway reached Markfield. It was based on an Italian design used on the "autostrade" which is very unusual in Britain. At the time of opening it
Motorway service area M40 junction 2 respectively. In 1992, the system was changed so that the developer became responsible for choosing the site of a motorway service area, and consequently junction sites became the preferred option as they are cheaper to construct, as well as being accessible to traffic travelling in several directions. Following a public consultation in 2007/8, the Department for Transport/Highways Agency announced that new services should be located at "on-line" sites, unless a junction site is the only possibility. The siting of motorway service areas can be contentious, leading to protracted public inquiries, and often vociferous local campaigns against proposed