Work on the new much-delayed school at Oakley Grove will begin today (12 December).

The all-through school is set to open in September 2024, with the first cohort of Year 7 students starting in 2023 having to study at a new building at Myton School for their first year.

The school will cost Warwickshire County Council £56 million to build - and councillors have already raised concerns over the rising costs of the project.

The funding to build the school was approved to meet the need for over 1,000 additional school places in the area with 4,500 homes being built at the Oakley Grove Housing Estate.

It was recently confirmed that the new school will be run by Stowe Valley Multi-Academy Trust which already has nine schools under its umbrella.

The ultimate aim is for the new school to meet local need by providing 50 early years places, 420 primary school places, 900 secondary places and further SEND provision across both age ranges.

Cllr Kam Kaur, Warwickshire's portfolio holder for education, said: "The all-through school at Oakley Grove demonstrates a huge commitment by the county council to education in that area and to meeting the massive increase in need for school places that we will soon be seeing.

"This all-through, state-of-the-art facility promises to meet the expectations of that commitment. I am delighted that work will be starting on Monday to begin making this ambitious vision a reality.

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"I'm also excited that the new school will be under the stewardship of the Stowe Valley MAT which has shown that it can deliver outstanding results for children across the age spectrum.

"The vison that the trust has for the children, where exceptional education will be delivered at the heart of the community is very impressive. This shares our ethos and I am confident that the trust, the school and the county council will work together to make sure that all children at the school have the very best opportunities possible."