Ground Breaking!
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Construction of The High School Leckhampton underway
On Wednesday 22nd September our Headteacher, Dominic Burke along with Councillor Patrick Molyneux (Cabinet Member for Economy, Education and Skills) officially ‘broke the ground’ on The High School Leckhampton, a brand new state of the art comprehensive school which will open next year.
Mr Burke represented Balcarras and said afterwards: “It is very exciting that work is getting underway. We are looking forward to seeing the building that we have worked so hard to plan become a reality.”
Kier Construction now begin their work with handover planned for April 2022. In the first year The High School will be based at Balcarras in a purpose built building.
For GCC’s press release including some videos see this link: