BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE

Plans are in place for the replacement or remodelling of Crown Hills Community College, City of Leicester College and St Paul's School and work will proceed as soon as the government grants the necessary approvals.

The first two projects in the next phase are Crown Hills and City of Leicester which will both be completely new schools built on their present sites. Building work is expected to start in December this year and should be completed by the summer of 2013. The estimated costs are £22.7m for Crown Hills and £29.8m for City of Leicester. The future of St Pauls on its current site has been secured with the purchase of the playing fields. It is proposed to remodel this school at an estimated cost of £13.7m and work should start on site in the summer of 2011 and be completed in autumn 2013.

Further information on Leicester's Secondary school building programme is available at www.leicester.gov.uk/bsf

John Garratt, Building Schools for the Future Programme Director Leicester City Council