Work on new £18 million building for Luton school said to be ‘well underway’

CONSTRUCTION on a new £18 million school building in Luton is said to be ‘well underway’ with the steel frame work now in place.

The state-of-the-art building for Stopsley High School will be finished in under a year ready for the students to move into in October 2016.

It will have specially constructed learning spaces for indoor and outdoor work, a drama studio and performance area along with new classrooms for all subjects.

There will also be new sports facilities including a four-court sports hall and outdoor tennis and netball courts to go along with the all-weather ‘3G’ football pitches at Play Football.

Headteacher Karen Johns said: “We are delighted that the building is progressing well and we are all looking forward to watching it develop.

“The school sees itself at the heart of our community and the facilities at the new school will be open for them to use.

“We plan to give the community a chance to look around and say ‘goodbye’ to the existing building before it is finally demolished in next year.”

Cllr Mahmood Hussain said: “The new school will be larger than the present site and can accommodate more pupils.

“This superb new building is an excellent way to help us tackle the issue of the shortage of school places in Luton.”