School to reopen in autumn term

A HIGH school that was forced to close due to safety issues in February will reopen in the autumn.

- JAMES ROBINSON

Investigations at Prudhoe Community High School in Northumberland have now been completed and it is possible students could return in September although this has been described as a “best case scenario”.

The school, which is less than ten years old, was forced to shut its doors when cracks were discovered in the structure. Since then, youngsters have been educated 16 miles away at the Washington Campus of Sunderland College.

Alice Witherow, chief executive of the Cheviot Learning Trust academy chain that runs the school, issued a statement that said: “As a relatively new school, the building is under warranty and the original builders, as part of their contract, have the right to repair the building under that warranty.