Report on school nears completion

INVESTIGATIONS into damage that forced the closure of a Northumberland high school are said to be nearing completion.

- JAMES ROBINSON Local Democracy Reporter

Engineers are working to determine the cause of cracks that appeared in the structure of Prudhoe High School in February.

The building, which only opened in 2016, has been closed for almost four months, with pupils currently educated at the Sunderland College campus in Washington 16 miles away.

The Cheviot Learning Trust academy chain that runs the school has said the completion of the investigations will allow plans to be formulated for the repair of the school.