New school to replace out-of-date old building

GO-AHEAD TO KNOCK DOWN LARGE RURAL PRIMARY AND REBUILD IT

- By STUART ARNOLD Local democracy reporter

A LARGE rural-based primary school has been given the go-ahead for a new replacement school building.

The Department for Education (DfE) successfully applied for planning permission required on behalf of Skelton Primary School from Redcar and Cleveland Council with the work to be carried out by construction and engineering firm Tilbury Douglas.

The new two-storey, T-shaped building will be built to the south of the current site on school playing fields.

Three existing buildings are due to be demolished with landscaping and car parking provision also part of the scheme.

There will be an increase of eight car parking spaces on top of the 65 already existing on the site in Station Lane, Skelton, according to submitted planning documents.

A total of 54 full-time equivalent staff are based at the school, which has approximately 630 pupils.