Renovation
Recently, the school has been renovated to fit the large number of pupils in the school. A new year five block with state-of-the-art interactive whiteboards in each classroom has been built and was opened by the former Foreign Secretary, David Miliband. These boards have now been fitted into nearly every classroom in the school. The front of the school has been rebuilt with a new main office, a head teacher's room and a meeting room. Two special needs rooms have been also built to help with the number of pupils on the special needs register. This is all to bring the school from its 1970s style into the 21st Century. "Planning Application". North Tyneside Council. 2008. http://publicaccess.northtyneside.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?keyval=JUQUFVBHEC000&searchtype=PROPERTY&module=.
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