A Worcester special school is set to undergo a £4.5 million revamp.

Worcestershire County Council's property services is set to transform Regency High School in Worcester with a multi-million project later this year.

Headteacher Frank Steel said: "We are really excited about the plans. They will enhance the facilities we have here and help us to provide top class accommodation."

Work on extending the school, formerly Rose Hill School, Warndon, is set to get under way in May this year.

The project will involve the creation of a two-storey block, including nine classrooms, an art room and a science laboratory. A single-storey hydrotherapy pool will also be created and there will refurbishment work to form a changing area and music room.

There will be a single-storey sports hall and refurbishment of an adjoining classroom into a changing area.

A single-storey classroom is being extended and the admin area and playground being refurbished and entrance being improved. The school caters for children with physical, sensory and learning difficulties and was opened in September following the controversial reorganisation of the city's special schools.

Malcolm Williams, Worcestershire County Council's head of property services, said: "Our architects are working closely with the head of the school and colleagues in children's services to make sure we provide the right environment for teaching and learning to meet the needs of the pupils."

Work on the Windermere Drive school, which is being funded by the county council as part of the South Worcestershire Special Schools Review, is set to be completed in September next year. Plans for Fort Royal Community Primary School, Worcester's primary special school, were unveiled earlier this month. Work there will cost about £4.3 million and involves a number of improvements.

Building work at both schools was originally due to have been completed ready for the 2007 openings, but was delayed by two years after to a catalogue of errors.

The scheme also caused outrage last year when it was revealed costs had risen from £5 million to £10-11 million.