SIGNS have appeared along a field which has been earmarked for the building of the new high school.

The new 600-place school is set to be built on fields off Newtown Road in Worcester between Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the A4440 Nunnery Way roundabout.

At the entrance to the field from Newtown Road, an A4 laminated poster has been displayed with a QR code to scan to access a survey.

The school is still on track to open in 2026 and is expected to reach full capacity by 2030.

In February 2021, plans were approved for the creation of the new school in order to meet the demand for school places.

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The building of the new school was branded ‘controversial’ by one city headteacher, who questioned its need and whether £40 million was a “waste of money.”

Neil Morris, headteacher at Christopher Whitehead Language College in Worcester, called out council bosses for pushing to build a new secondary school before addressing the existing problems in what he called a “broken” system.

He said a decision to push ahead with the multi-million-pound work and build it close to the catchment areas of other ‘struggling’ schools was “controversial” to many of the city’s other headteachers.

“We’re not sure there’s the need, we’re not sure there are the places and it seems a lot of money,” he told councillors at the Guildhall meeting earlier this year.

Worcestershire County Council said there was a definite need for more school places in the city and the plans had been drawn after “extensive” talks and consultation.

The survey is running from Monday, June 12 to Wednesday, July 12 and will gauge responses from the public regarding the planning application.

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Worcestershire County Council will also be hosting a public consultation on Monday, June 12 between 2pm and 7pm where the public can give their views and ask questions about the new school.

This meeting will be held at County Hall and is free to attend.

You can access the survey by visiting www.worcestershire.gov.uk/newsecondaryschool, and for any questions, you can email newsecondaryschool@worcschildrenfirst.org.uk.