SIR - In reply to Mike Foster's recent letter, I would like to remind everyone that it was his party that used a pre-election bribe to hoodwink the electorate in Worcester with the promise of £12m for redevelopment of the current site - only to retract the offer after the General Election. Until recently, he has been telling us that the school must be rebuilt on the existing site only to stab the community of St John's in the back by changing his mind. People here are furious.

Its strange that he is telling us now that the school will cost £10m more to build on the current site. Frankly, he can bandy about any figures he likes, but we don't believe him or the county council as we have been deceived before. Perhaps Tesco's creative accountants are doing the sums on behalf of the county nowadays.

I would also like to remind everyone that if the school was moved to Earls Court Farm it will cause major logistical problems for the mostly working parents with regard to getting their children to and from it. Those we have spoken to and received feedback from have voiced their own serious concerns and indicated that they would drive their children there, which will cause more traffic chaos and in turn more pollution. The children will be at greater risk of having an accident if they should have the greater distance to walk to a new school at Earls Court Farm because it will be much further than existing buildings.

The Government's own statistics tell us that 10-15 year-olds are the most likely at risk from being involved in a road traffic accident on the way to school. They also tell us (as does the county council) that their stated policy is that children walk to school, and 75 per cent of children currently walk to the present school site. Therefore it makes no sense whatsoever to move the school away from its current position within walking distance of our homes in the heart of St John's. The county council has been spending millions of pounds of taxpayers money - our money - around the county constructing so called 'safer routes to school' which incorporate cycle paths to encourage children to walk and cycle to school. The fact is that very few students actually use them.

BILL DAVISON,

Spokesman for CHRISS.