A SCHOOL in South Gloucestershire is now together on a single site after a multi-million pound redevelopment that has taken place throughout the year.

Watermore Primary School was set across two different sites before they secured funding from South Gloucestershire Council that would see a new building developed for all staff and pupils.

The project, which has brought the school together on the Lower Stone Close site, has cost around £7 million.

The project is not yet fully complete but pupils are now able to use the new buildings, with the final phases now underway.

This will see the redundant buildings next to the new build demolished and replaced with new outdoor spaces, including a Multi-Use Games Area, recreation and wildlife areas.

Watermore caters for a number of children with hearing impairments and other special needs and the new building has been designed so that classrooms and halls have a soft, less echoing environment.

As the surrounding community continues to grow, the new school is moving to a two-form entry, increasing the number of primary places available to local families from 210 to 420.

Janet Hoyle, head teacher at Watermore Primary School, said: “We are delighted to be in our new building. It is such a beautiful, calm environment.

“The flexibilities built into the design should enable to the school to evolve and develop over coming decades, to provide high quality opportunities in an ever-changing educational world.

“Children and staff love our new building, and we are delighted to have welcomed so many visitors to see it.”

Leader of South Gloucestershire Council, Toby Savage, visited the new school this month to see first-hand how pupils and staff are settling into their new surroundings.

He said: “A good learning and teaching environment is crucial to both pupils and staff and having seen the new facilities for myself I have no doubt that hundreds of local children will get the very best opportunity to start their schooling here for years to come.”