Council confirms Kingshurst school will be rebuilt

SOLIHULL Council has bowed to public pressure and agreed to give the go-ahead to a brand-new building for Yorkswood Primary School.
The ageing premises, which was built in the 1950s, was one of several sites due to be pulled down and rebuilt from scratch as part of the North Solihull Regeneration.
But the local authority had more recently suggested that the improvements would be limited to an extensive refurbishment of the existing building.
In response, parents had pushed hard for the council to honour its original proposal and it has now been confirmed that education chiefs have reverted to the previous plan.
The new development will link with the existing Brambles Nursery and allow for expansion to cater for an increased number of pupils in future.
Executive headteacher Deb Wilson said: “We are delighted that the children at Yorkswood will have access to an exciting new learning environment.”