Timetable set for tearing down Alderman Blaxill school and starting state-of-the-art new build
Bulldozers are set to move in to demolish the former Alderman Blaxill School in Colchester in a matter of months.
Essex County Council has announced the timetable for tearing down the former school and building a new 900-place school.
The demolition will begin in September with construction on the new school due to begin February 2018.
The new school is due to open in September 2019
The outline business plan has been approved and the work will go ahead once planning permission is approved.