A grammar school is planning to tear down temporary classrooms and replace them with four new ones as part of proposals to combat a lack of permanent accommodation.

Plans for Newport Girls High School, in Wellington Road, Newport, also include building a multi-purpose sports hall and assembly room, toilets and changing facilities to complement the 1920s buildings.

The scheme would also see substantial upgrades to the heating and lighting systems in a bid to improve the school’s energy efficiency.

Despite the extension proposals, there are no plans to increase the numbers of pupils at the school, which is currently about 420.

The plans, which aim to resolve “on-going problems caused by the lack of permanent accommodation”, have been submitted to Telford & Wrekin Council.

A planning statement to the council says: “The primary purpose of the submitted scheme is to increase the main school’s available permanent floor area by approximately 765 sq m.

“The proposed construction work will replace four classrooms and a teacher work space, and will also provide a new, multi-purpose assembly/sports hall.

“There will be no resultant increase in the school population.”

The new buildings will be designed to be sympathetic to the 1920s Queen Anne-style architecture of the original building.

By Paul Mannion