English Martyrs Catholic Voluntary Academy in Oakham gets go-ahead to build new classroom

A primary school has been given the green light to build a new classroom which is set to help boost its admission numbers.

A development for a classroom at English Martyrs Catholic Voluntary Academy in Oakham will begin at the school during its summer holidays and is due to be completed before the end of the year.

Head teacher, Alison Chambers, said: “This will mean we can have single year groups across the school and slightly increase our planned admission numbers to allow our amazing school community to grow whilst still retaining class sizes under 30 at the moment.

“We will keep our school and local community updated with progress of the build as things start to develop and hopefully new parents thinking of joining our school next academic year will be able to see the work in progress at our open days in October.”

The school, which is part of the St Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, currently has 144 pupils enrolled.