PLANS to expand Wilmslow High School, creating 300 new places, have been approved.
Cllr Kathryn Flavell, cabinet member for children and families at Cheshire East Council, signed off the project on Tuesday, April 7.
The scheme is expected to cost £12 million, including more than £3 million from developer contributions.
Cllr Amanda Stott, cabinet member for finance, ICT and communication, will sign off plans to spend the cash at a later stage after CEC previously ringfenced £9 million for the project.
Wilmslow High School, which was rated 'good' by Ofsted last May, has been oversubscribed for the last three years.
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It currently has places for 1,500 students from Year 7 to Year 11.
This project will see that figure rise by 60 per year group from September 2023, taking the total capacity for 11 to 16-year-olds to 1,800.
CEC prefers the expansion to any plans for a new high school in SK9.
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