The £28.2m St John’s Academy for Vale Academy Trust will be built alongside the already completed primary school in Grove on the Wellington Gate Development, and will be the first all-through school (Nursery to Year 11) in the local area, teaching around 600 pupils.

Bouygues UK will use sustainable, low carbon materials as part of the build, including a cross-laminated timber frame. It will also use an enhanced quality construction approach through consistent off-site manufacturing, to reduce waste and defects.

John Boughton, Bouygues UK’s Managing Director for Wales and the South West, said: “Bouygues UK is dedicated to building low carbon, energy-efficient structures with sustainability at the centre and we’re so pleased to be building St John’s Academy CE.

“Local communities are also at the heart of construction projects like these, and our St John’s Academy CE project will also use locally sourced labour and materials to build a fantastic school for children in Grove.”

Rick Holroyd, Executive Headteacher at St John’s academy said: “‘Our vision for the new academy is that this wonderful new school will sit at the heart of the emerging Wellington Gate community and, will not only offer outstanding educational provision for local secondary students, but will also offer opportunities and services to meet the needs of all family members within the new community.

“We are confident that Bouygues UK will deliver a state-of-the-art building which will meet the educational, social and recreational needs of community members of all ages for many years to come.”