CONSTRUCTION work is underway on the multi-million pound rebuild of Ridgeway High School in Noctorum.

It was one of three Wirral schools that secured funding for redevelopment after the council submitted a bid to the Government's Priority Schools Building Programme in 2012.

Work on its £12m rebuild scheme is due to end in early 2018.

Originally built in the 1970s, the school was extended in the 1990s.

Its existing buildings are being replaced with a new three-storey teaching building and a new single-storey sports hall which will be used by the school and local community.

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Artist's impression of how Ridgeway School will look

Cllr Tony Smith, Wirral's cabinet member for children and lifelong learning, said: "Ridgeway is one of 260 schools in urgent need of repair that are being rebuilt or refurbished under the national Priority School's building programme.

"This ambitious scheme will help the Wirral Partnership meet its 2020 pledges towards supporting academic achievement in Wirral by providing students, staff and the local community with cutting-edge facilities and technology to support students' learning."

The school is one of 12 being rebuilt by the construction firm Morgan Sindall. 

The firm's contracts manager Richard Potts, said: “Starting on site is a key milestone in any project and it is great to get underway at Ridgeway.

"We have delivered many new school buildings around the region and we are sure that the local community will be very proud of the new school which will emerge over the coming months.”