A school in Wokingham is set to welcome more pupils after receiving approval to create a new sixth form centre.
The Emmbrook School currently has a capacity for 1,198 pupils and 126 staff members, but under the plans it will be able to accept an additional 210 students and 22 staff members, taking the roll to 1,408 and 148 respectively.
The sixth form centre, which was approved at a Wokingham Borough Council planning committee meeting on Wednesday, March 8, will be two storeys tall, and free up space on the campus, allowing for the increase in numbers.
Of the 210 additional students, 60 will be sixth formers, comprising 30 students for each year group.
To enable the centre to be created, an existing administration block will be demolished, and new facilities will be created in an extension to the main school building.
Both buildings will be wheelchair-accessible using ramps.
Speaking at the meeting, headteacher Nick Sweeney said: “The plans give us much-needed teaching space to take the additional students, but also dependent study space so that our older students can develop those independent learning skills that they would need for university and apprenticeships.”
