The replacement School for St John’s Catholic Primary will be starting on site in September 2008 with a planned completion date of late 2009.  The new 315 place school will be built alongside St Alphege’s Church and close to the existing school annexe site in Oldfield Lane, Oldfield Park.  The new buildings have been designed to fit in with the existing Church and its surroundings and uses natural Bath Stone Walling and slate roofs to its road frontage.  The internal layout is designed to make best use of the site available.  Classrooms are grouped in year pairs with shared resources and look out over south facing, secure play areas.  The new building will incorporate a number of sustainable elements such as a photovoltaic roof generating electricity and a rainwater harvesting system which will recycle rainwater for use within the building.  As part of the project the existing St John’s Infant School buildings and the existing Church Hall will be demolished and replaced by a new Church Hall and astro turf pitches.  This final phase of the school redevelopment is planned to be completed in early 2010.