The new teaching block at Wexham School in Berkshire has been officially opened.

Mayor of Slough Cllr Avtar Kaur Cheema was on hand to open the development, joining Headteacher Lawrence Smith and Leader of Slough Borough Council, Councillor James Swindlehurst, to tour the new facilities.

The Wexham School expansion includes the new 3,000 square metre three storey Woodside Building that houses 29 new classrooms for English, Special Educational Needs (SEN), Humanities and Languages, three of which have dedicated ICT facilities. The Woodside Building also provides staff workrooms, group rooms, a new student reception and welfare facilities, a new library and a sixth form study centre. The project also provided for remodelling works to the school's old library facilities to create two new science laboratories and the demolition of an end of life Fowler Building to create additional hard and soft landscaping for the school.

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The project was undertaken by Slough Urban Renewal (SUR), a partnership between Slough Borough Council and Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd which is driving regeneration across the town including in leisure, housing, community and school buildings.

Councillor James Swindlehurst, leader of the council, added: "The Woodside Building at Wexham School is part of the 27 million pounds we have invested in school estate in Slough in the last 18 months. We have been delighted to work with Lawrence, and Slough Urban Renewal has delivered fantastic quality, and the scale and excellent design of this building is testament to the hard work of everyone involved. Thank you to everyone in the school for their involvement, it has been a joy to see it evolve, and what a pleasure to be here at the opening today."

The work at Wexham School is part of the council's ambitious school places programme – a multi-million pound investment in primary and secondary school buildings, extensions and new schools – to provide enough places for Slough's current and future young people.