The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Lend Lease released new images of a world-class education campus to be built within the Olympic Village.

Planning permission has now been secured for the development which includes state-of-the-art facilities for pupils and the wider local community.

The Olympic Village, which lies adjacent to the Olympic Park and Stratford City sites, will accommodate athletes during the 2012 Games and will leave the legacy of thousands of new homes, parks, and community facilities after 2012. At the heart of the community facilities to be left in legacy will be Chobham Academy - a world-class new education campus. The Academy is scheduled to open in September 2013.

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ODA Chief Executive David Higgins said: "Chobham Academy will be a world-class development and puts an educational legacy at the heart of our regeneration ambitions for east London. The Olympic Village will create thousands of new homes for Londoners and the Academy will be at the heart of the new facilities we are building to serve new and existing communities for generations to come."

Chobham Academy is being developed by Lend Lease and the ODA in partnership with the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the London Borough of Newham, and the Learning & Skills Council London East. The Academy will be part of the Government's National Academy Programme and will be run by a not-for-profit Registered Charitable Trust. The Academy will be revenue funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Planning permission for Chobham Academy has now been secured and construction work is due to start on site later this summer. The Academy will be built at the north-eastern end of the Village site and will initially be used during the 2012 Games as the main Village operations centre including team management, communications and Village operations. After the Games, the Academy is scheduled to open for the school term in September 2013.

(CD/JM)