Hundreds of families remain in limbo after a Somerset school building was condemned - meaning many of its students do not know when they will be able to return to the classroom.

Haygrove School in Bridgwater was ordered to close its building by the Department for Education earlier this month.

The site, which was only built in 2020, was deemed unsafe and must now be wrapped entirely in scaffolding.

A five-metre exclusion zone is also being set up around the building.

The school has now revealed plans to reopen to some students in the next few weeks, operating extended school days over a four-day week.

While Year 11 students will return to the Haygrove School site, Year 10 pupils will be taught at an alternative site.

The Bridgwater school is one of three across the country to have closed under similar circumstances.

They were all built by the same contractor Caledonian Modular, which has since gone bust.

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