A Worthing school will find out in September whether it will get the go-ahead from West Sussex County Council to open a sixth-form.
St Oscar Romero Catholic School, in Goring Street, recently held a four-week consultation into the plans.
Once the responses have been assessed, it will be down to Lucy Butler, the council’s director of children, young people & learning, to give the scheme the thumbs-up.
The school, which was rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in May, which is over-subscribed, has a waiting list for all year groups and currently caters for 929 youngsters aged 11 to 16.
It aims to add a sixth-form for 100 students from September 2024, with another intake of 100 in September 2025.
This will require a new building.
The school’s proposal document said:
"It is clear that additional accommodation will be required including a new sixth-form building.
"This will include six additional classrooms, a common room and study area, kitchen and toilets."
The estimated cost of the new building will be £2million.
St Oscar’s, which is self-funding, has already managed to save up £1.2million and will be making a bid for further funding.
As for where the new block will be built, the proposal document said:
"A number of possible locations have been identified and the school is working on current designs."