Dorset County Council's Cabinet has given the go-ahead to a further #2.2 million from its capital programme to fund a new dining hall at Lytchett Minster School.

Dorset County Council's Cabinet members have agreed to have a new design drawn up for a teaching block at Lytchett Minster School.

Dorset County Council's watchdog Audit and Scrutiny Committee has held a special meeting at Lytchett Minster School to examine why three designs to replace classrooms destroyed by fire in June 2000 had failed to be implemented.

The Audit & Scrutiny Committee held a call to account at Lytchett Minster School on 9 November.

There's good news at last for the staff, parents and children of Lytchett Minster School. At Dorset County Council's Cabinet meeting on 6 December, councillors confirmed that they will move a new design along as fast as possible to get work started in 2006 on a new #10.9 million teaching block at the school.

Lytchett Minster School is another step closer to a new teaching block today as Dorset County Council Cabinet members agreed to submit its design for planning approval.

Work is continuing to finalise the plans for Lytchett Minster School's new teaching block, following a public exhibition of the proposed design.

Work will finally start on the new teaching block at Lytchett Minster School during the summer holidays.