Parents, teachers and pupils are celebrating as exciting new work on rebuilding their school is set to begin.

The long-standing battle to secure funding for a complete rebuild of Marlborough Primary School in Marlborough Hill, Harrow, has resulted in victory and classes are soon to move a short distance away to Harrow’s Civic Centre in Station Road as the construction commences.

Headteacher Julia Drozdowskij said in a newsletter to parents: “I received confirmation that during our rebuild, the whole school will be relocated into the Civic Centre. This will clear our existing site and allow for our current building to be demolished and for the new build to begin. The new school building should be completed by December 2015.”

Plans were approved by the council earlier this year to demolish the school’s buildings in three stages and build a three-storey replacement, however, it was then down to the school and local authority to work with Conservative Education Minister David Laws to see the plans through.

Following a meeting with between the minister, Labour’s Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas and Mrs Drozdowskij in June, it has been confirmed the school will be developed as part of the government’s Priority Schools Building Programme which will deliver a bigger, more modern and fit-for-purpose site.

“This is excellent news for the school,” Mrs Drozdowskij added.

Classes are expected to move to the Civic Centre in September next year.

The alternative option, which would have had children staying on site during the rebuild, would have taken until 2018, but this plan should deliver the school much sooner.

A Harrow Council spokeswoman said: “These plans have been drawn up to ensure that all the children attending Marlborough School can continue to study and learn in a safe and secure environment while the building work is going on.

“We have also worked hard to produce a solution that is cost effective and convenient, and minimises the impact on the wider community, such as on traffic."

The school’s area at the Civic Centre will be fenced off and entirely separate from the rest of the council’s site, with a dedicated entrance being made away from the main road.”

The spokeswoman added: “The school is very supportive of these plans, and is excited about moving to a bigger and better space, while its brand new school is built.”