A year-long £2.5million construction programme to expand Eldwick Primary School in Bingley has been completed .

The work has been carried out by Caddick Construction which has built three extensions, adding around 27,000 sq ft of extra space .The school has also been modified to become a sustainable performing building that can adapt to climate changes.

Andrew Murray, Caddick Construction managing director, said: “A key element of the brief was to develop a carefully phased construction programme to avoid disruption to teaching and to ensure the school could remain operational throughout the works.

“The extensions have been built sustainably with an air tight construction, high performance windows and timber cladding, which will enhance the thermal performance of the building. ”

Existing classrooms, toilets and administration areas have also been refurbished.

Michael Jameson, Bradford Council’s strategic director of children’s services, said: “The expansion project at Eldwick Primary has brought a number of benefits for children and staff. As well as creating three new classrooms to deliver more school places, there is also an additional staircase, a disabled lift, new boilers, roof works and additional car parking. We have been pleased to work closely with Caddick and the school to help ensure these improvements were made with minimal disruption.”

A self-contained single storey classroom building, a new school kitchen and an administration area have also been completed.

Head teacher Janice Kershaw said: “The new space is great for our pupils as well as staff, there’s so much more that we can do now, that we couldn’t before."