PLANS have been submitted to rebuild three Wyre Forest secondary schools, along with their associated feeder primary schools.

The outline plans have been submitted to Wyre Forest District Council.

Permission is being sought for the redevelopment of Baxter College, the replacement of St John’s CE Primary School and the co-location of a new generic special school for 220 pupils.

Approval is also sought for the rebuilding of King Charles I School and Comberton Primary School, with the demolition of all buildings except the children’s centre and the arts block.

A third application submits plans for the rebuilding of Stourport High School and VIth Form Centre, together with Burlish Park Primary School.

The scheme forms part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to rebuild or remodel every state secondary school in England.

Worcestershire County Council has identified five Wyre Forest schools for the £135 million first wave of the Worcestershire programme.

Plans have yet to be submitted for Wolverley CE Secondary School but proposals for the extension, refurbishment and modernisation of The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre have already been received by the district council.

Baxter College, St John’s CE Primary School and the new special school would be grouped into one building complex, based around “a hub and spoke” principle.

The overall building complex would comprise between 17,700 metres squared of floorspace set over one to two storeys.

There would be nine grass pitches, one hard court and an area of public open space.

Replacements would also be provided for the demolished Scout hut and the playing fields off Habberley Road.

The location for access and exit for all schools would probably continue to be from Habberley Road, although in new locations.

Stourport High School and VIth Form Centre would be relocated into one building complex, consisting of about 11,797 metres squared of floorspace, set over one to two storeys.

The primary school would be rebuilt in a new location to the north-west of the site.

Sports facilities would consist of six grass pitches, one all-weather pitch, a multi-use games area (MUGA) and areas of hard play marked out for games.

The primary vehicle access to the High School and Sixth VIth Centre would be from Kingsway while the primary school would be accessed from Coniston Crescent, using existing entrance points.

A total of 200 parking spaces would serve the secondary school, in addition to 40 spaces for the primary school.

The new building replacing King Charles I School would comprise about 11,700 metres squared of floorspace, set over one to three storeys.

There would be a provision for sport, including six grass pitches, a new all-weather pitch and one hard court.

A rebuilt Comberton Primary School would be located next to the existing children’s centre and would comprise about 2,300 metres squared of floorspace over two storeys.

The design of the new school complex would be organised around a central street, linking together all the different parts of the school and providing a special focus.

A county council spokesman said: “The first building work on the BSF project is planned to start in the later part of 2011.”