However, Michel Le Troquer said that the parish was ‘still in the hands’ of the Planning department.

The department is carrying out a public consultation until 19 March, asking people for their views on where a new school should be built.

They suggest various options where the school could be sited, including on the playing field next door to St Martin’s School, at Maufant, on St Martin’s village green or at St Saviour’s Hospital.