On 23rd March after consultation between the Department for Education and the Harpenden Secondary Education Trust it was announced that delivery of a temporary school within the sports hall on the permanent site is no longer possible within the timescales available, and the opening date will be rescheduled.
Harpenden Secondary School Trust have said that it is now their intention to have a completed, newly built school ready for September 2019.
Herts County Council have said that they will now work with other schools to see if additional places can be made available for September 2018, and parents shoudl remain on the Continued Interest Lists.