The Department for Education has promised to help get King James Academy pupils back in the classroom after the school building was damaged by Storm Henk.

The Royston school was closed on Monday (January 8) after last week's storm caused flooding to the main senior site teaching block.

Year 11 students were able to return on Tuesday, but Years 7 to 10 are working at home for the remainder of the week.

North East Herts MP Sir Oliver Heald and county Cllr Fiona Hill visited the school to see the damage, and Sir Oliver contacted Jonathan Duff, regional director of the Department for Education.

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Mr Duff has now confirmed that his team is in contact with the chief executive of the Diamond Learning Trust - of which KJAR is a part - and he is personally making enquiries to see what can be done to get the children back to face-to-face learning.

Sir Oliver said: "I am glad that the regional director Jonathan Duff is personally making enquiries to see what more can be done to get the students back to the classroom.

"I know the county council and the academy trust are also working hard on this."