Headteachers in Bath have told civic leaders to make sure that a proposed £25 million engineering and design school, which is being funded by Sir James Dyson, is built in their area.
Sir James, who designed his world famous vacuum cleaner in Bathford, wants the scheme to go ahead in Bath but has encountered numerous problems with the project since announcing it three years ago, reports the Bath Chronicle.
A letter, written and signed by 11 local secondary school headteachers, has urged council leaders not to let issues of heritage come before the future of local children.
The letter said: "All those considering the future for Bath and our area need to recognise the needs and hopes of young people too and, from our perspective, the education and achievement of young people are of no less importance to the future than the buildings and look of the city."
Sir James Dyson opened a research factory in Wiltshire in 1993, out of which came the first vacuum cleaner to give constant suction.
