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But their latest star former pupil is making a name for himself on the world stage in the green and gold of South Africa.

Stacey said she was unsure if the local primary school could take any more pupils, and that traffic was also definitely busier through the town.

The school has pupils up to the age of 19 but does not receive core funding for its running costs and staffing like the majority of other schools.

If that money had to be taken from existing school budgets, it said it would lead to a 4.9% fall in mainstream school spending per pupil, rather than the 0.5% increase planned by government.

A secondary school in Cheshire has been shut to deep clean the building after high levels of pupil sickness.