The brand new school is being built by East Sussex County Council with £33m from the Government's Building Schools for the Future programme and £4m from the council's own funds.
Earlier this year the council organised a vision day involving representatives from parents, pupils, teachers, governors and the wider community to get local views on how the new facility should look and work.
Now, following a mini competition, a design team led by Kier Regional has been selected to progress the feasibility and outline design.
The Kier team, including architects Devereux LHC and technical consultants White Young Green, will work with the school and the County Council to develop the options for the school to translate the school's vision into designs.
Cllr Keith Glazier, the County Council's Lead Member for Children's and Adults' services said: “This is another key milestone for the new Bexhill High School. I look forward to working with the Kier team as it will complement the strong team we have already established internally. We now have all the components in place to forge ahead with this extremely exciting project.”
It is expected to develop designs for both the school and associated 14–19 Skills centre at the two sites at Gunters Lane and Down Road over the coming months with the aim to complete the redevelopments by September 2010.
During the process there will be several further consultations with stakeholders, parents, pupils, residents and community groups to develop a design that Bexhill and East Sussex can be proud of.
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