A YORK company has built an emergency school in just 11 weeks to replace an academy closed as a result of the Grenfell Tower disaster in London.

The five blocks of temporary structures, being built by Portakabin, will house students of Kensington Aldridge Academy, a school that was at the foot of the tower, which has been shut since the devastating fire in June.

A spokesperson for Portakabin in York said: “Portakabin is playing a leading role in helping Kensington Aldridge Academy (KAA) relocate and reopen in time for the coming school year.

“We are proud that our buildings, manufactured here in York, will provide a high quality temporary school for 960 pupils within an extremely challenging timeframe.

“After only 11 weeks on site, over 200 modules have been installed and our aim is to start to handover these buildings from Monday, September 18.

“Portakabin was appointed to deliver the new school buildings because of its expertise in modular construction and experience in delivering similar large scale projects to a tight timescale.

“Our project team has been working closely with the principal of KAA, David Benson, the school’s staff, pupils and parents – as well as nearby residents - to ensure the temporary site serves the needs of the school and the local community.

“The school will provide a high quality learning environment; including access to two libraries as well as a canteen, science labs, a dance and drama studio, special education needs facilities and classrooms suitable for music tuition.

“Our building will allow students to continue to have full access to the school’s curriculum, supporting their potential to learn and helping the community affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy to start the process of rebuilding.

“We are grateful for the commitment already shown to ensuring that this can happen.”

KAA’s temporary school is at Wormwood Scrubs, just more than one mile from its original site next to the 24-storey tower where fired raged on June 14.

Four of the academy’s pupils died as a result of the tragic fire, along with a former pupil.

Two other nearby schools, the Burlington Danes Academy and Latymer Upper School, took in hundreds of pupils in the interim.