Plans to move Forge Integrated Primary School onto the former Knockbreda High School site in south Belfast has been given the go-ahead.

Alliance South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw welcomed the announcement and said it is a "hugely exciting move".

He said: "I have worked with the Principal and others at the school to ensure this innovative proposal was given the priority by the Department that it so richly deserves. The addition of a specialist Autism Centre and a Learning Support Centre would really make the site fit for the demand from the local area, which is increasingly attractive to families with young children.

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"This will provide great security to the school and to the community around it, and I am really hopeful that this move will be completed by the end of the decade."

(CD/MH)