STUDENTS at a school on Teesside have been able to check out their new modular fitness suit ready for the new school year.

Pupils and staff from St Peter’s Catholic College in South Bank have been inspecting progress on their new fitness suite and changing facilities.

The party was given a VIP tour of Cleveland Sitesafe’s facilities at Dockside Road, Middlesbrough, where the modular buildings are being fabricated.

The buildings will accommodate 32 boys and 32 girls and include showers, toilets and disabled facilities.

Cleveland Safesite was chosen for the contract after impressing Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, which runs the school, with its know-how and experience of completing similar projects.

NPCAT’s capital projects and asset manager Gareth James said: “Various companies were interested in building this for us but none of them were local, so once I’d made contact with Cleveland Sitesafe and learned about their reputation, we met them and were very impressed.

“As well as the school, South Bank Juniors boys and girls already use the site, and the new facilities will hopefully be used by the wider community.

“The school is a hive of activity at weekends, and we’ll now be able to develop further partnerships with local groups, so it’s a real asset for the whole area.”

Other enhancements in an ambitious programme include a new digital learning wing and exhibition centre along with a comprehensive facelift to the outside and interior of the famous building.

The work is part of a busy programme of projects being carried out at the 27 schools in the NPCAT portfolio.