The school forms part of the Wintringham development, which alongside Loves Farm, is part of the eastern expansion of St Neots. The school will be managed by Diamond Learning Partnership Trust which also runs the nearby Round House Primary Academy, on Loves Farm, and will provide places for just over 700 pupils aged 3-11.

The school will sit at the heart of the first phase of Urban&Civic’s 162 hectare development which will be a sustainable new development with 2,800 homes and a range of community and sports facilities, health and green space. The primary school’s location was designed to ensure it played a central role for new families within the first phase of the development. A second primary school is planned for later in the development.

The elegant timber school will provide an inspirational learning environment surrounded by nature, both inside and outside. At the centre of the building is a woodland grove, providing a learning resource that embodies the ethos of the academy. The distinctive character of the new academy will contribute to the vibrancy of the new civic square at the heart of the development.

The £14.2m school will be built by Morgan Sindall Construction and is designed by Stirling Prize-winning architects dRMM. Cambridgeshire County Council has secured funding from Urban&Civic (via a S106 agreement) of £9m. which covers the cost of two of the three classes in each year group including the pre-school. The size of the school was increased to three form entry to meet local demand for places and the costs of this additional capacity is being directly funded by the County Council.