Young people whose school was destroyed by a fire are receiving face-to-face education across three sites as work gets underway to install high quality temporary classrooms.
It has just been over seven weeks since SS Simon and Jude's CE Primary was all but destroyed in a fire.
But staff have worked hard to ensure children's education at the outstanding school is not disrupted.
On August 17, SS Simon and Jude's CE Primary School in Great Lever was engulfed by fire two weeks before term was set to restart.
The rebuild will take three years.
Temporary accommodation is currently being built on Walkers Field in Great Lever, but is not expected to finish until November, so children have been attending classes at community hubs around the area.
Cllr Nadeem Ayub of Farnworth North is a Governor at the school.
He said: "Logistically, it is going fine, all credit to the school and teams from Bolton Council who quickly managed to set up alternatives with no disruption.
"There are three sites across Great Lever in close proximity to the school. Some children are at the Railway Club on Green Lane, some are at Bolton Cricket Club and there is another one near the hospital, opposite Mount St Josephs.
"Then reception children are still at a building on the school site. It is working fine from both the children's and the parents' perspectives.
"We are all looking forward to the school being rebuilt - we have been told it will take three years."
Cllr Ayub also confirmed that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service are still investigating the cause of the August blaze.
He continued: "For the three sets that are spread out at the moment, going from November, there are plans to have temporary accommodation on Walkers Field, which still in progress.
"Nobody anticipated this, it was unforeseen and the school had to react and the council had to react, everybody, the trustees, the governors had to react, and they have done a great job without disruption.
"It is a different location, without the full facilities, but the children's education is what matters most and that is going ahead."
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