Forty-one people to lose their jobs when school closes a year earlier than expected

The school was due to close in 2017 - but this has now come earlier than expected. Credit: ITV News

A secondary school in South Gloucestershire - which campaigners have been fighting to save - will close at the end of the school year.

It means all 41 staff at The Grange school at Warmley will lose their jobs.

Councillors voted to close The Grange School back in 2014 - it was in special members and a poor state of repair.

A number of staff agreed to stay on until 2017 to cater for the remaining pupils - but the council's decision to make staff redundant comes a year earlier than expected.