The target price for the job has risen from £30m to £37m after local parents objected to the ‘bog standard’ courtyard design set down by the Education Funding Agency.
Wokingham councillors agreed extra funds at a council meeting on Thursday and have now revealed that Dawnus will build the school on land at Arborfield army garrison site in Berkshire.
Enhancements to the original design include glazed stairwells, wider corridors, covered walkways and improved sports facilities.
The school is being funded jointly by the council, DfE and Section 106 cash from developer Crest Nicholson, which plans to build around 2,000 homes in the area.
Lloyd Watkins, chair of the Parents’ Reference Group, said: “What happened was parents pushed very hard for Wokingham to do more than just the baseline of a bog standard school.”