Managers at The King's School in Chester have announced  plans to open a fee-paying infant school for children as young as four.

The brand new infant school will be built  within the existing campus on Wrexham Road, Chester and is expected to open in  September 2015.

An announcement was placed on the  King’s Chester Alumni facebook page and  parents have been receiving letters about the  new development.

The news comes after years of planning  from governors and the school’s management team, who are confident the infant  school will offer the ‘very best in early years  education’.

Plans have been submitted to Cheshire  West and Chester Council for the self-contained school, which will have its own access  road.

If given the go-ahead, parents will pay approximately £2,600 per term for their four-seven-year-olds to attend the school, described as ‘eco-friendly and a ‘colourful’  environment in a planning brochure distributed by the school.

Children attending the infant school will  not need to pass an exam but will attend an  assessment morning. Infants who attend the  school will not have to pass an exam to move up to the junior school, to allow for a ‘smooth  transition’.

The school will have its own headteacher and will have two reception classes, one Year 1 and Year 2 class from September  2015 – this is hoped to be expanded to two Year 1 and 2 classes by September  2016.

In an announcement to King’s alumni  headteacher Chris Ramsey, said: “We have  sought advice from leading professionals in infant provision in the planning of the new  school and I am confident it will offer the  very best in early years education. 

“Here at King’s we are very excited about  the new school and the added strength it will  bring to the King’s family.”

Plans have not yet been submitted to the CWaC planning department for the infant  school, which, if built, will have an exclusive  dining area and playground. The children  will also have supervised access to King’s swimming pool, theatre and sports facilities.

For more on the plans see next Thursday’s  Chester Chronicle.