Organisers of the proposed new Croxley Green Secondary School will meet officials from the Department for Education on Monday, January 12.

St Clement Danes School, in Chorleywood, is leading the bid to build the new free school in Baldwins Lane, and applied to the Government in October.

Dr Josephine Valentine, headteacher at St Clement Danes, said: "In our interview we want to show the Department for Education that support continues to grow on a daily basis.  

"By increasing the number of supporters from 300 to 400 or more we will further strengthen our case for a much-needed secondary school."

A timeline on the new school’s website indicates Croxley Green Secondary School will be included in the secondary school choices for next year, with parents having until the end of October to select the school.

The school is expected to open in September 2016 and 180 students, who are currently in year 4, will be put into six forms of 30 children.