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It's almost two years to the day since a Kent school burnt to the ground - and on Monday it opened its doors to pupils once again.

It was a year six pupil at Lympne Primary School who spotted the flames in a light fitting on that September day in 2006. More than 200 pupils escaped the blaze unhurt.

Head teacher Joyce Rhodes said: "The fire took hold and by the end of the day there was nothing left, it was just a heap of rubble. We had nothing. There were a few outside walls still standing but that was it."

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After the blaze, pupils spent a week being educated at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park before settling at St Mary's Westbrook in Folkestone as a temporary measure.

On Friday, parents and pupils got a sneak preview of their brand new school. Mrs Rhodes said: "The school has been built on the original site, it is actually on the original footprint of the school that burnt down."

Kent County Council allowed the site to be enlarged by 30 square metres and it now boasts bigger classrooms and a large ICT suite and library.

"The things that we perhaps were not so happy with in the old school, we’ve be able through adapting the design to make it better," added Mrs Rhodes.