A campaigner is to raise the profile of efforts to save a Medway school from closure by standing on a plinth in Trafalgar Square later today.

Cathy Hyland, vice chair of governors and campaigner for St Peter's Infant School, Holcombe Road, Rochester, has been invited to stand on an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of the Anthony Gormley One and Other art experiment.

The space is usually reserved for statues of kings and generals, but people from across the UK have been invited to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth and make it their own for an hour during an allocated time slot.

The mother-of-two will take to the plinth between 11pm and midnight tonight. During that time she plans to tell passers-by about Medway Council's plans to close the school and why it should stay open.

The school faces closure along with St John's Infant School, New Street, Chatham, and Ridge Meadow, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, in a bid to address surplus primary school places.

Cathy, 36, of York Road, Rochester, said: "I'm still a bit speechless as I never thought I would get selected.

Cathy Hyland explains what she will be doing while on the plinth

"I am nervous as I'm not very good at public speaking, but I put myself forward for it because the school is so important to us and I want to put our fight out there and highlight it to as many people as possible."

You can watch Cathy's time on the plinth via a live webstream available on the website http://www.oneandother.co.uk/