The leader of Hertfordshire County Council visited King James Academy in Royston to see the school in action, after storm damage forced pupils to work from home.

Pupils resumed face-to-face learning last week, with temporary school buildings set up while the senior site teaching block is being repaired.

Council leader Richard Roberts and county Cllr Fiona Hill met with headteacher Lisa Plowman and spoke to staff and students.

Ms Plowman said: "It was wonderful to meet Richard to discuss local issues in education and to show him the real challenges that we as a school have faced.

"We visited many classrooms from Years 5-11. Our visitors admired the superb attitude to learning exemplified across the year groups.

"They were particularly impressed by the immense logistical work that has taken place across the site to get the new learning village up and running into the temporary classrooms."

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When Cllr Hill previously visited the site in the aftermath of the storm, there were very few students present and much of the site was cordoned off for safety reasons.

The councillors commented on "how good it was to see all the students back in school and learning in person, following such a difficult start to the school term".

Ms Plowman added: "We would like to thank them for their support of our school and its community."