Villagers from Bolnore in West Sussex are the first parents in England to have won the right to open their own school through a competitive process.
Their primary school for 210 children will be built in regenerating woodland near Haywards Heath.
At the moment, children from the village travel to 20 different schools. Most are driven to schools three miles away.
People in Bolnore - a growing community - had long wanted to have a school in the village and when West Sussex Council announced last year that one was needed they seized their chance.
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