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A planning decision is expected early in the new year, and the new facilities could be ready for pupils by September 2027, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The £6 million donation, first announced in 2023, will be made through the charitable arm of Dyson, which it said had been created to inspire the next generation of engineers. Around a quarter of pupils at Malmesbury Primary School have a parent employed by Dyson, which has its global headquarters nearby. School leaders have said the expansion is required to accommodate a predicted influx of children from the new 170-homes development at Backbridge Farm. Previously, plans for the centre were uncertain after Wiltshire Council said an expansion at one school could affect the future of other nearby primaries. Sir James Dyson then wrote to The Times newspaper, describing trying to donate the money as a "battle".
