A new community hub has opened at a primary school in north Dorset.

Sherborne Primary School has opened its brand new Community Hub building this week, following donations and support from local groups and charities.

The new building, set within the school grounds, will be home to the pupil-run Sherbean Café, which is open to parents twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

It will also be used for a range of community meetings including parenting courses and social prescribers.

The Community Hub was officially opened by Cllr Robin Legg, mayor of Sherborne, and joining him for the grand opening were local people who helped make the project a reality.

Pupils who run the school café were on hand to provide refreshments and talk to guests about the difference the new building will make.

Ian Bartle, executive headteacher of Sherborne Primary School said: “All of the Sherborne Primary School children, staff and community wish to thank the many organisations, businesses and individuals within the town who have raised so much funding to support this truly community led project”.

Local businesses and groups who donated money and time, included Townsend Fencing, Bradford Builders, Friends of the Yeatman Hospital, Hunts Frozen Foods, Mogers Drewett Solicitors, Sherborne Churches Together, Sherborne Primary PTA, Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST), Bruce Duncan and Elizabeth McClen.