The school has four wings with a central atrium and cafe

Pupils at Henbury School will have access to a dance studio, a 25m swimming pool and fitness suite, and fair trade food.

Head teacher Clare Bradford said it showed an "investment" in pupils. Eight city schools are to be revamped with Private Finance Initiative cash.

The Henbury leisure facilities will be opened to the public on 1 October.

Sustainable

"What we had before did not do the pupils any credit and was not good enough for them," said Ms Bradford.

"I now feel that they will come here and feel that people are investing a lot of money in them and their future, and that's certainly the message we are giving to them."

The leisure facilities will be open to the public

It has been built next to the old school site, which is being torn down.

Unlike its previous structure, the school comes under one roof with four wings coming from a central atrium with a coffee bar.

Each of the wings is colour-coded, guiding students to the 'blue' design and technology rooms, the 'red' maths corridor or 'yellow' music practice rooms.

Playing fields have been re-laid with a sustainable urban drainage scheme as a response to climate change.

Building firm HBG won the �120m contract to rebuild and maintain, over the next 25 years, Henbury, Portway, Bedminster Down and Monks Park schools.

Four others - Hartcliffe, Whitefield Fishponds, Brislington and Speedwell Technology College - will be rebuilt or refurbished with �150m of PFI money under the 'Building Schools for the Future' programme.