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The first images of what a new school might look like if built on the site of a historic Kent barracks have been revealed. The facility would provide education for children from the age of four right through to 18 on a single campus. The school, costed at between £48m and £60m, is essential if plans to turn Invicta Barracks in Maidstone into a site for 1,300 houses can be delivered. Critics maintain it is in an unsuitable place for such a development, saying it is the wrong shape and dimension. The report acknowledges “constraints” and “high risk” items regarding the site’s suitability for a s…