A shared site in Blenheim for Marlborough Girls' and Boys' Colleges has been confirmed

The facilities of both schools are in poor condition and their buildings have deteriorated and have weather tightness issues.

The schools will be on the site currently occupied by Marlborough Girls' College and Bohally Intermediate.

Bohally Intermediate will be re-located and rebuilt on the current Marlborough Boys' College site.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins says preliminary design work will begin early in the New Year.

He says the search for a suitable site has taken much longer than he would've wanted.

However, Hipkins says after years of uncertainty, people in Blenheim finally have clarity about the future locations of both the Colleges and Bohally Intermediate.