A demolition squad moved in at a private school in the inner-north at the weekend to knock down a wall and gate at the centre of years of local tension.

Yarra City Council acted during the school holidays to remove a gate at Alphington Grammar School it claims was illegally constructed across a public road.

Alphington Grammar principal Vivianne Nikou, in front of the controversial gate in August. Credit: Eddie Jim

The council says the move marks the end of a long-running dispute with the school, but the principal has told families that the fight for control of the defunct section of Old Heidelberg Road is far from over.

The area in dispute, which leads to Darebin Creek and adjoins the popular Darebin Creek Trail, has long been considered part of the school grounds.

But when the sc

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