Entries by Charlotte Westwood

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BAM finalises £71m deal to replace first major RAAC school

BAM has finally agreed a £71m contract price with the Department for Education to cover the first major RAAC concrete school rebuild. St Leonards Catholic School in Durham will be rebuilt to the west of the school site, replacing the existing disused and RAAC-affected buildings once demolished. The 110,000 sq ft three-storey school will include […]

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£1.3m invested in new school building The Eastbrook Centre

Gloucestershire County Council has invested around £1.3 million in The Eastbrook Centre, a new site for Gloucestershire’s alternative provision school. The Altus School is an alternative provision for children and young people who have struggled in a mainstream setting and have been, or are at risk of being, permanently excluded. There are six centres across […]

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Fresh plans for multi-million pound 82-pupil Stoke-on-Trent school building

Fresh plans have been lodged for a new multi-million pound development for pupils with special educational needs on a demolished former school site. Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to transform the old Middlehurst School site, in Chell, which closed 10 years ago. The proposal would see a new SEN school building constructed to provide much-needed facilities […]

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Bellway delivers new building for Kennett Primary School

Staff and pupils at Kennett Primary School have moved into a new purpose-built building within a housing development being delivered by home construction company Bellway. The new school, off Howe Hill Road in Kennett Garden Village, has eight classrooms, each with their own outside space, a dedicated science, technology, engineering and mathematics space, playing fields […]

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DfE defunds school maintenance projects over ‘irregularities’

The government has withdrawn funding for “a number of projects” granted school maintenance cash through its condition improvement fund, after identifying “serious irregularities” in their applications. The Department for Education said it had launched “detailed investigations” into some successful bids and it had taken “immediate action”. Around 4,500 academies in small trusts, sixth form colleges […]

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Leading modular manufacturer supports record number of students

Premier Modular, a leading offsite manufacturer, is celebrating a record-breaking year for providing hire buildings to the education sector, increasing its turnover threefold compared to the previous year. During the 2023/4 period, the company has successfully supported nearly 5,700 students across the country through the provision of 22,500m2 of temporary classroom space. This is the […]

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Morgan Sindall Construction hands over SEND school at Alconbury Weald

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Cambridgeshire business has successfully delivered the brand new £36 million Specialist Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) school, Prestley Wood Academy, located at the heart of the Alconbury Weald development in Huntingdon. Delivered on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council, Prestley Wood Academy now has the capabilities to cater for 150 pupils aged between 4-19 […]