Why Labour will make fixing perilous state of schools a priority Labour shadow schools minister Stephen Morgan MP explains why the Conservatives’ track record on managing school estates shows it’s time for a change of government Last week, Labour brought forward a parliamentary motion that gave Conservative MPs a choice. They could choose to be […]
Applebridge Construction appointed to £12m Engineering Training Centre development at Middlesbrough College Applebridge Construction has been appointed by Morgan Sindall Construction to carry out foundation works at Middlesbrough College’s new state-of-the-art engineering facility. The multi-million-pound engineering centre will act as a replacement and relocation of the College’s current TTE site and could transform Teesside’s net […]
Zoo Hardware has introduced a new bathroom lock accessory in response to the Department for Education’s Technical Annex 2D: Internal Elements and Finishes Part 5.2.2. The Hex release options of bathroom turns have been introduced to meet the requirements of the document in relation to bathroom locks being used in schools that need to be […]
Gourock Primary official opening. Pictured is head teacher Christine Murray, back left, with Councillor Francesca Brennan, Inverclyde Council’s vice-convener of education, with pupils. PUPILS in Gourock celebrated the official opening of their new-look school following a £3.5 million extension. Gourock Primary has been expanded with the addition of a new dining and activity hall, relocated […]
A visualisation of the plans for Bosvena SEN School (Cornwall Council ) THE APPROVAL of a planning application for a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities School (SEND) school on the outskirts of Bodmin has been celebrated by the local Cornwall Councillor for the area. Cllr Leigh Frost, Cornwall Council member for Bodmin St Petrocs announced […]
The University of St Andrews is pushing to build a major 710-bed student housing development at its Albany Park campus. Hadfield Cakwell Davidson has been brought on board to replace 1970s accommodation at East Sands, demolished in 2020, with a purpose-built block delivered in partnership with Campus Living Villages. Supplanting pre-pandemic plans, now considered unfeasible, […]
Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for a Sensory Garden for Best Futures School in Aylesby, Lincolnshire National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning consent on behalf of Best Futures School, a specialist nurture school in the Lincolnshire countryside, to develop a sensory garden. Approval was granted by the Planning Committee of North East […]
Councillor Ted Henderson cuts the turf ahead of the construction of the new Springmoor Grange School in Spennymoor, joined Chris Hale from Esh Construction, Ox Close Federation’s deputy executive headteacher Anna Bowden (right) and chair of governors, (Image: Durham County Council) Construction work on a £13 million primary school and nursery in Spennymoor is set […]
New ‘modular’ building planned for Bath Road school A primary school is being allowed to build a ‘modular’ building for six new classrooms and a dedicated ‘family support’ area. Applicants are set to put in the new building at Claycots Primary School on 19 Bath Road (site of the old town hall). The new building […]
Construction commences at new 10,000 sq m school in Northern Ireland May 2023 – Construction work has started at New-Bridge Integrated College in Loughbrickland, Northern Ireland, where a new school building and sports hall will be erected on the site of the existing school and adjacent land, covering 10,000 sq m to accommodate 620 […]