South London pupils will get a new school after they had to leave their old building because of ” numerous health and safety concerns”. Students at Iqra Primary School will move into the new classrooms from next year, after Lambeth councillors approved plans to redevelop the school’s former Park Hill site in Clapham. Under the […]
Exciting plans for a new school that will transform education for vulnerable learners in Powys have been unveiled, the county council has said. Powys County Council is to build a new £9.1m school for Brynllywarch Hall School as part of its Transforming Education programme. The school, located in Kerry near Newtown, provides education for […]
A new special school building which will cater for 100 students with social, emotional and mental health needs has moved a step closer after plans were lodged with the local council. River Tees Academy Grangetown will take in youngsters aged between five and 19 years old from across the Tees Valley and employ about 70 […]
A Cornish construction and professional services consultancy facilitated £15 million worth of work in Cornish schools in 2022, on behalf of Cornwall Council. The work, delivered by Mace Ward Williams Joint Venture (MWJV), is the result of one of Cornwall Council’s highest single year investment into school infrastructure on record. The rolling programme aims to […]
The £6.7 million programme for Knightsridge Primary will involve a complete replacement of the Siporex panels (Image: Stuart Vance) Schools in Livingston, Bathgate and Stoneyburn will see structural work to remove Siporex panels and repair concrete lintels West Lothian Council is investing £10 million to fix structural issues caused by Siporex at three West Lothian […]
Photograph accreditation: ALEX STYLES | PHOTOGRAPHY Zumtobel and its sister brand Thorn, both lighting brands of the Zumtobel Group, worked with The University of Leeds Estates team, BAM, Arup and Silcock Leedham to devise a cutting-edge lighting scheme supported with the use of cleverly integrated emergency lighting powered by its CPS Central Battery to […]
Working with architects, Broe & Co LLP, Style was specified to install a new folding wall system to the ground floor of the Bloomsbury Street Day Nursery in Brighton, creating a flexible environment where children are encouraged to learn, play and explore at their own pace. Allowing nursery staff to separate the room into two, […]
Milton Keynes has recently welcomed a new intake of students to its first-ever fossil-free school. The completely gas-free all-years facility also uses the latest LED luminaires to keep harvested energy use to the minimum, creating a modern, green learning environment in the heart of the community. Our reliance on gas, oil and coal is […]
By Nick Beard, Group Technical Officer, LHC Group Can you describe some of the current financial / economic challenges faced by schools? Like most other sectors, education is feeling the squeeze as the cost of living crisis deepens and the UK heads towards recession. Frustrated with pay conditions, hundreds of thousands of teachers […]
Ian Rogers, Gilberts’ Sales Director, offers some timely advice to help estate managers be star performers For many building managers in the education sector, there is a feeling of having changed vocation without realising. Now, they are jugglers, struggling to keep all the balls (budgets, carbon reduction, rising energy bills, Regulatory compliance, pupil health & […]