Unity Academy, a £5.4m alternative provision setting for primary-school-aged children, is the second project to be awarded to Portakabin under the Department for Education’s (DfE) MMC1 framework. Modular building market leader Portakabin has been appointed by the DfE to build a new alternative provision setting on the former Sladen Middle School site on Hurcott Road […]
Schoolchildren advised to bundle up as schools turn heating down Almost half of 100 schools surveyed by EenVandaag are turning the heating down this winter to conserve energy. One in five schools will lower the temperature two degrees or more, EenVandaag reports. Old construction, poor insulation and already-tight budgets mean that schools are worried about […]
PUPILS at Bramhope Primary School had an enforced extended summer holiday after building work at the school over-ran, leaving parents forced to home-school them for a week. The work was supposed to be finished on September 1 but parents say they were told late on Thursday September 8 – the day before school was due […]
An artist’s impression of the south view of the new Senior Hall (Squires and Brown) EXTENSIVE work to revamp the sports hall and graphics design building at The Grange School can soon begin after plans were given the green light. The Hartford school had applied to Cheshire West and Chester Council for permission to […]
Returning this year to Manchester Central on 18-19 October for its 10th anniversary, Education Estates® is the annual gathering of the education community in partnership with the Department for Education. Celebrating 10 Years of Education Estates® The event will be celebrating 10 years of the show in style at the dazzling Central Hall at Manchester […]
Kevin Mcguane, sector managing director – Energy Services DMA Maintenance, DMA Group, discusses the challenges of rebuilding/refurbishing school buildings The education sector has been at a crossroads this year. Firstly, a series of leaked government emails and documents, sent by senior officials working for the then education secretary Nadhim Zahawi, revealed that many UK school […]
90% of teachers agree that poor air quality impacts lung and mental health – and over half said it affects grades and academic performance. Almost three in four (72%) classrooms suffer from air quality that is ‘below standard’, according to a new survey asking teachers across the UK about their school’s working conditions. Nearly three […]
Beard Construction has completed a major rebuild of Mary Hare School in Newbury, the UK’s largest school for the deaf. Five years ago, Mary Hare developed an ambitious plan to build a new school and relocate the Primary School onto the Secondary School site at Snelsmore. Delighted pupils and teachers moved into the new facility […]
A brand new all-through school in the parish of Wavendon in the south east of Milton Keynes welcomed its first pupils today (Tuesday 6th September). Glebe Farm School, part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) multi-academy trust, has opened its doors to 250 children and this will eventually rise to over 1,530 pupils. […]
The first female Principal & CEO of Leeds College of Building has started in post. Nikki Davis, the College’s former Vice Principal for Teaching, Learning & Quality, takes over from Derek Whitehead who announced his retirement in February. Nikki is the first female CEO & Principal in the College’s 60-year history. Nikki began her career […]