The opening of the Lotus School in Blackpool is a first in more ways than one. It is the first purpose-built social environmental mental health school in the area. The £4.5m project is also the first in the area to be fitted with the first COVID-compliant hybrid ventilation. The main teaching classrooms and sports hall […]
Public sector framework specialist LHC has extended its schools and community buildings framework for an additional three months, following a delay in the retendering procedure caused by Covid-19 The Schools and Community Buildings (SCB2) framework – which covers new build, extension and associated works for school, community, healthcare and emergency services buildings – will be […]
Engineering services firm completes work at £80m university building Engineering specialist, SES Engineering Services (SES), has announced the completion of MEP works on a university building in Leeds with a development value of £80m. Working on behalf of main contractor George Downing Construction (GDC), SES was appointed in 2018. It has installed a full range […]
The new Winterstoke Hundred Academy Building (Images: Cabot Learning Foundation) These are the first glimpses of what a new £30 million school for up to 1,200 students in Weston-super-Mare will look like. Plans have been submitted to North Somerset Council by the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) for an expansion of the Winterstoke Hundred Academy (WHA) […]
The sensor is being hailed as a potential boon for screening in classrooms, aircraft cabins, care homes and offices. British scientists say they have developed a ceiling-mounted Covid “alarm” that can detect anyone infected in as little as 15 minutes. The Sunday Times reports the highly-accurate device, slightly larger than a smoke alarm, is being […]
FIREFIGHTERS were called out in the early hours of the 12th of June after fire broke out at a derelict former Dudley school. Crews from Dudley Fire Station attended the incident at the old Sir Gilbert Claughton School in Blowers Green Road at around 3pm after reports of smoke billowing from the site which is […]
Ocado loses fight to build distribution centre near north London primary school Ocado has lost its legal bid to be allowed to build a distribution depot “a skipping rope away” from a north London primary school. A High Court judge threw out the online supermarket’s claim for judicial review of a council decision to […]
Plans for a new Peterborough secondary and primary school have been revealed. The Four Cs Multi Academy Trust plans to welcome Reception children and Year 7 children to the Manor Drive Academies in September 2022. The Academy will begin with 120 Year 7 students, growing to 900 when at full capacity. Reception pupils will be […]
Plans have been submitted for a new special school that will “improve the lives” of children for years to come. The school is planned to take over the site of Pens Meadow Special School in Wordsley, Dudley, which provides education for youngsters with complex needs, autism and learning difficulties. Dudley Council wants to expand provision […]
Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance The upheaval in education due to the pandemic in the past year has only highlighted how damaging the closure of schools has been and the legacy of lost learning. Further unnecessary interruption to education should be avoided, not least when it comes to fire. With hundreds of […]