Entries by Lyn

FROM CINEMA TO SCHOOL

Space Architects designed the school Manchester City Council is proposing a 92,000 sq ft secondary school on the site of the former Showcase Cinema on Hyde Road in Gorton. The school would be operated by the Co-Op Academies’ Trust, which runs 25 education facilities in the North of England. The 1,200-place facility, designed by Space Architects, would […]

CONTRACTOR CHOSEN FOR NEW CARDIFF SCHOOL

The contract to build a new home for Fitzalan High School has been awarded to Kier, as thelatest scheme to be delivered under Cardiff’s £284m Band B, 21stCentury Schools and Education Programme progresses. Representing a£64.3m investment in the local community, the development will see the existing Fitzalan High School replaced with a new-build 10 form […]

BAM Construction has started work on a £29m high school in Dartford, Kent

CGI of Stone Lodge School, due for completion in February 2022. Construction work-proper has begun at Stone Lodge School following pre-construction works that included ecological investigations, moving wildlife and diverting public rights of way. BAM Construction is working on the three-storey building with sister companies BAM Design and BAM Services Engineering. Architect KSS has been […]

ONLINE Consultations TO TEST THE FUTURE OF north-eastern SCHOOLS

Dales Park School in Peterhead, one of the schools proposed to be relocated to the Peterhead Community Campus. Public consultations over the future of three north-east primary schools are to be moved online due to the current lockdown. Aberdeenshire Council’s education and children’s services committee approved the consultations to be held over the relocation of […]

new centre of educational excellence in Chester

Dean of Chester, the Venerable Dr Tim Stratford has joined city leaders in celebrating the launch of a new world-class centre of excellence for children with Special Educational Needs in Chester. Abbey School for Exceptional Children, a day and residential school that caters for children and young persons aged four to 19 years with a […]

£6m for transitional ‘Mini-School’

How the new-build teaching block at Barr’s Hill School will look (Image: Barr’s Hill School)   More than £6 million will be spent revamping a Coventry secondary school with plans including a brand new teaching block dubbed a ‘mini school’ for Year 7 students. Coventry City Council’s planning department granted approval for a new two-storey […]

NO HOLD UP FOR £40.9m ACADEMY PROJECT

Plans for a brand new Boclair Academy in Bearsden took a significant step forward last month as the partners involved agreed terms for the £40.9 million project. The agreement was reached between East Dunbartonshire Council, and contractor Wates Construction Limited/McLaughlin & Harvey Construction Limited. The project is being delivered via the SCAPE Construction Framework. The […]

Plans unveiled to build a new Cathays High School

Plans unveiled to build a new Cathays High School and move Maindy cycle track The cycle track would be relocated to the International Sports Village at Cardiff Bay Plans have been unveiled to build a new Cathays High School in Cardiff and move the Maindy cycle track. The high school is one of five in […]

New Centre of Excellence for modern construction

New Centre of Excellence for modern construction and digital technologies awarded £500,000 Focusing on modern construction and digital technologies will be built at Chesterfield College after the scheme was awarded a £500,000 grant from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The investment will support the D2N2 LEP’s vision of greener homes and technology, along with […]