A new Ness Side Primary School and nursery will boast 24 classrooms and serve the Ness Castle area to the south of Inverness. Highland Council has already approved 984 new houses in the area. The school is expected to have a roll of more than 850 primary and nursery pupils by 2032, but hopes to […]
Auditors have recommended a series of improvements that need to be made at Northamptonshire County Council in the wake of a probe into an £11.7m overspend building Northamptonshire’s newest secondary school. The wider learning report about the Northampton International Academy build lists poor project and contract management, weak and inaccurate reporting from senior officers to […]
Roselyon School in Par Cornwall now destroyed by fire A Cornish school has become the latest victim of arson attacks on school buildings. Although no longer used for educational purposes the building served the community as a holding space for recycled furniture and household equipment, which would ultimately benefit less well off members. The […]
The National Education Union say that their new analysis highlights the inadequacy of the government’s school building programme The National Education Union have claimed that the Conservative’s programme for school buildings is so inadequate that at the current rate of progress it will take a further 361 years to renew the school estate. The government […]
The University of Birmingham, in partnership with Willmott Dixon and Associated Architects, have celebrated the topping out of a new School of Engineering building. The topping out of the building, designed by Associated Architects, marked the latest step in the creation of the facility is being developed alongside the new UK Rail Research and Innovation […]
The Health and Cost Benefits of Flicker-Free Lighting By John Davenport Several years ago, the Nordonia Hills City School District near Cleveland, Ohio, was looking to implement an energy conservation program. When one of the district’s schools, Rushwood Elementary School, began to study the available options, its administrators considered a number of factors—including the fact […]
A funding pot of more than £400,000 is now open to schools, charities and not-for-profit organisations across the West Midlands as part of a major Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education initiative. The Millennium Point Charitable Trust has opened its latest Small Grants Programme for applications, with up to £20,000 available for individual applicants. […]
A snapshot survey of 670 members of the National Education Union highlights the challenges facing schools and colleges in ensuring their buildings are well maintained and provide a safe and decent environment for teaching and learning
Wanstead High School, where more than £309,000 was spent on consultancy work for a swimming pool revamp. Picture: Ken Mears Many of our readers are Consultants, School Building suspects few of them receive such grandiose settlements for their valued advise and would love to hear their take on this report. The St Georgio Hotel was […]
We look at two school roof problems, one old and one new