Vision for the Future

Three out of five secondary schools in Nottingham are more than 40 years old and six out of seven are more than 25 years old.  As a result, the buildings struggle to cope with the needs of 21st century learning and this impacts on the ability of the City Council to improve education for everyone.  All new/remodelled buildings will be flexible environments which can adapt easily to future models of curriculum and school organisation.

The new schools will be very different in order to transform education.  The new schools will be in excellent condition, light and airy with natural ventilation, and will be netter accessible by pupils with disabilities.  They will be suitable for the delivery of a modern curriculum and the teaching spaces will not consist of standard classrooms but will have breakout areas for individual study and rooms which can open out to create larger spaces.  The school buildings will allow the beneficial use of ICT with proper computer networks and new kit.

Visioning work for the first three schools started in early 2006 and involved the schools and Council staff working out what was desired from the new schools in terms of space, room relationships etc.  A specification document was produced which was given to the short listed Bidders for them to produce the designs in close consultation with a team made up of school and Council representatives.  The designs of Inspired Spaces as the Selected Bidder will now be constructed.