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Facilities & buildings

Transforming post-16 study

Sixth form centre at Barnard Castle School gets a makeover

Roedean scoops third gold award for housekeeping

Brighton's Roedean School has won a major national award for housekeeping for the third year r...

Nursery opens at Barrow Hills

Chairman of Surrey County Council officially opens Barrow Hills' nursery

Budding builders

Monkton Combe pre-prep pupils are 'blown away' by construction activity day

Dauntsey's unveils state-of-the-art pavilion

Sports, music and other events to be held in new pavilion at Dauntsey's

Making the grade

Eleanor Sharman discusses the challenge of integrating a new arts centre into a landscape of l...

Standing tall

Science centre sculpture unveiled at Abingdon School

Full of beans

Brentwood School to open new Bean Academic Centre with teaching and study spaces

Down to a (social) science

Stepnell begins work on Oakham School's new Social Sciences faculty

School for the stars launches £12m fundraising drive

Tring Park School to raise funds to update and extend its facilities to accommodate growing st...

Time lapse video: demolition at St Paul's

St Paul's School in Barnes has been partly demolished to make way for a brand new building for...

Rendcomb College performing arts centre takes shape

A major construction project is underway at Rendcomb to complete this autumn

Have your say on staff accommodation

There's two weeks left for employers to take part in HMRC's consultation on employer-provided ...

Designs for the times

From equestrian to edtech, schools are investing in the future, whilst keeping an eye on the f...

STEM facilities complete at Dulwich

Lee Evans Partnership design new Pennock Centre for Science & Technology at Dulwich Prep Londo...

New spaces for King Edward's

Case study: BBA Architects build new library, dining hall and multi-purpose space at King Edwa...

Sod cut at Wycombe

Wycombe Abbey's ten-year plan to improve facilities has commenced with two new boarding houses...

Newly co-ed Nottingham expands to meet demand

Plans submitted to extend and improve facilities at Nottingham High Junior School

Reclaiming space

Withington Girls' School's new junior school and communal hub makes the most of underused spac...

Rossall gets cooking with brand new student kitchens

State of the art cookery facility at Rossall School gets seal of approval by the head of leadi...

Engineering the future

An independent school in NE England hopes to help address key skills shortages with its new te...

Girls' day schools to get £20m facelift

Pick Everard begins work on national framework for Girls' Day School Trust, starting with Oxfo...

Investing in science

Abingdon School's new £14m science centre will offer benefits for both pupils and the public

Centenary Vision receives royal approval in New York

Benenden alumni Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal launches school's redevelopment programm...

Facilities special: Winter is coming

As the days darken and the temperature drops, we consult the experts on minimising costs and p...

DIY: Design It Yourself

Elaine Purves explains how Rossall sixth formers tackled their study area refurbishment

Barnard Castle opens purpose-built science lab

Prep school opens their new science facility ahead of two new classrooms which are also due to...

A new beginning at Lockers Park

Lockers Park prep school marks the start of a new chapter in its 140-year history by opening a...

Rendcomb drama centre to complement green surroundings

Stepnell starts work on new performing arts centre for Rendcomb College

New Catholic girls' school to open in Golders Green

St. Anthony's School for Girls to be located in former home of Anna Pavlova

Giggleswick makes space for the future

A new science lab maximises creativity and minimises clutter at Giggleswick School

Should parents have a say in new school buildings?

Survey finds London parents want to support councils in planning expansion and new schools

Barrow Hills School to offer nursery provision

Barrow Hills will have on-site nursery places for two year-olds and above from Janary 2016

Bristol Grammar School celebrates new arts centre

New Performing Arts Centre at Bristol Grammar School tops out after staged construction

Farlington opens new junior boarding house

A new boarding house at Farlington School will provide more places for younger pupils

Ambassador for women in science opens new St Mary's centre

Dame Mary Archer unveils new Science Hub for female scientists of tomorrow

Anyone for tennis?

Planning a new sports pitch? Think ahead, says Mo Ali, and you can cater for more sports than ...

Channing School extension completes

Phase one of BGY's extension masterplan delivers redbrick buildings housing new sports facilit...

Cupboard love

The right spaces can make all the difference to pupils' education. Simon Fry rounds up the lat...

Share and share alike

John Clarke looks at how the debate on sharing facilities with the community and public benefi...