and a multi-purpose clubroom with viewing deck. It has space for 72 eights, fours, double sculls and sculls, plus 100 canoes and kayaks Head Sarah Thomas says: ‘We are very pleased with the new boathouse, which replaces its worn-out predecessor and already sits naturally in its landscape.’
Tonbridge School Facility The Tonbridge School Centre for Sports and Media Opened 2008
The £11 million centre includes a 25m, six-lane swimming pool, a five-court sports hall, climbing wall, fitness suite and a media suite studio and editing room that gives pupils access to profes- sional TV, video, sound broadcasting and recording facilities ‘The centre contributed to the successful bid by Tonbridge School to be recognised as an official training centre for the 2012 Olympics,’ bursar Anthony Moore remarks. ‘The centre is at the hub of Tonbridge
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Uppingham School
Facility Sports centre Opened March 2011
This new facility, opened by Lord Coe, features a 25m swimming pool, a fitness studio, squash courts, a gymnasium and dance studios. It also has 12 outdoor tennis courts as well as the six-court indoor sports hall Headmaster Richard Harman says: ‘In addition to being an ideal base to nurture the next generation of top sportsmen and women, our sports centre is an environment for all who wish to achieve good health and well-being through sport and fitness.’
sport and encourages boys to both com- pete and enjoy their sport.’
Canford Facility Classroom building and a new
information and communications technology suite Opened September 2012
New facilities include two new science laboratories, eight new classrooms, seminar spaces and a new information and communications technology (ICT) suite
According to headmaster John Lever: ‘The curriculum is much fuller even than 10 years ago. A second floor of teaching rooms will free space elsewhere for a number of expanding departments.’
Benenden School Facility Science centre
Opened October 2012
The new science centre includes extensive teaching and demonstration laboratories, a junior laboratory and a 100-seat sci- ence lecture theatre with demonstration
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