News Schools
Rewarding times
Hatherop Castle School in Gloucestershire is the fi rst and only independent prep school in the country to have achieved the Every Child Matters Award. This award is given by ECM Solutions, an educational and management consultancy, after an exceptionally rigorous process by an external assessor. The award assesses 12 standards which the school must meet and show evidence of, including, the school’s ethos and policies, the environment, management, and the curriculum and personal development of the children. Hatherop, who dropped its senior school in 1991, is proud of its record that in the last three years, nearly 50% of its Year 8 children have achieved scholarships to their chosen senior schools.
Schools expanding…
solar photovoltaic roof (pictured left), not just providing the Sixth Form Centre with some free electricity, but also an income from the excess energy that is generated.
Barrow Hills School in Witley (see picture below) has recently launched a signifi cant development initiative which will see dramatic expansion and a series of building projects, including a new science lab and swimming pool building.
T e Cheltenham Ladies’ College’s Parabola Arts Centre received a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award at a ceremony in Salisbury this summer. RIBA recognises buildings
representing architectural excellence and design quality. T e Parabola Arts Centre is a grade II* Regency villa, with an adjoining 328- seat auditorium built with minimalist contemporary detail by Tim Foster of Foster Wilson Architects. T e building also provides teaching space, a dance studio, video-editing suite and art gallery which will also be open to the public.
Putney High School in south west London is opening a state- of-the-art sixth form centre. T e £5 million centre has been developed in close collaboration with pupils to ensure it sets a new benchmark for sixth
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form development. Along with an impressive list of facilities including cutting-edge technology, cafés, a well- equipped fi tness centre, break- out areas for independent study and socialising. It will have a
Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester has achieved a signifi cant milestone in the £36 million New School development with the installation of a bridge to connect 21st-century facilities with the medieval site – where the city of Manchester began. Linking the heart of medieval Manchester with the future of music education, the footbridge will be the main thoroughfare for the school’s 290 students every day. T ey will cross the bridge, as they make their way from sleeping and eating quarters, to the New School where they will study, practise and perform.
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