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EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS


Warwick School grounds in 2018, showing the development of the new King’s High School buildings adjacent to the Banbury Square


A sense of history


Dating back to 914, Warwick School is the oldest boys school in the country, and moved to its current twenty hectare site on Myton Road in 1879. With King’s High being established in the same year, the Foundation was born, and now comprises Warwick School for boys from 7-18, including Warwick Junior School (7- 11s) and King’s High for girls from 11-18, incorporating Warwick Preparatory School which is co-ed from 3-7 with girls continuing from 7-11. Project One Campus will see all the schools together on one site for the first time.


Recent developments include the Halse Pavilion, completing the Sports Centre with its 25m swimming pool, fitness suite ad gymnasium, and Warwick Hall, completed in 2016 and providing an impressive events venue.


Project One Campus will deliver a new school for King’s High, including a Sports and Technology ‘wrap-around’ built onto the existing Bridge Sports Centre, a shared Sixth Form Centre providing study and social space for King’s High and Warwick School together, and a purpose-built, high-tech Music School for Warwick Prep and King’s High.


The buildings will offer additional venues for events outside of school hours. The project will also enhance the available sports and play facilities and divert parking and traffic flow to the edge of the site, improving safety and the ambience of the site.


its 1.5ha is the only part of the grounds so far to have a primary and secondary drainage system.


“This area was formerly tennis courts, but the school wanted to extend the sports field, so it was re-levelled and drained. Unfortunately, the secondaries were installed during the heatwave and opened up, so it had another 200 tonnes of sand applied. But the final results are excellent - we didn’t lose a match on it last winter.” The heatwave which gripped Britain in the first few months of Duncan’s tenure proved fortuitous, as he explains. “We were trying to water from two taps which have a maximum of 1.5 bar pressure, so it was a struggle even to use the sprinklers we had. The conditions strengthened the case for a proper irrigation system and we now have a borehole with a licence for 20,000 litres/day, which we would like to increase. Investment was made


in a new set of travelling sprinklers, and I’m looking at a new sprinkler head design.” Benefits extend beyond maintaining playing surface conditions in dry spells. “I wanted to be bold with renovations from the outset, but it wasn’t an option without irrigation,” he says. Currently supplied via a network of plastic pipes, permanent pipework is the next addition. A new 3G rugby pitch, installed by SIS Pitches, was completed in January 2019. “The 3G is very popular - even in summer it is used for cricket practice, with 150 pupils using plastic stumps,” comments Duncan. “It means that we can guarantee pupils are able to play, regardless of the weather, although pupils do alternate between synthetic and natural surfaces.” There’s no doubt that the 3G is the centrepiece of the sports fields, with its pristine surface and smart surround in Warwick School’s bright blue colours.


The new 3G pitch has proved popular for a range of sports, and offers the opportunity to rest natural turf pitches as well as ensuring sport can take place year round


82 PC August/September 2019


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