A major £13m expansion has been completed at a secondary school in Gedling to meet increasing demand for local school places.
Carlton le Willows has had a new two-storey building constructed and extensive alterations and refurbishment made to parts of the existing school buildings.
Both phases of work were carried out by Clegg Construction.
The first phase of the development at the school involved building South Block – a new two-storey building to provide a state-of-the-art performance space, dining hall, 20 new classrooms, office space and a new main reception which has united the previously split site by linking the East and West buildings.
South Block has created capacity for a further 300 extra students at Carlton le Willows Academy to meet increasing local demand for school places.
Now the second part of the improvements – which involved extensive alterations and refurbishment in various parts of the existing school, including the conversion of the previous dining area and assembly hall into additional teaching space – has also been completed.
Ross Crowcroft, pre-construction director at Clegg Construction, said: “We are delighted to have completed these latest two schemes, which provide additional first-class facilities for those already at the school, as well as allowing the school to expand the number of places it can offer to youngsters in the nearby community.
“As a Nottingham-based company, Clegg Construction takes particular pride in helping to improve the local education infrastructure and delivering facilities that will benefit future generations.”
As well as the new extension, the project involved the creation of a new car park for just under 100 cars, along with infrastructure for electric charging points. A sustainable drainage solution has also been installed as part of the groundworks, which included an attenuation tank aimed at avoiding any extra burden on the existing public sewers caused by rainwater.
The development was been funded by Nottinghamshire County Council.
Yep, you’ve ruined my old school completely. Well done.
Absolutely terrible school.
It was terrible when I went and it’s even worse now with delta management. Couldn’t organise a piss up in a Brewery