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Home/Projects/Education/Special Schools/Alderman Knight Special School

Alderman Knight Special School

Client
Alderman Knight School
Location
Tewkesbury
Project Leaders
Mike Court
Value
3M

Challenge

Alderman Knight is a well-established Special School for children aged 4-16 with MALD, complex needs and ASD. Many pupils are autistic, and all have needs in the area of communication and interaction. The existing school was in a poor state of repair and suffered from narrow corridors, poor circulation through classrooms, lacked natural light and had substandard areas.

Quattro was selected by Alderman Knight and Gloucester County Council through a competitive process as the Architects with the necessary Special Needs School Design experience to successfully develop the brief and design options to radically transform and significantly extend and improve the school. The aim was for it to meet the high demand for SEND support in Gloucestershire. Phasing of these works were critical as the school needed to remain in operation throughout.

Sector
Education
Special Schools
Services
Architecture
Sustainable Design
Lead Consultant (Project Lead)

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Alderman Knight Primary
Education Special Schools, Alderman Knight, Tewkesbury
Alderman Knight, Tewkesbury, external view of building
Education Special Schools Alderman Knight Tewkesbury 7
Education Special School's Alderman Knight, view of model horse
Education Special Schools Alderman Knight Tewkesbury 9

Solution

Quattro approached the scheme balancing the short to medium term requirements with the longer-term objective by creating a phasing plan ensuring pupils moved as few times as possible during the works. Critical works were carried out in the school holidays. Therefore, there was minimal disruption making the design and construction phases a positive learning experience for the students.

Car Parking and drop off are consistently the focus of many schemes with pupils being dropped off and collected by taxi or minibuses. This project is no different. A large single drop off route to safeguard and manage these busy times was established and has proven a great success.

Extensive consultation with students, staff, governors, parents and other stakeholders throughout the design made for a lively process and established a shared vision which benefited the resulting proposals.

  • Existing Building Refurbished – 1205m2
  • New Extension Phase 1 – 1523m2

The design has been an outstanding success and the school has since been recognised for its technical and design excellence, attributes which lie at the heart of all of Quattro’s Architectural Design.

The classrooms are bright, light, calming, and simply inspiring, the outside environment is fun, safe but exciting.... The curves and the roof lights including our superb entrance, helps make it feel welcoming and the wonderful ethos of our school that makes us special has simply been enhanced by our transformation.

Clare Steel, Headteacher
Alderman Knight. Tewkesbury

Quattro have demonstrated an understanding and commitment to jointly work to satisfy the requirements of BREEAM and facilitated a design team approach to push the boundaries for a successful outcome, raising the level of attainment from 'Very Good' to achieve 'Excellent' rating on the Alderman Knight School.

Andy Metcalfe, Joint Managing Director
Speller Metcalfe, Gloucester

Without doubt the final building is simply stunning! Not only is it visually breath-taking, physically it provides a learning environment that is as near perfect as we could have hoped for!

Clare Steel, Headteacher
Alderman Knight, Tewkesbury

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Clients and Partners

Bath and North East Somerset Council
Cheltenham College
Churchill Academy and Sixth Form Centre
Department for Education
E G Carter & Co Ltd
ESFA
Kier Living Ltd
Gloucestershire County Council
Pate’s Grammar School
Queen Elizabeth Hospital School
Robert Hitchins Ltd
Speller Metcalfe Ltd
Stourport Primary Academy
Swindon Borough Council
The Chamwell Centre Charity
The Cheltenham Ladies College
The Crypt School
West Berkshire Council
Worcester Sixth Form College
Willmott Dixon Construction

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