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Home/Projects/Education/Primary/Colwall C of E Primary School

Colwall C of E Primary School

Client
Herefordshire Council & Kier Construction
Location
Colwall, Herefordshire
Project Leaders
Joyce Clifford Zoë Lindgren Mike Court
Value
5M

Challenge

Quattro was appointed to provide a new 210 place primary school on a greenfield site; designed to respond to the rural setting and valued backdrop of The Malvern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

This site had several constraints:

  • The Malvern Hills AONB; designated landscape of national importance
  • Native ecology and biodiversity
  • Highways connectivity to the wider community
  • Maintain Public Rights of Way
  • Proximity of a Scheduled Ancient Monument

These constraints meant the planning context was extremely sensitive and complex therefore, a busy programme of open dialogue with the Planning Department was essential.

Local Delivery: Compliance with the ESFA Cost Plan and FOS was mandatory.

Sector
Education
Primary
Services
Architecture
Collaboration
Landscape Architecture

3D Fly Through Preview

If you would like our team of Education Architects to design your school, our Visualisation Team can create a 3D fly through video to convey our state-of-the-art, striking, sustainable and technically strong Education Design. This is the video we created for Colwall Primary School to share with their stakeholders.

Gallery

Colwall C of E Primary School
Steps up to Colwall Primary School
Grass at front of Colwall Primary School
Colwall Primary School in the distance
Colwall Primary School playground
Colwall Primary School classroom
Colwall Primary School Hallway
Colwall Primary School Interior
Colwall Primary School - Malvern Grasses below a window
Colwall Primary School
Colwall Primary School, Outdoor classroom
Colwall Primary School, sun on autumn grasses
Colwall Primary school, woodland planting
Colwall primary school exterior in Autumn

Solution

Quattro’s Design solution:

  • Designed to be sympathetic and landscape led
  • Minimise impact within AONB
  • Maximise views and connections with AONB
  • Create a ‘sense of place’
  • New school to have a strong identity
  • Embrace school’s ethos

A combined Landscape Visual Impact Assessment and Environmental Colour Assessment (ECA) of the site informed the design.

 

The Planning Officer considered this a first regionally, if not nationally.

Our design contributes to society:

  • The hall is a ‘community hub’
  • Improvements to PROW
  • Highways improvements
  • Reinstatement of historic hedgerow

The approach taken by the Quattro team has led to a brilliant highly acclaimed design that exceeds our requirements.

Andy Hough, Head of Education Development
Herefordshire Council

Quattro went to great lengths to listen and incorporate ideas from a wide range of people who have an interest in the project. Their commitment extended well beyond the working day and meant the community felt fully and engaged and listened to.

Andy Hough, Head of Education Development
Herefordshire Council

In many respects this was a relatively ground breaking innovative approach that may be regarded as an exemplar regionally (if not nationally).

Roland Close, Principal Planning Officer
Herefordshire Council

The commitment shown to meeting very tight deadlines, strict planning regulations and understanding the complexities of the local area has been phenomenal. This has been a huge task and we are delighted that Quattro have ensured that planning permission has been granted for our fabulous school.

Helen Webb, Headteacher
Colwall C of E Primary School, Malvern

The design process had significant challenges not least the time scales to get an agreed scheme in place. I would like to really compliment the team on how they steered through these so calmly and competently and I hope we can work with them again on future projects.

Andy Hough, Head of Education Development
Herefordshire Council

The process of working with Quattro on the design for our new school building has been an amazing experience...I felt that we were in very safe hands and completely trusted the team to guide us in making decisions in the best interests of the school.

Helen Webb, Headteacher
Colwall C of E Primary School, Malvern

The result is a beautiful, functional, affordable and contemporary public building which is strongly grounded in its place.

Helen Webb, Headteacher
Colwall C of E Primary School, Malvern

Little did we know when we designed it that it is a perfectly brilliant COVID friendly  adaptable school!

Helen Webb, Headteacher
Colwall C of E Primary School, Malvern

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Clients and Partners

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

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