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Home/Projects/Education/Nursery & Early Years/Mickleton Primary and Nursery School

Mickleton Primary and Nursery School

Client
Gloucestershire County Council
Location
Chipping Campden
Project Leaders
Mike Court
Value
2.1M

Challenge

Mickleton Primary School and Nursery was in a poor state of repair and with no space for expansion due to its location in the centre of a Cotswold village, it was decided to relocate the school. The new location, on a greenfield site at the edge of the village and in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), required extensive consultation with the school and local communities to ensure its successful integration into the rural area. In order to fund the new build project, part of this county owned new site was sold to a developer for housing. Consequently, it was imperative for the project to be completed to budget. Quattro’s Primary School Architects were appointed as Education Architects of choice.

Sector
Education
Nursery & Early Years
Services
Architecture

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Mickleton Primary and Nursery School
Mickleton Primary and Nursery School, exterior building view
Mickleton Primary and Nursery School, garden view
Mickleton Primary and Nursery School, exterior view of garden
Mickleton Primary and Nursery School, Gymnasium

Solution

Due to the rural setting, the design required a traditional appearance; a responsive vernacular form loosely based on the surrounding farm buildings with the larger mass of the hall and adjacent administrative facilities and lower classroom blocks forming an enclosed courtyard playground. Environmental features included high insulation values, natural ventilation and good levels of natural lighting.

The building consists of a series of masonry blocks with lightweight timber frame wrap around circulation. A limited palette of external materials has been used: untreated cedar boarding, recon masonry, and coloured render with standing seam Aluzinc and recon slate roofing.

This new school building was procured using a two-stage tendered traditional contract and a partnering approach in conjunction with Gloucestershire County Council Corporate Services and contractor Speller Metcalfe Ltd.

As part of the Community Consultation & Engagement process, former pupils participated in a Rural Skills Training Scheme assisting preparation and installation of timber products used in the fencing and landscaping.

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

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

Thank you for your work in obtaining the planning permission approval for the primary school at Great Oldbury.  Your design and your leadership in controlling and co-ordinating the consultants are entirely responsible for the successful outcome of the planning process, for which I am very grateful.

Andrew Griffiths, Project Manager
Robert Hitchins, Cheltenham

Quattro has created beautiful, inspiring learning spaces for our local school children and teachers. The completion of the final phase, an Early Years extension provides the much-needed creative space for pupils to develop their ideas and the perfect environment to host onsite before and after school wrap around care.

Cheryl Agg, School Operations Manager
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary Academy

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Clients and Partners

Bath and North East Somerset Council
Cheltenham College
Churchill Academy and Sixth Form Centre
E G Carter & Co Ltd
Department for Education
ESFA
Gloucestershire County Council
Pate’s Grammar School
Kier Living Ltd
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
Willmott Dixon Construction
Worcester Sixth Form College

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