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The facts

The project

Lancashire’s £400m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme - part of the first major wave of schools to be built in the UK under BSF - covers a total of 18 education and community projects, including 13 new schools catering for almost 10,000 students across ten sites.

Capita Symonds - part of the Catalyst Lend Lease consortium which is delivering the programme - is providing educational, partnering, architectural and engineering services on a number of the projects together with a number of other services such as landscape design, acoustics, fire and disability access consultancy.

First Phase

Nelson: The £29m Pendle Vale College and Pendle Vale High School site in Nelson brings together two schools under one roof. The sloping site has been used to create a new local landmark with a building that rises in tiers to four storeys and is capped by a sweeping roofline. Sports pitches and indoor sports resources are all built to Sports England standards to support the school's aims to achieve specialist sports college status. The college is co located with Pendle Community High School and College which provides places for a further 90 students aged 11-19 with a range of special needs.

Burnley: The £31m Burnley Campus contains schools for both sixth form and primary students; a 50-place nursery and children's centre; a library and faith centre; all-weather sports pitches; fitness centre; climbing wall; sports hall; and hydrotherapy pool.

Padiham: The £20m Shuttleworth College in Padiham features an entrance area dominated by a dramatic floor-to-ceiling atrium that echoes the designs of modern office buildings. Facilities include a dance studio, sports hall, fitness room, tennis courts, all weather sports pitches, a café and faith centre.

Second Phase

Unity College: This £26m college benefits from being located in impressive picturesque surroundings in Townley Park, Burnley. The college is designed to accommodate 1050 students and 150 staff over two floors with a total gross internal floor area of approximately 10,700 sq m.

The building was designed to embrace Unity College’s performing arts specialism by providing a commercial style theatre, green room, performance changing facilities, dance and drama studios, prop storage, ticket office and external performance area. The building was also designed around core subjects such as mathematics, english, humanities, art, science, modern foreign languages, music and Information technology.

Sir John Thursby: Constructed on the site of the Walshaw Girls School, this new 1050 place school replaces the previous girls school, combining it with the all boys Barden High School. The transition from single sex schools was part of the radical education reforms implemented by Lancashire County Council as part of its overall education shake up. Another bold move was the co-location of Ridgewood Special School onto the same site. This 90 place community high school caters for students aged between 11 and 19, with a range of needs from moderate learning difficulties through to those with profound and multiple learning difficulties.

Marsden Heights: Located in Brierfield, Nelson, this £25m new build scheme accommodates 1050 students over four floors with a total area of 10,660 sq m. The project was constructed in a steel frame with retaining structures to suit the site’s topography

Third Phase

Accrington Academy: This £16.2m project comprises a new build extension which provides a bold new frontage to the academy along with significant works to the existing buildings as well as roofing over two courtyards.

The academy – which specialises in sports and maths - caters for 900 11-16 year old students, including a 250-place sixth form. It also features new sports pitches and hard play areas to Sport England guidelines as well as new sports facilities such as a fitness suite, activity studio and increased changing provision.

BTEC Media suites and BTEC Health & Social Care facilities further enhance the school’s vocational curriculum while other works include new dining and flexible learning facilities, a new assembly hall and increased drama facilities.

Blessed Trinity RC College: Specialising in sports and humanities, this £17m school, which is being completed on a fast track programme, is targeting a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’ by generating 20% of its energy needs via renewable energy technologies such as biomass boilers, wind turbines and natural ventilation.

Hameldon College: This new 1050 secondary school was delivered to a construction budget of no more than £1800 per sq m. Specialising in business and enterprise as well as science, the college was formed from the merger of Habergham High School and Ivy Bank Business and Enterprise College.

Fulwood Academy: Due for completion in autumn 2012, the new £25m Fulwood Academy in Preston will cater for 1200 pupils and is being sponsored by Carphone Warehouse co-founder Charles Dunstone. The proposed plans comprise a major rebuild and substantial refurbishment of the existing school - Fulwood High School and Arts College – which will showcase the academy’s digital media specialism.

The Rose BESD (Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties) Unit: This bespoke circa £7m new build unit provides accommodation for 40 of the Borough of Burnley’s most challenged pupils - those with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.

Awards

• PfS Excellence in BSF Awards 2009 Winner: Education for All Award: Lancashire County Council for Pendle Vale College and Pendle High School
• PfS Excellence in BSF Awards 2009 Winner: Community Hub Award: Catalyst Lend Lease for Burnley Campus, Lancashire