The new school provide spaces for 2,000 students ranging in age from 3 to 18 and is open to the local community outside school hours and at weekends. Facilities include a 50m indoor swimming pool, a sports field, two sports halls, an astroturf sports pitch and multiple outdoor play-decks plus improved public realm, a café, library, auditorium as well as a raft of adaptable learning spaces.
At the heart of the campus is the Innovation Hub, a showcase space dedicated to the development of new pedagogic ideas.
A range of initiatives work towards a design ambition of ‘zero waste, zero water, zero energy’ with technologies that see the pool heated through waste heat from learning spaces, smart shading operated by sunlight sensors and rainwater management enhanced to deal with local climatic conditions.