Vision for new studio school (From Thurrock Gazette)
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Vision for new studio school
7:40am Saturday 6th October 2012 in News
How the building will look
THIS is what the new Ockendon Studio School will look like when it is completed next year.
Plans for the timber frame construction, clad with larch, were approved at last week’s Thurrock Council planning committee and now just need the nod from the Government.
The single storey L-shaped extension, built on the grounds of Ockendon Academy, consists of 10 enterprise rooms and an open learning space to house the 300-strong pupils who will be using the new-style school.
Cllr Charlie Curtis, a school govenor, allayed fears over lack of field space at the site, saying: “The school will have a couple of playing fields on landfill land once it has sealed up.
"It’s something the school is looking at.”
Marcus P says...
5:42pm Sun 7 Oct 12
It seems to me the worse exam results a school has the more money it gets for new buildings.
The more successful schools must query this odd rationale.