Hampshire County Council

Education Buildings Advisory Group

3 January 2003

Executive Member, Education

23 January 2003 Item

Crookham Junior School, Fleet

Report by the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

1

Summary

1.1

Crookham Junior School shares its site with Tweseldown Infant School and is located in a residential area to the south east of Fleet. The school was constructed in 1965 and is of a SCOLA design.

1.2

Under the Key Stage 2 Initiative an allocation has been made in the Education Committee's 2002/03 capital programme for a scheme to provide an additional classroom at this school. Additional funding for this project will come from the Education Committee's 2002/03 Staff Workplaces budget and Temporary Classroom Hire budget along with a contribution from the school.

1.3

The Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services has progressed the design of the proposed additional accommodation and the purpose of this report is to outline the design proposals and seek approval to the attached design project appraisal.

2.

Scope of the Works

2.1

The existing school buildings comprise a single storey block to the east connected via a link to a two storey block to the west. The link accommodates the main entrance to the school along with the administration office, Head teacher's office, staff room and stores. It is proposed to construct two single storey extensions to the northern and southern elevations of the link.

2.2

The extension to the north will provide one new classroom with a wet area and two stores and a staff room. The extension to the south will provide a new main entrance with reception, administration office, Head teacher's office and Medical Inspection room. The link area between the two new extensions will be reconfigured to enable the creation of a new school library and a link corridor to the new and existing accommodation.

2.3

The extensions will be constructed of rendered masonry walls with aluminium framed windows. Sun louvers will be erected on the southern elevation of the extension to provide sun shading to this accommodation. Two new areas of hard paving will be created adjacent to the two new extensions. The southern paved area will form part of the new main entrance and along with low level planting, will enhance the approach to the school. The northern paved area will have direct access from the new classroom and can be used as an outside learning area for pupils.

3.

Funding and Timing

3.1

An allocation of £117,000 has been made in the Education Committee's 2002/03 Capital Programme from the Key Stage 2 Initiative to provide one additional classroom. £34,000 will come from the Education Committee's 2002/03 Staff Workplaces budget, £102,000 will come from the school along with £10,000 from the Temporary Classroom Hire budget. This combined funding provides a total of £263,000, excluding fees, for the proposals outlined in this design project appraisal.

3.2

It is anticipated that tenders will be invited during early February 2003 and work will commence on site during March 2003 and be completed during August 2003.

Conclusion

The proposed scheme will provide the required additional Key Stage 2 accommodation along with enhanced staff facilities. Approval is accordingly sought to the attached building design project appraisal.