Inclusive schools create opportunities for pupils of all abilities to learn, develop and participate together. This September, three of our school projects are ready to welcome pupils for the new academic year.
Each project has been carefully designed in response to its setting, the needs of its pupils and the educational priorities of the school and local authority.
From purpose-built SEN provision to additional classroom spaces, these projects reflect our commitment to creating healthy and inspiring educational spaces for every pupil.
Inclusive Schools Designed Around Pupils
The three projects differ in scale and purpose, but each centres on pupil inclusion and wellbeing.
Each provides specialist SEN facilities within its own educational setting, whether dedicated or mainstream, helping the schoo respond to the different needs of its pupils while creating calm, practical and welcoming spaces.
Grove Primary School, Wiltshire
As part of Wiltshire Council’s commitment to modular classroom replacement, The Grove Primary school expansion has:
Four new Key Stage 2 classrooms replace modular buildings, and a new SEN resource provision, consisting of two new classrooms, sensory group rooms and hygeine provisions.
Naturally ventilated chimneys incorporated into each classroom, as well as highly insulated building fabric, achieving net-carbon in operation, ensuring a healthy learning environment, prioritising student wellbeing.
The design ensures pupils of all abilities can learn together in an environment that is accessible and engaging.
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The Linwod Skill Centre, Bournemouth
This thoughtful refurbishment for BCP Council and Linwood School transforms an existing facility into a purpose-designed post-16 SEN setting.
The upgrade creates 60 new places, enabling a smooth transition to adulthood through tailored spaces that support independent learning and life skills development.
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The Wellington Academy, Wiltshire
Opening its doors for the first time this September, a new SEN resource base at The Wellington Academy will provide specialist provisions within a mainstream setting.
Responding to the need for additional pupil places, our design reallocates and refurbishes underutilised areas deliver new and improved facilities.
Designed in close consultation with the school and local authority, this facility promotes inclusive education and provides a calm, well-structured environment to support pupils with a varying-degree of learning needs.
Designing Inclusive Schools for the Future
These three projects demonstrate how thoughtful design can help inclusive schools provide appropriate environments for pupils with a wide range of needs.
Whether through new classrooms, specialist resource bases of the careful refurbishment of existing buildings, each project has been designed to support learning, wellbeing and long-term use.
