WORK to build a new teaching
block at Arden
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Permission to build a
three-storey teaching block on part of a playground was given by Solihull
Metropolitan Borough Council last January.
It will partly demolish the
hall, to meet growing pupil numbers and house 13 classrooms and six studios for
the school and sixth form. The school said the playground is “underutilised”.
The development would cut the
number of rooms in use from 100 per cent to 85 per cent, meaning it could take
out “unsuitable” rooms in the humanities block, the council said.
Parking will be reconfigured
so spaces remain at 148.
Headteacher Martin Murphy
said: “We are delighted to announce that building work on the new teaching
block will begin on Monday 2 February.
“The work will be small scale
over the next two months as the building is of a modular design.
“The majority of the work
will take place over the Easter holidays when the modules will arrive on site.
“It is hard to imagine that
by the end of the summer term the £4m building will be ready for occupation!
“The building will have state
of the art facilities for mathematics, geography, ICT and physics.
“The sixth form students will
also have purpose built independent study spaces. In all, the two storey
building will have twenty learning spaces.
“The new facilities will make
a huge difference for all our students and teachers since we will be carrying
out further improvement works across the school creating more space and better
facilities to support learning.
“We will keep our neighbours
and the wider community fully informed about the project as we progress.”
