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£1.3m Investment Boosts School Experience For Barnsley Students

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Students who attend Springwell Learning Community’s Kendray site are set to benefit from a transformed learning environment when they head back to their classrooms this week.

Springwell Learning Community comprises both Springwell Special Academy, for pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, and Springwell Alternative Academy, for pupils excluded from mainstream settings. It operates a number of satellite settings around Barnsley, including the site at Kendray.

Funding of £1.3m was provided by Barnsley Council for a full refurbishment of the site, including the introduction of a new food technology room and multi-purpose design technology space. The building has also been remodelled, with several walls removed and replaced, and works including replacement of windows, doors, ceilings and flooring. Energy saving systems such as solar panels and a low carbon heat system have also been installed.

Sarah Wilson, Executive Principal at Springwell Learning Community, said: “We’re all incredibly excited to welcome students back to the much-improved Kendray site. The new building will be transformational for both students and staff, and provides the high quality teaching environment that every child deserves. 

“The refurbishment also enables us to provide 16 additional special school places, which means more students can access specialist provision closer to their homes. We’re really looking forward to seeing the new facilities being used.”

Shaun Kiernan, Director of Capital and IT at Wellspring Academy Trust, which Springwell Learning Community is part of, added: “At Wellspring, we firmly believe that all children are entitled to high quality, engaging, vibrant spaces in which to learn. The quality of school environments matters, and it has a real, tangible impact on the outcomes for children. Thanks to funding from BMBC, students at Springwell Learning Community’s Kendray site will benefit from a transformed building that is fit for purpose and can meet their needs. The whole team, including Triton Construction, Gate & Bar Ltd and LHL Group, have done an excellent job on this project and their work really will make a difference.”

Horncastle Primary School

School Rebuild Secured for Horncastle Primary

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Last month (Dec 2022), the Department for Education announced the latest schools to be rebuilt or substantially refurbished under the government’s School Rebuilding Programme – and Horncastle Primary School was on the list!

239 schools were named in this latest announcement, bringing the total number of schools to receive funding up to 500. Horncastle Primary School joins Wellspring’s Beacon Academy, which secured rebuild funding under the School Rebuilding Programme in a previous round.

The funding for Horncastle Primary School will help deliver a state of the art learning environment and enable the school to completely renovate and modernise its facilities. The rebuild is due to be completed in the next three to five years.

Mark Wilson, CEO at Wellspring, said: “At Wellspring, we understand that the quality of the environment in which children learn is of central importance. It affects their educational outcomes, school experience and their overall wellbeing.

“The announcement that Horncastle Primary School is to be improved under the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme is very welcome news, and will ensure that pupils have an improved school building that supports every aspect of their learning, now and well into the future.”