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Over the past month there has been significant progress with the new school build.

The pouring of foundation pads has been completed for some parts of the new building and the steel framework has begun to be erected marking a major point in the process where the building starts to take shape.

Meanwhile, at the temporary school work has taken place to improve the carpark and the new Gym unit has been completed, ready for the gym equipment to be installed.

The project continues to remain on track for us to move into the new school from January 2026.

Here’s a New Year update on the progress of the new school build at Pinewood School.

The last months of 2024 saw the contractors demolishing the old school building once we had moved in o the temporary school on the field.

Since then they have been extremely busy building the base for a new electricity substation, rerouting services such as drainage and forming the new entrance road.

Since Christmas they have begun work on preparing the ground ready for the concrete base on which the new building will stand and we can expect to see that base being formed in the near future along with the first steel structures of the building being erected.

It’s now May and work has continued steadily on the temporary accommodation site. The groundworks are now almost complete with a level surface having been prepared ready for the delivery of the temporary building modules in the next few weeks.

By the end of May, the buildings should have been erected and work will begin on the fit-out.

The builders have their own ‘village’ which is secured off from the main school site for safety reasons. The gaps in the hoarding around the site are deliberate to allow students to watch the progress and prepare for the change that’s coming from September when we move in.

Progress on the temporary school site as of May 2024