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Quintin Kynaston School - set for ambitious plans |
Ambitious plans for £45m ‘superschool’ are unveiled
Four schools will merge to accommodate 2,000 pupils on campus
QUINTIN Kynaston (QK) School in St John’s Wood will join up with three other schools to become a £45million “superschool” for 2,000 pupils with a health centre, police base, nursery and outdoor amphitheatre.
Schools chiefs at Westminster Council unveiled the landmark proposals – the first of their kind in the capital – which will see QK combine with George Eliot Junior, George Eliot Infant and Beachcroft in a 34,000 square metre campus in Marlborough Hill.
The “university-style” campus will include:
l An amphitheatre and central “town square” to act as a meeting point
l A police base and health centre
l An adult education centre, crèche and drop in nursery
lA 25-metre swimming pool, portable boxing ring, astroturf pitch, outdoor parkour park, dance studio and 1km running trail.
The development will be paid for from the government’s Building Schools for the Future fund. It will also boast strong environmental credentials with a solar-heated water supply, allotments and roof gardens.
A public consultation on the plans will be launched next month, with a planning application expected to be submitted later this year. If planning permission is obtained, work could begin as early as next year.
The council’s Children’s Service boss Cllr Mark Page said: “This is a very exciting and highly ambitious scheme which we believe will transform education and community facilities in this part of London, benefiting the local community.
“Our aim is to provide the best possible start in life for every child and this campus will offer state-of-the-art facilities for young people from nursery age right up to when they leave to go to university or join the job market.
“It’s important to stress, though, that it’s still early days and over the coming months we will be seeking a wide range of people’s views on what they think of the scheme before the plans are finalised.” |
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