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SOUTHERN ROAD SCHOOL, NEWHAM

Client: Southern Road School
Contract Sum: Phase 1 £125k; Phase 2 £50k
Completion: 2011

We were commissioned to develop outline proposals for a whole school plan in 2009, to allow phased implementation as funds permit. Our brief was simply to transform the extensive but bland (tarmac and failing grass) school grounds, to maximise play and educational potential.

Features include: School Amphitheatre with tensile canopy, terracing to a failed sloping grass area, an extensive trim trial, inventive coloured ground markings, reception play area proposals including a bespoke sand pit and crane, a forest school and orchard area, school garden area, front entrance enhancements, KS1 Deck with canopy.