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Bromham C of E
Primary School

Local population growth created a significant need for additional school places across Bedfordshire.

Playing an important part of Bedford Borough Council’s three-to two-tier conversion programme, Bromham lower school converted to a three form-entry primary school by increasing it’s capacity and retaining years five and six.

Sector

Education

Services

Architecture

Status

Completed September 2017

Client

Bedford Borough Council

Location

Bedford

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Bromham C of E Primary School Exterior Playground side view
Bromham Primary School Exterior Playground View
Bromham C of E Primary School Playground Exterior
Bromham C of E Primary School Courtyard Playground
Bromham C of E Primary School PE Lesson in Hall
Bromham C of E Primary School Learning Street Corridor
Bromham C of E Primary School Toilet Block
Bromham C of E Primary School Classroom
Bromham C of E Primary School Exterior Playground side view
Bromham Primary School Exterior Playground View
Bromham C of E Primary School Playground Exterior
Bromham C of E Primary School Courtyard Playground
Bromham C of E Primary School PE Lesson in Hall
Bromham C of E Primary School Learning Street Corridor
Bromham C of E Primary School Toilet Block
Bromham C of E Primary School Classroom

About the project

Bromham needed to offer an extra 330 school places overall; more than doubling it’s capacity.

We carried out an extensive feasibility study, defining how the school could be developed to create a successful learning environment, accommodate the increase in pupil numbers, as well as provide additional classrooms and improved facilities. It was proposed that the existing kitchen and hall would be converted into classrooms, with construction of an additional seven classrooms and larger, improved facilities.

The school’s existing undersized hall and kitchen were converted into classrooms, and a larger hall, kitchen facilities and seven spacious new classrooms were constructed utilising offsite technology. The extension includes a wide central learning street with breakout areas suitable for group and solo working and a courtyard play area - providing a light, spacious and inspiring environment.

OUTCOME

Bromham now benefits from refurbished amenities and a new, single-storey, seven classroom building with a large hall. Through utilising offsite construction, we reduced the timescale of the programme to just 24 weeks and minimised disruption to the live school site during construction. By 2024 the school’s population will have grown naturally, accommodating 630 pupils between the ages of four and eleven.

" We were involved in the design process from the beginning and felt the whole experience was very consultative; our views and ideas were taken onboard. Construction was remarkably swift and because of the modular nature of the build, it caused very little disruption to the school as a whole and the children and parents were excited to be able to watch the progress of the new building as it took shape before their eyes. The end result - a block that came together just as we'd hoped and imagined - a block that's universally admired by children, parents and visitors. A block that feels airy, light and spacious and is a joy to work in.

Virginia Gilks, Headteacher of Bromham C of E Primary School

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