About the project
The new Hackwood Farm estate, two miles West of Derby city centre, is being built by housing developers Redrow Homes and Miller Homes, with the £5million school being funded through Section 106 agreements.
With the new estate growing rapidly, the school needed to be open and fully operational by September 2019. This meant Derby City Council required a fast approach to construction. Utilising our expertise in modular design and offsite solutions, and the speed to market offered through the Scape Venture framework, the project was live and onsite quickly.
A QUICK AND EFFICIENT OUTCOME
The modules arrived onsite at the end of February and went from foundation level to all modules being in place in just seven days, allowing the build to progress quickly and efficiently. Hackwood Primary Academy was handed over to The Harmony Trust in August 2019, opening it’s doors to the first cohort of pupils in September – just nine months after breaking ground.
The single storey one form-entry primary school features a large hall, six spacious classrooms and a 26-place nursery. Internally, the large classrooms will feature a modern and bright design throughout, creating positive and engaging learning environments. The building will provide an effective healthy indoor environment with natural day-lighting and ventilation along with thermal comfort and acoustics which have been designed to support educational attainment. The colour theme is continued externally, with cladding to reflect the school logo.
The school is also future proofed with an innovative, expandable layout that will allow additional teaching space to be added in the future, which could increase the total capacity up to 315.