JOURNEY Turning our vision for the future of education into reality

Young people face constant and accelerating change in their future careers, social lives, and environments. We have a commitment to equip and prepare them, so that they will have the skills and personal qualities to deal with change. We are now well on our way to creating an environment that facilitates this: an environment that embraces tradition but is firmly positioned at the forefront of 21st Century teaching and learning methods.

Our next phase

We are now focusing on Phase 3 of this vital redevelopment project - to create a wonderful and inspiring centre for the Humanities, providing a lighter, more spacious and creative environment for learning. The centre will be used to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills they will need to thrive in our rapidly changing world. It will also support our ‘Skills for the Future’ programme, which focuses on pupils gaining the exam results they require for their next chapter and also developing key qualities to enable them to flourish in the future.

The first floor of the original school building, where Dale House once was, will be reshaped to provide this space. It is our aim to transform this area into a suitable centre for the Humanities in time for the start of the academic year in 2025.

The total cost of Phase 3 is £2 million and to date, we have identified £1.6 million of internal resources towards this target. The plans and designs for this work are complete, and in order to ‘press go’ and schedule the work, we need to raise £400,000 by December 2024. If we are unable to raise the funds by then, we will have to delay the work.

We would be truly grateful for your support in enabling this project to commence, and enclose further information about just how important Phase 3 is to our school and the learning of our pupils.