Woolston Learning Village brings together Fox Wood School and Green Lane Community Special School, catering for children aged 4-19 with special educational needs and disabilities, onto one site sharing state-of-the-art specialist resources.
The campus also provides new specialist teaching space for Woolston 6th Form College, which educates and supports students aged 16-19 who have a range of additional needs including severe learning difficulties, complex learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.
The overall scheme (for approximately 300 pupils) was broken down into three phases; Post-16, Main Building and Integrated Services Building. A steering group was formed for each phase, comprising designers, contractors, project manager, client and end users, to ensure ongoing communication, collaboration and cooperation.
The Post-16 phase involved extensions and remodelling to an existing single storey building to improve access, circulation and teaching spaces and bring the original building in line with current specifications and standards. Facilities include a variety of teaching spaces, break out spaces, medical rooms, hygiene rooms and a sensory room.
The main building (Fox Wood and Green Lane Schools) has 3,300m2 of remodelled and refurbished floor area and 1,900m2 of new build extensions, including a new specialist teaching wing and a hydrotherapy pool adjacent to the original sports hall.
The JM building was added into the scheme to convert the original Science and Technology building for Local Authority, Health and partner services support and administration facilities.
