SCHOOLS

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SEPT 20.2019  GREAT NEWS FOR HARPENDEN.

KATHERINE WARINGTON SCHOOL HEAD (TONY SMITH) RECEIVES THE KEYS TO THE SPORTS  CENTRE IN THE NEW SCHOOL


Pupils will start their term here on Sept 30 in the Sports Centre which has been adapted to fit classes for 180 pupils with support services

March 4.  KATHERINE WARINGTON SCHOOL MOVING TO MAIN BUILDING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE!


It’s not often that a major building project runs ahead of schedule but when it does, it's worth shouting about. It’s even more worthy when that project was delayed in a mire of challenges to planning that went all the way to the High Court. The additional time spent in justifying the need and securing the right to build delayed the likely completion date of Katherine Warington School in Harpenden, pushing it back to the end of this summer. However, the lost time has been regained and the main school building will now be open for students in June. Keys will be handed over on 17th June and our students, currently educated in the repurposed sports centre will move in on Monday 22nd June.














Headteacher, Tony Smith, commented “Work  was due to start in December 2018 but commenced a month later. This delayed the completion of our temporary accommodation in the newly built Sports Centre and pushed the projected completion date for the main build back into the school summer holidays 2020. However, due to the focus and efficiency of Kier, Hertfordshire County Council and the Department for Education, the build has been slowly regaining the lost time from the late start.  I am delighted that our current staff and students will be able to familiarise themselves with the extensive facilities in advance of the next academic year and that we will be able to host our Transition Day for our new Year 7 students in the new building.  The new school building and its facilities are the culmination of a lot of hard work from everyone involved and it's absolutely fantastic to see it come together”


The 50 plus new classroom facilities include 9 state of the art science labs, 3 art rooms, CAD/CAM tech rooms with 3D and laser cutters, a vaulted drama suite, 2 music rooms and instrument rehearsal facilities and its own radio station.


Immediately the school occupies the new building, work will commence to transform the currently re-purposed  sports centre which should be ready for occupation (and hire outside of the school day) by the end of September.


The new school, which sits on a spectacular 47 acre site, is already over-subscribed with a waiting list for this current academic year and also for its September 2020 intake.