Index

Note: page numbers in italics refer to figures

academies (in general) 12, 44

acoustic considerations 52, 155, 164

adapting existing buildings 105–25, 152

adjacency 39, 88, 90, 100

age-specific learning areas 35, 39, 46, 91, 91–2, 100

AHR 89

all age schools 3, 12, 53

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 53, 78–9

Archial NORR 42

architect’s role 71, 76, 115–16, 119

ArchitecturePLB 54, 56, 60–1, 86, 97, 109

area allowances 12, 108, 166

Arkitema Architects, 2

Ashperton Primary Academy, Herefordshire 128

assembly spaces 39, 48, 68, 75, 109, 114

Atkins 80–1

Avanti Architects 57

balconies 56, 79

Barnfield West Academy, Luton 54

Baseline Designs 43, 57, 161, 166

Basic Needs funding 12

BDP 142–3

Boarding Schools National Minimum Standards 2013 164

Bond Bryan Architects 62–3

Bonhill Primary School, Bonhill, Argyll and Bute 156–7

BREEAM 11

bridges 47, 83, 99

briefing issues 24–5 (see also design issues)

Building Bulletins 164, 165, 166

building footprints 49–50 (see also building typologies)

building height 50

building information management (BIM) 136

building layouts see building typologies

building management and maintenance 152

building materials 73, 75–6, 96–7

building orientation 52, 95

Building Schools for the Future Programme (BSF) 10, 70, 71, 88, 93

building surveys 113

building typologies 52–7

campus models 52–4

capital funding 10, 12, 166

car drop-off 95

car parking 95–6

Cazenove Architects 106, 117

central ‘heart’ spaces 39, 65, 71–2, 72, 73, 75

changing requirements 153

Charles Dickens Primary School, Southwark, London 138–9

Chobham Academy, Newham 53

Christ’s College in Guildford 146

circulation 55, 56, 75, 77, 121

cladding materials 75–6

Clapham Manor Primary School, Lambeth, London 14–15

client brief 21–39, 71–2

client engagement 26, 71–2, 73

colour use 77

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) 11

Commonweal Sixth Form, Swindon 135

communication 151 (see also client engagement)

community use 44, 46, 61, 92, 96, 101

component-based solutions 62–3

configurations see building typologies

consulting staff and students 32–3

Contents Design 138–9

cost effectiveness 113, 115

Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture Client: 34–5

courtyard models 17, 54–5, 83, 156

Creates Hubs 141

cross-curricular activity 57, 100

Curl La Tourelle Architects 98–9

curriculum groupings 45

curriculum provision 90–1, 93

Cwmclydach Primary School, Clydach Vale, Rhondda Valley 36 36–7

cycle storage 95

Darwen Vale High School, Darwen, Lancashire 100–1

daylighting see natural lighting

decor 29, 77, 133–4, 142

Design Council review 2005 11

design for change 155

Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) 80, 81

design guidance 165

design issues 44–52

educational 44–6

physical 49–52

social 47–9

design performance 11–12, 33

design process 26–8, 71–6

design quality indicators 11, 90, 115, 119

design requirements 164–5

design stages 115–16

design standards 164–5

design team 150, 151

design test rooms 31–2, 36

design user groups (DUG) 31

desking 7, 131

dining areas 48, 57, 75, 91

direct funding 44

diversity of schools 43–4, 44, 45–6

drivers for change 148

dRMM 14–15

early years 91–2, 164

ecology 94

Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010/14 164

Education (Schools) Act 1992 10

education consultants 28

education design brief (EDB) 24–5

Education Funding Agency (EFA) 12, 166

Baseline Designs 43, 57, 161, 166

Education Reform Act 1988 9, 44

educational context 44

educational performance 11–12, 33, 69

Elm Court School, Lambeth, London 122–3

entrepreneurial spaces 141

environmental control 151–2

Ercall Wood Technology College, Wellington, Shropshire 154–5

ethos of school 44, 52

examination areas 46, 114

exemplars 28, 71

existing buildings 105–25, 152

extended use see community use

extensions 51, 105–25, 110

external drivers 148

external furniture 97

external learning see outdoor learning

external noise 52

external spaces see outdoor environments

facades 15, 71, 75–6, 78, 79

facilities output specification (FOS) 164–5

Facilities Output Specifications 43

faith rooms 49

FaulknerBrowns Architects Client: 154–5

FCB Studios 82–3

Fir Vale & Watermead Primary Schools, Sheffield 62–3

fittings, furniture and equipment (FFE) 127–43

flexible spaces 31, 46, 132, 152, 155–6, 157, 161

Forest Park School, Totton, Hampshire 16–17

‘forest’ schools 80–1, 99

free schools 12, 44

funding 10, 12, 166

furniture 37, 127–43 (see also desking)

gardens 81, 90, 91, 97, 101, 157

Gateacre School, Belle Vale, Liverpool 142–3

Gloucester Academy, Gloucestershire 38–9

Goose Green Primary School, Southwark 106, 117

Gove, Michael 12

government policy 12, 43, 44

gradient of site 51

grant-maintained status 9

graphic design 77

Grounds for Learning 102–3

group-based learning 45, 100, 123, 150

Gumuchdjian Architects 114

Hampshire County Architects Department 10, 16–17

Happyhansel Primary School, Walls, Shetland 102–3

Haverstock 158–9

Hawkins|Brown 111

Hayes Primary School, Croydon 109

Hayhurst and Co 109

headteacher’s role 26, 28–9, 33

health and safety regulations 164

Hellerup School, Copenhagen 2

Henley Halebrown Rorrison 114

Henrietta Barnett School, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London 120–1

Hilden Grange Preparatory School, Tonbridge 111

Hillview School for Girls, Tonbridge, Kent 124–5

historical perspective 4–13

HOK 140–1

Hopkins Architects 120–1

house logos 77

house structure 71

hub and spokes models 55, 61, 72, 73–5, 155

independent schools 43

indoor comfort 63, 151

informal and social areas see social settings

information and communications technology (ICT) 25, 36

interior design 127–43 (see also decor)

internal streets 55, 159

Isaac Newton Academy, Ilford, London 82–3

James Review of Education Capital 2011 43

JCB Academy 117

Jestico + Whiles 67–77

jmarchitects 122–3

Jo Richardson Community School, Dagenham 56

John Madejski Academy, Reading 47

John McAslan Partnership 100–1

Kensington Creates, Kensington Aldridge Academy, London 140–1

key stage learning areas 46, 47, 63, 83

landscape masterplan 95

landscaping 88–90, 94, 97, 101 (see also gardens)

Le Murier School, Guernsey 97

leadership 150

learning performance 11–12, 33, 69

learning styles 96

legacy furniture 135–6

legislation 164

LHC Architecture 117

Lime Tree Primary School, Sale, Manchester 80–1

Liverpool Schools Model 64

lockers 49

long-term thinking 145–59

LOOP. bz 2

masterplans 15, 73, 93, 94, 95, 149, 151

materials see building materials

Michael Faraday Community School, Southwark 42

modular assembly 80, 81

multifunction spaces 39, 55, 118, 152, 159

multi-storey buildings 15, 18, 50, 51, 56, 57, 61, 79, 83, 99, 100, 142, 155

national curriculum 44

natural environment 94

natural lighting 56–7, 63, 75, 79

natural ventilation 57, 75

needs assessment 110–11

New Labour 2005–10 10–11

Nicholas Hare Architects 38–9, 45

Nightingale Architects (IBI Group) 94

noise infiltration 52, 155

Notre Dame Catholic College, Everton, Liverpool 64–5

Notre Dame RC Secondary School, Southwark, London 28–9, 34–5

nursery and reception spaces 46, 63, 91–2

Ofsted 10

open-plan spaces 56–7, 65 (see also hub and spokes models)

orientation of site see building orientation

outdoor environments 85–103, 88, 156

outdoor learning 80–1, 90–1, 92–3, 99, 101

out-of-hours use 46, 49, 61 (see also community use)

outside spaces see outdoor environments

parking areas 82, 95–6

participative design see client engagement

partnering contracts 76

Partnerships for Schools (PfS) 10

Passmores Academy, Harlow 67–77

pastoral arrangements 46, 47, 48, 71, 83

pavilions 43, 45, 47, 65, 81, 125

pedagogical styles 44, 45, 96

Penoyre & Prasad 51

performance measures 11–12, 33

performance spaces 48, 82, 83, 101, 109, 114

perimeter security 52

phased development 51, 121, 149

physical context 49–52, 75, 79

planning for change 28–32, 149–53

play areas 91, 99

playing fields see sports accommodation

Plincke 86, 89, 94, 97

prefabrication 8 (see also modular assembly)

Primary Capital Programme (PCP) 10

Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) 12, 43, 164–5

Priory School, Upper Norwood, London 98–9

project costs 113, 115, 118

project leaders 150

project team 27–8

project-based learning 30–1, 150

pupil performance see learning performance

radial plans see hub and spokes models

refurbishment 105–25

regulations 164–5

Residential Special Schools National Minimum Standards 2013 164

Rimon Jewish Primary School, Barnet 133

roof spaces 50, 51, 83, 99, 111, 114

room sizes 116, 152

Royal Greenwich University Technical College, London 18–19

Ryder Architecture 156–7

Safe Routes to School 95

Salford University study 2012 11

sample classrooms and equipment 134

sanitary facilities 49, 75, 76

school grounds see outdoor environments

school inspections 10

School Premises (England) Regulations 2012 164

school specific design brief (SSDB) 24

Schools for the Future Series 165

‘schools within a school’ 44, 83, 159

Scott Brownrigg 124–5

security considerations 52, 92, 95

sense of place 95

service connections 52, 155

Sheffield UTC 130

Sheppard Robson 64–5, 132, 137

Shoreham Academy, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex 60–1

site access 49, 95, 99

site areas 49–50

site characteristics 50–1, 73, 94–5

site planning diagrams 90

site security 52, 95

site-wide surveys 112–13

sixth forms 46, 48

‘sky walk’ bridges 99

Smarte East 70

social context 47–9, 72–3

social settings 48, 49, 88, 89, 90, 91–2, 96

software for space planning 131

space planning 127–43

Spacezero 130, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137

spatial layouts see building typologies

special educational needs (SEN) 12, 16, 43, 44, 46, 166

specialisms 45 (see also technology specialism)

specialist status 44

Sport England publications 165

sports accommodation 51, 83, 92, 95

St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School 89, 132, 137

St. Benedict’s School, Ealing 114

St. Marylebone School, Westminster 114

St. Marys Catholic College, Blackpool 94

St. Matthew Academy, Lewisham 86

staff participation 31–2, 71

staff work and social areas 46, 49, 149–50

stakeholders 32–3

standard specifications 11

Standard Specifications, Layouts and Dimensions Series (SSLDs) 165

standardised designs 12, 43, 161

standards 164

Standards for School Premises 2013 164

Stanley Park High, Carshalton, London 158–9

Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy in Greenwich 45

Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2012 164

storage walls 134

street and fingers models 55

Studio E Architects 136

studio schools 44

studio spaces 159

superblock model 56–7

surveys 94, 112–13

sustainable design 73, 79, 94

Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) 94

teaching lecterns 131

teaching spaces 45–6

teaching styles 44, 52, 96

technology specialism 18–19, 71, 72, 154–5

thermal comfort 63, 151

Thomas Fairchild Community School, Hackney 57

threshold spaces 92, 100 (see also site access)

Tottenham UTC 22, 27, 30, 32

travel plans 95

typologies, building 52–7

UCL Academy, Camden 51

university technical colleges 18, 29–30, 44

urban versus rural sites 50

UTC Cambridge 59

utilities 52

value 115

visits to other schools 28, 71

Walters & Cohen Architects 18–19

Walthamstow School for Girls, Waltham Forest 109

Warren Benbow Architects. 128

Westminster Academy, London 78–9

WilkinsonEyre Architects 47

Witton Park Academy, Blackburn 136

workspaces 141

year 7 zones 35, 39, 46, 91, 100