hedgewood school’s
additional teaching space for a rapidly expanding primary school
Hedgewood School is a rapidly expanding primary school located in the Hillingdon Local Education Authority. It caters exclusively for children with special educational needs along with supporting children and families outside of school hours and in holiday time.
key details
project overview
duration
14 weeks
services provided
Delivery
Design
Drainage
External works including landscaping
Groundwork
Installation
Manufacturing
Relocation of existing building
Service Connections
planning a new school building?
requirements
With a growing need to offer more spaces to children, Hedgewood School needed to provide additional teaching space. Having been turned away by other contractors due to the complexity of the build location, Modulek were able to offer a turnkey solution which others couldn’t.
Welcoming children with special educational needs the design element of this project was crucial. There are features included within the building design to ensure that every child has the best environment to feel safe and secure and allow the teaching and support staff to support every child to the best of their ability.
the building
Quiet areas were incorporated into the building design so that any child who was feeling overwhelmed could escape to and receive the support they needed in a safe area.
Large classrooms with plenty of open space were important so that the teaching staff could encourage active learning and the children could have the freedom to express themselves freely.
The external area was just as important as the internal layout. The building was needed to be built into a small area within the existing site, so ensuring connectivity to the adjacent and adjoining classrooms was very important.
Keeping disruption to a minimum was of real importance so building work was completed during the school summer holidays and completed in time for the new term.
modular school buildings
Modern Methods of Construction lend themselves perfectly for the design and construction of new school buildings that benefit from a truly unique modular approach.
A modular school building is one that is constructed off-site as individual units and is then transported to site and erected into a complete building. Modular school buildings are the perfect solution to additional classroom blocks, sports halls, science labs, humanities blocks and sixth form buildings. The end results is often indistinguishable from a traditional school building.