| New building will help Bredon School pupils work, rest and play! |
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 Bredon School is investing for the future with a new building that will help pupils work, rest and play.The two-storey building now under construction is the biggest development at the independent school near Tewkesbury since the mid 1990s. Due to be completed later this summer, the £600,000 building will have eight study bedrooms on the first floor, as well as a Sixth Form Centre where pupils can relax or study between lessons. The ground floor will feature eight fully equipped classrooms. School Principal David Keyte said: "We are very proud to be able to make this investment in the future of the school. I know that many staff and pupils are very excited about these improved facilities, particularly the senior boy boarders and the sixth-formers who will use the first floor." Mr Keyte is pictured shaking hands with Martin Roberts, the school's Clerk of Works, to celebrate the traditional "topping-out" of the building as the roof is made watertight. Mr Roberts is supervising the contractors working on the building. The principal contractor is Clever Building Solutions, based at Upton-upon-Severn, which is headed by Bredon School parent Graham Fisher. The new steel-framed building is in the grounds of Pull Court - the mansion at the heart of Bredon School - and faces across a grassed courtyard to a large sports hall and classroom block completed in the mid 1990s. It has been carefully designed to complement the existing block, using the same attractive combination of red and buff-coloured brick with a slate roof. It replaces a number of temporary buildings and will be linked to the school's existing boarding accommodation in the estate's old Stable House. It includes a lift, and is designed to provide full disabled access. Bredon School is a non-selective day and boarding school with around 220 boys and girls aged 7-18. Traditionally, it caters for children who may not be academic high-fliers, but who benefit from Bredon's individually tailored approach to education. The school offers a very broad curriculum, featuring a wide range of sports and vocational courses as well as traditional academic subjects. It is set in 84 acres of landscaped grounds just outside the village of Bushley. The school also has an international reputation for its work to help children with dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). ENDS Issued on behalf of Bredon School by Edge Media MEDIA CONTACTS: Principal Mr David Keyte on 01684 293156 or Paul Herbert at Edge Media on 01453 842020 |