The new 14,788 m² Sidney Stringer Academy in Coventry will provide accommodation for 1050 11-16 year old students and 300 post-16 year old students.

Sheppard Robson has won a contract to design the £20 million St Ambrose Voluntary Aided College in Hale Barns, Trafford with Balfour Beatty. The project is being funded by the government’s National Academies Framework Part 1.

Planning approval was recently received for the Sheppard Robson designed Oasis Academy in Coulsdon, Croydon. The new Academy for 1,150 pupils, including 250 sixth form students, will be redeveloped within an existing school with approximately 60% of the development being new build and 40% refurbishment.

Sheppard Robson was appointed as part of the Kier Education team to design the new 900-place Academy for 11-16 year olds,

The Sheppard Robson design for the first Academy to be built in Norfolk was chosen through a competitive bid process on the Academies Framework. The new 9,000m² development will replace the existing 1960s school with a building that has been designed to meet the Academy’s vision of a ‘vibrant, attractive and stimulating learning environment’ that compliments its ‘open’ community.

Suffolk College was the first major project in the education quarter of Ipswich, a regeneration area east of the town centre. The Sheppard Robson designed 20,300m² further education facility is an ‘open campus’, accessible by the public but safe and secure for the students. Its form is defined by its urban location; providing visual links to the town centre, the station and the waterfront.

Sheppard Robson has designed the new educational buildings at Stockwell Park High School, a secondary school in the London Borough of Lambeth. The area is one of the most deprived boroughs in London. The School’s redevelopment will act as a catalyst for improved education and academic achievement. The proposed building weaves around the existing mature trees, providing a fluid form, responding directly to its setting and embracing internal open spaces

Sheppard Robson is working with Kier Education on a One School Pathfinder to provide a bespoke tailored design for a school providing an innovative new way of learning.

The new Litherland High School embodies the vision of the staff and students into an innovative learning environment, a radical departure from the traditional institutional school typology. 

Sheppard Robson designed a transformational scheme in response to a challenging brief for a new school within the footprint of a fully operational one, without provision for temporary accommodation. The project was delivered as a ‘One School Pathfinder’ through the BS F programme for Wokingham Borough Council. The new College will become a landmark, clearly integrated into the community whilst modern enough to reflect the forward-looking ethos of the school.

Sheppard Robson was commissioned to design facilities for the Bournemouth & Poole College’s Lansdowne Campus. The design included site masterplanning, the new build College design and the refurbishment of three Grade II listed buildings. The site sits within a Conservation Area, has numerous Tree Preservation Orders and is bound by main roads on three sides.

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Ashford Learning Campus, a purpose-built educational facility at South Kent College, is a Sheppard Robson designed building with a prominent façade, which will be located alongside the Eurostar terminal. The new building will be broken down into a pair of four-storey blocks, consisting of vocational workshops and a glazed atrium between, holding the reception, refectory and performing arts spaces.

CEME is a dynamic hub of education, enterprise and manufacture for east London; a flagship project for the Thames Gateway regeneration. It is the first purpose built campus in the country, providing a ‘one stop shop’ high-tech teaching and learning environment.

Sheppard Robson worked with Kent County Council to deliver a ‘sustainable futures industry strategy’ - identifying sustainable development opportunities to redefine ‘brand’ perception of the county and to encourage inward investment in the region. The most viable opportunity, Hadlow College, will provide a 500 acre agricultural education facility for a sustainable living campus and business institution, bringing together the two elements in partnership with rural business and the wider community.

The Perse Prep School is located on a 2.3 hectare site to the south of Cambridge city centre.

To implement the School’s expansion programme, Sheppard Robson have designed a new classroom block as part of a phased development strategy, comprising six classrooms, a library and dedicated art and technology facilities

The Perse Upper School is located on an 11.5 hectare site to the south-west of Cambridge city centre.  

To implement the School’s expansion programme Sheppard Robson have designed a new teaching block as part of a phased development strategy, comprising subject based classrooms, a library and ICT suite.