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Extending the Classroom for the Benefit of Everyone

Every school would love to be able to offer more to their pupils - more space, more facilities, more equipment, more teaching staff and more resources. With school budgets under careful control and scrutiny, many schools find that they feel pushed, both in terms of pupil numbers and the space they have available.

The question comes in being able to provide extra space and more facilities at the right cost. Although many schools would love to be able to simply put an extra multi-storey building to give pupils extra rooms, the cost and space restraints on schools often makes this unfeasible.

One option that could be much more palatable, however, is to extend existing classrooms. While Education Spaces are highly experienced in providing standalone solutions, in some cases it's better to extend than to build new. Classrooms, particularly in older schools, weren't designed with modern usage in mind, meaning that they can often be small, dark or not make the best use of the space.

By extending an existing room, it can act as a form of retrofitting, to not only bring extra space, but also use modern, large picture windows that flood the classroom with natural light. Coupling the high-performance windows with thermally efficient SIPs panel construction and secure doors with a five-point locking system mean that you receive sturdy and well-thought out classrooms suitable for a modern school. Modern electrics installed by experts can help future proof schools and make sure that they're able to offer the right facilities to their pupils for years to come.

By extending classrooms, you can also make sure that you're making the most of the space you have available. Every Education Spaces classroom is designed around the space you have, guaranteeing you get the classroom you need. This works far better for schools with odd, unused areas that aren't suitable for traditional building methods or 'out of the box' plans.

Perhaps the greatest benefit of using Education Spaces to extend school classrooms is the speed at which work can be completed. Traditional building methods tend to be slow and messy, but as the SIPs panels are constructed offsite, the amount of time tradespeople need to be on site is greatly reduced, leading to a minimum of disruption. Works can even be scheduled for completion during school holidays, if applicable, meaning pupils and educators can concentrate on the task of lessons and not be distracted by ongoing work.

For schools, the choice of providing extra space and facilities must be considered as the benefit to pupils against the cost and the disruption to the running of the school. Using Education Spaces could be the answer to maximising your current buildings for the benefit of pupils and teachers alike.

For more information, please see our case study here 

Date: 31/03/2017 | Author: Roger Hedges