Building Schools for the Future –
transforming
education in Bristol
Bristol Enterprise College gets Grand Designs seal of approval
Grand Designs TV presenter Kevin McCloud joined students, staff and governors of Brislington Enterprise College to celebrate the school's official opening on November 7, 2008. The well-known designer and Tim Byles, Chief Executive of Partnerships for Schools, unveiled a plaque marking completion of the building - the third school to open under Bristol's Building Schools for the Future programme.
Two Year 11 students, Alice Lamb, aged 15, and Lily Bland, 16, took Kevin on a tour of the college. At the opening ceremony, he said: “It’s a great building that works really well and is facilitating the learning and lives of those who use it.” Kevin congratulated Skanska who have developed and built the new college and now operate it, saying: “It’s rare to achieve a building of this quality”. He also congratulated FLACQ, the school's architects. For the full press release click here.
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Building Schools for the Future is a 15-year Government programme to raise educational attainment by rebuilding or renewing every one of England’s 3,500 secondary schools. In Bristol, the country’s first BSF programme is being delivered by a Local Education Partnership (LEP) between Bristol City Council, Partnerships for Schools – the government body for managing BSF – and Skanska, one of the world’s largest construction services companies.
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The first new BSF school, Bristol Brunel Academy (pictured above), hosted a visit by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, as pupils arrived for their first day in the brand new school, September 6 , 2007. Bristol Brunel Academy, a second school, Bristol Metropolitan College (which opened April 2008), and the new Bristol Enterprise College will be followed by Bridge Learning Campus in January 2009, and other new schools in the years to come. All of these schools will offer great learning environments for students of all ages, and will be open during extended hours so they can be used by the wider community as well as school students.
