First new BSF school
delivered at
Bristol Brunel Academy

Sept 6 2007

England’s first new school to be completed under the Building Schools for the Future
(BSF) programme hosted a visit by the Prime Minister as pupils arrived for their first day
in the brand new school. Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, visited Bristol Brunel Academy – formerly Speedwell Technology College – on 6th September.

Bristol Brunel Academy is a 1,080-place secondary school for 11-16-year-olds and also provides a 100-place sixth form.

A dual-use leisure centre with a fitness suite, dance studio and changing rooms will open in March 2008 when the old College has been demolished to enable the remaining landscaping and access to be completed.

John Burgess, General Manager of Bristol Local Education Partnership (LEP), said:

"Bristol Brunel Academy marks the start of a new era for schools in Bristol and the rest of England. Students and the wider community will be now able to benefit from this vibrant new facility which is the impressive result of the close co-operation between the LEP, Skanska, the Academy and Bristol City Council."

Read the BBC news story on the school's opening here

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