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Builders hand over keys to new Stanley Park High
January 6, 2012 10:36 PM
The countdown to the opening of the new Stanley Park High school has begun, as builders handed over the keys to the £50m state of the art building.
Staff are now putting the finishing touches to the 1,400 pupil school, which opens to pupils on 16 January. They have been working over the Christmas break to fit out the school, ready for the first day of term.
Executive Headteacher David Taylor said: "The school has been five years in the making, so it's really exciting to now have the keys and to be able to start fitting it out.
"The new school is one of the best learning spaces in the country. It is carbon neutral and the classrooms are flexible and designed to ignite a passion for learning.
"Our exam results have been gone up and up over the last six years, attendance levels have soared and the number of parents naming us as their first choice school has gone through the roof. I hope our new school will inspire our staff and students to continue this success and go on to achieve even more."
Chair of Governors, Jane Pascoe, said: "We have a real opportunity to provide something for our local community that is truly fantastic. We embarked on this journey for our current students and the thousands that will follow. We will not let them down."
Mr Taylor and his team have masterminded a unique approach to education, based on the Human Scale Education Movement. The new school is divided into four separate small schools: Horizon, Performance, Trade and World, each with around 350 pupils.
Teachers are fixed in schools and half the curriculum is based on teaching 10 key skills for life. Horizon supports a small number of autistic pupils.
The £50m project was funded by the Building Schools for the Future programme and Sutton Council.
Cllr Kirsty Jerome, Sutton Council's Executive Member for Education and Schools, said: "Stanley Park High is a real success story and we are delighted to hand over the keys to the new building.
"Sutton has some of the best schools and exam results in the country. The new Stanley Park will offer even greater opportunities for our students. I am especially pleased that young people with ASD will also benefit from this fabulous new school. "
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