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Thursday, 03 February 2011
Students and staff are celebrating at Bolton School, having
had planning permission granted by Bolton Council for the
building of a new £7m Sixth Form Centre in the heart of their
Chorley New Road campus.
Architecturally, the glass and sandstone elliptical building
promises to provide a stunning contrast to the School's Neo-Gothic
façade and turrets. The new centre will link to the main
building with two-storey glazed walkways. It will provide
independence for over 400 Sixth Form students and will include an
ICT suite, seminar rooms for project work and tutorial sessions,
quiet study areas, a common room, a refectory café area, exhibition
space and the main school reception.
Mrs Gill Richards, Headmistress of the Girls' Division, said:
"These are exciting times for Bolton School. The Centre will
provide the best of both worlds in that girls and boys
will share the facilities, including the Common Room, but
lessons will continue to be taught in single sex environments,
something that we strongly believe benefits the
students. The new building will complement the excellent
teaching and opportunities that our students already
receive."
Mr Alistair Baines, Director of Cassidy and Ashton architects,
commented: "From a design perspective, once
completed,the Centre will help illustrate the best
of modern design against the traditional background of the school.
The effect will be sensational and will provide an attractive
and stimulating environment for the students. This will
be the latest project in our 30-year relationship with Bolton
School."
The school will be funding the development from donations and
hopes to begin the building work in the next few years.
The building of the Sixth Form Centre will mark the final stage
in a building programme which has seen the construction of a new
Infant School, a new Junior Girls' School and a refurbishment and
extension of the Junior Boys' School.
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