Serlby Park Academy Design and Access Statement August 2014 Contents 1.0 Background Security strategy DesignTeam 2.05 Ecological assessment 1.01 Introduction 2.06 Tree survey / arboricultural implications Main Contractor: Kier Education 1.02 The school 1.03 The brief Estate, Nottingham NG7 2SZ. 1.04 The site 3.0 Access statement t +44 (0)115 986 8856 1.05 Consultation Local Planning Authority 3.01 Introduction and policy approach Architects: Nicholas Hare Architects Client 3.02 Policies, legislation and guidance 3 Barnsbury Square, London N1 1JL. Local community, Academy community 3.03 External areas, pedestrian access t +44 (0)20 7619 1670 1.06 Planning policy 3.04 Vehicle access and parking Drop off Landscape Architect: Plincke 3.05 Entrances and reception Tuscany Wharf, 4A Orsman Road , London N1 5QJ . 2.0 Design statement 3.06 Circulation t +44 (0)20 7739 3330 Horizontal movement 2.01 The Control Scheme Vertical movement Structural Engineers: Cundall 2.02 Design evolution 3.07 Means of escape Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Site strategy 3.08 Sanitary accommodation t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 Rights of way 3.09 Finishes Scale and form 3.10 Acoustic design Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Cundall The main building plan 3.11 Lighting Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. The primary building plan 3.12 Information / signage t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 The secondary phase 3.13 Access statement development Circulation Acoustic Consultant: MACH Acoustics Zoning Trelawney House, Surrey Street, Bristol, BS2 8PS Departments 4.0 Appendix A t +44 (0)117 944 1388 2.03 Materials and elevations Letter of comfort Fire Consultant: Cundall 2.04 Landscape, security and access Landscape masterplan Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Entrance and approach, visitors t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 Entrance and approach, primary pupils Entrance and approach, secondary pupils Informal and social spaces Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Hard PE and aider sport strategy t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 Hard materiials palette Planting proposals Serlby Park Academy - Design and Access Statement August 2014 2 Serlby Park Academy - Design and Access Statement August 2014 3 1.00 Project Background 1.01 Introduction 1.02 The school 1.03 The brief The proposed Serlby Park Academy is part of the Government’s Serlby Park Academy, sponsored by the Schools Partnership Trust, The Academy has been designed in response to the written The whole Academy is to be accommodated within a single Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP). The PSBP was will be a through school with pupils aged 3 to 18. The primary brief provided by the EFA, and a control option scheme that was building (notwithstanding the sports facilities in the Leisure launched in July 2011 and is procured by the Education Funding phase will have a capacity for 420 pupils (two form of entry) produced as part of a feasibility study by Jacobs Architecture. The Centre adjacent). The primary and secondary phases are to be Agency (EFA) on behalf of the Department for Education. together with 39 FTE place nursery. The secondary phase will have written brief is made up of a number of documents that collectively largely separated to ensure child safeguarding of the younger pupils. There will however be opportunities to share facilities The PSBP aims to raise standards in education, through a combina- sixth form pupils. The existing school is split between two sites. and take advantage of being located in a single building. tion of investment in buildings and ICT, so that young people can The primary phase, currently located at Shrewsbury Road, Bircotes, general design information and criteria that all schools across the Ensure a smooth transition between phases. Doncaster, DN11 8DD will be relocated on to the existing site of The new building should support the paired classrooms the secondary phase off the Whitehouse Road, Bircotes, Doncaster, structure of the primary phase. This is the Design and Access Statement for the proposed Serlby DN11 8EF. precedence over the former. In addition the Academy has provided The new building should support the departmental structure Park Academy. The Statement aims to explain the design concepts a vision statement that communicates the ethos and aims of the of the secondary phase and facilitate cross-departmental work. and principles that have been applied to the proposed develop- The Academy uses the adjacent Bircotes Leisure Centre for sports school. The new school building aims continue the Academy’s The school is to facilitate extra-curricular teaching and activities, ment and demonstrate how context has informed the scheme. provision. This is facilitated under a Joint-User Agreement (JUA) recent trend of improvement, to deliver its aspirations, and become and encourage community involvement through: It also explains the approach to access that has been developed between Serlby Park Academy and Newark and Bassetlaw District a hub for the local community. - Study support: suitable spaces open before and after and describes the consultation we have undertaken to date and Council (BDC). school to support personalised learning, with access to planned future consultations. The Academy has been designed in response to the vision state- resources and staff support, help and guidance. ment, within the overall framework set by the EFA’s written brief - Clubs and activities: using the specialist facilities particu and feasibility study. The following educational drivers are key to larly in modern and foreign languages and business/ICT, enabling the school to deliver its aims and curriculum, and have with appropriate facilities to accommodate children, and shaped the development of the design: adults of all ages. - The community using and sharing specialist facilities and expertise. The safety and security of all users is paramount; zoning off areas during the day and in the evening must be possible, as well as ensuring one point of entry and exit for all during school hours to meet safeguarding requirements. One central staff social room for the entire Academy should be provided supported by department based staff work rooms management dispersed across the school in highly visible areas to provide passive supervision. The teaching areas will be supported by interactive and technology rich areas. It is important that the design allows advances in technology. The school will cater for students and visitors with a wide range of additional needs, whether learning, behavioural, emotional or physical. Teaching support for those with special educational needs (SEN) will be given within a whole-class setting, in small groups, or individually away from the classroom. Existing Serlby Park artwork Bircotes Leisure Centre View towards the existing senior school main entrance EFA brief: adjacencies diagram Serlby Park Academy - Design and Access Statement August 2014 4 Serlby Park Academy - Design and Access Statement August 2014 5 1.04 The Site 1.05 Consultation The existing Serlby Park Academy is located on two sites in Local Planning Authority Local community, Academy community Bircotes. The intention is to decant the primary phase out of its The current proposals have been developed in response to the A public consultation event is to be held at the Academy on current location at Shrewsbury Road and co-locate it with and EFA’s written brief, and the control option scheme that was 4th Sept 2014, hosted by the Academy, the EFA and the Kier secondary phase on the the existing secondary phase site, in an produced as part of the feasibility study by Jacobs Architecture. Education team. all-through school building. The local planning authority’s informal written response to the submitted control scheme, dated 19th March 2014, is included It is hoped that local parents, neighbours and the local press, as The existing school buildings on the secondary phase site are single storey, originally constructed in the 1960s or 1970s using the commence the development of detailed design proposals through out about the proposals and record their opinions and comments CLASP building system. Other accommodation has been added the PSPB ITT (Invitation To Tender) process. on these. over subsequent years. The buildings and external landscaping is in a poor state of repair and considered in the feasibility study to be in The feasibility study established the likely scale, massing and location need of complete replacement. of the new Academy. It also established the requirements of the highways design, with regard to pupil drop off and pedestrian The existing buildings are well set back from the Whitehouse Road. access. In addition, Sport England was consulted, alongside the There is a single point of access from Whitehouse Road with a local planning authority, to establish an agreed approach to sports narrow two-way roadway which serves not only the Academy but provision and community access in the new development. The also an adjacent primary school and the Bircotes Leisure Centre. - On-site car parking for staff and visitors within the school site is tations to date, and the building locations proposed are very similar currently limited and shared with the Leisure Centre car parking to those proposed in the feasibility study. 1.06 Planning policy leading to an unsatisfactory arrangement. Residential properties lie to the south and east of the site. The site has a number of mature The Development Plan documents relevant to the consideration of David Marsh of Nottinghamshire County Council on 16th July this application comprise of: 2014 to discuss the scheme as it developed. The scheme had not deviated greatly from the control scheme so broadly the proposals The Bassetlaw Core Strategy and Development Management were well received in principle. Policies DPD (Adopted December 2011) Client The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) provides the The detailed proposals for the new Academy have been developed overarching planning guidance to which all Development Plan through a series of weekly client engagement meetings with the documents should comply.