Highgate Wood School BSF

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) at Highgate Wood School

This £4.9m project was completed in Spring 2010. Today students and staff are now enjoying the new facilities created as part of Building Schools for the Future. You can read about our BSF story in the attached files section.

"We are delighted with our new facilities and are excited to be able to begin to enjoy the opportunities that the new areas will bring. The changes that we have been able to make will benefit Highgate Wood students both in the present and in the future."

Patrick Cozier, Headteacher

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Making a real difference

New Highgate Wood School classroom

The new facilities at Highgate Wood School are enabling new ways of teaching and learning, and feature:

  • a new library creating a larger learning resource centre
  • an outdoor stage to support performing arts at the school
  • improved maths and english spaces
  • a mezzanine to provide more space for media studies
  • new computers and technology.

You can read case studies on ICT, Media, the new dining space and value for money in the project in the attached files section below.

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Making it Happen

Dining area and mezzanine link

Key project dates:

  • this scheme was granted planning permission in June 2008
  • construction work began on the project in March 2009
  • the new facilities were first open to the school in March 2010
  • this was the first Haringey BSF project to be completed
  • the architects for this project were Watkins Gray International.

The Contractors were Breyer Group. Find out more in Meet the Contractors.

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Environmental information

The programme at Highgate Wood School aims to achieve an independent environmental rating (BREEAM) of 'Very Good'.

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Further information

Inside new learning resource centre

Building Schools for the Future
Civic Centre
High Road
Wood Green
N22 8LE

Tel 020 8489 4581
Fax 020 8489 2886
Email

bsf@haringey.gov.uk

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