Tetherdown Primary School Expansion

We are keen to ensure that sustainability is at the top of the agenda for all those involved in construction of schools.

The Tetherdown Primary School Expansion programme is one of those schools that is required to follow BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method).

The design process and construction and through to the operation of the building is considered to ensure that suitable sustainability considerations continue through to the completion and in the running of the building.

We hope to achieve a “good” rating but higher than this may not be possible due to the limitations of the Victorian building.

In order to fulfil the BREEAM requirements it is necessary to demonstrate how the school will achieve its environmental performance.

BREEAM Schools assesses new build and refurbishment school projects in line with DfES requirements.

Assessment criteria are based on environmental performance levels rather than specific design solutions, giving the design team and client maximum flexibility to select appropriate systems and innovative solutions whilst ensuring high environmental performance standards.

We have partial occupation from the 1st September and that the project will be fully completed on the 12th September. See the current newsletter in the attached files section below.

Description of the project

• Tetherdown Primary School is a popular and successful school in Muswell Hill currently with one form of entry of 210 pupils. Due to a high demand for school places in the area, Haringey Council identified Tetherdown Primary School for expansion to two forms of entry to accommodate a maximum of 420 pupils from Foundation to Year 6.
• An opportunity arose to purchase adjacent land which allows for the expansion of Tetherdown to the recommended DfES standards. This land adjoins Tetherdown School to the south. The Central Foundation Schools of London sold the redundant playing field to the Treehouse Trust, a London based UK charity planning to build a school for children with autism and who have established a temporary campus on the remaining land and the two schools are already forming a relationship.
• There is land surplus to the Treehouse scheme which has been purchased by the Council to allow for this primary school expansion.
• The existing Tetherdown school accommodation comprises of a three-storey Victorian classroom block with a single storey extension providing a school hall, servery and kitchen, and a later single storey timber cabin two-class reception annex. Externally there is a single playground. The original classrooms and facilities are very cramped and well below current standards recommended by the DfES. The original 3-storey main building is in poor condition and in need of external and internal repairs. The school has no nursery.
• The proposed expansion works have been phased to enable the school to continue to operate throughout the building works.
• On completion the expanded school will conform to the DfES model for a two-form entry primary school both internally and in external play and outdoor education.
• The design allows for the remodelling of the existing building, based upon the DfES model for a new two form of entry school. This will allow the school to deliver the National Curriculum as part of the Council Strategy to improve education whilst raising achievement and standards within Haringey Schools.
• The interior of the existing main building will be stripped out and re-planned, providing main entrance, reception, administrative offices, classrooms meeting the requirements and supporting areas as group rooms and storage.
• Parts of the external rear wall will be removed on the ground floor to open out the new reception classrooms, provide for associated toilets and direct access to the external play areas, and create the larger area required for reception teaching.
• The single storey classroom block will be demolished to provide a larger KS1 external play area.
• The existing hall will be removed to give place to a central hub and hall for the new larger school.
• The central hub will form the pupils’ entrance and heart of the school. The main communal spaces for the school open off the hub, the main hall, toilets and the staff area. The main hall is large enough to seat the whole school in an assembly. Having the communal areas accessed from the hub means that they can be made available for community use out of school hours. The doors to the classroom blocks can be locked and access restricted to the hub areas.
• The new hub includes a lift installation providing access to all floors in the new and in the old building.
• Construction of a new teaching block to the south of the hub and the main building on three levels containing new classrooms, group and storage areas, library and ICT.
• External works include carefully defined

Full documentation can be found in the attached files section below.

Further Information

Property & Communications Officer
Property & Contracts
Children's Service
48 Station Road
London
N22 7TY

Tel: 020 8489 3869

Attached Files

Filename	Filetype	Size
tetherdown expansion.pdf	PDF	40K
Tetherdown Newsletter.pdf	PDF	159K
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