THE FUTURE of Princethorpe College is taking shape after it revealed plans to invest £8million in a new state-of-the-art science building.
Plans are being submitted this autumn for a two-storey building which will see Biology, Chemistry and Physics departments sited together in one dedicated location.
At just over 1,600 sq metres, the modern building will include ten new laboratories, preparation areas, staff bases and toilets.
The new block will connect with the existing Limes Building on both floors, and a landscaped square will be created at the front.
Head master Ed Hester said: “In a demanding world, where scientific progress is essential across the spheres of discovery, development and innovation, we need to provide the very best facilities for teaching and learning to stimulate the intellect, ambition and creativity of our pupils.
“This tremendous new building will enable us to do just that.”
Left to right: Matt Wrate (Couch Perry Wilkes), Alex Darkes (Assistant Head Development), Michael Small (Foundation Estates Manager), Eddie Tolcher (Foundation Bursar), Ed Hester (Headmaster Princethorpe College), Elisa Canet (AT Architects), Tony Pugh (AT Architects) and Michael Tideswell (Curriculum Coordiator) at the site of the new science building.The project will also allow the college to redevelop and cluster other departments, providing permanent homes for Economics, Business Studies, Geography and Classics and dedicated laboratory areas for Academic PE. Plans are also afoot to provide additional catering and seated dining facilities.
It is the latest in a series of revamps at the college, which has included the refurbishment of the Clarkson Theatre and the Roundhouse for the Performing Arts, the Limes Building for Modern Foreign Languages, English and ICT, and the restoration of the wooded lake area known as Switzerland for outdoor education.
The project has been designed in collaboration with Leamington-based AT Architects. It is hoped construction will start in the next three years.
