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Full Steam Ahead for New Inclusion Centre at Marsh Academy

Consent for a £3.6m centre to support vulnerable students and house family support was given by Kent County Council in July 2011.

The Centre will be funded by a grant from the Colyer-Fergusson Trust. 

 

Synergy are acting as Project Manager, Quantity Surveyor and CDM Co-ordinator for this exciting – and much needed community project.

 

The ground floor of the new building will be dedicated to inclusion services for the Academy. This will include working with students who need additional help with literacy and numeracy; supporting vulnerable students with short or long-term interventions, for example with a school nurse or counsellor; and providing a facility for students on personalised timetables where the main school curriculum is not best suited to their individual needs.

 

The aim of the Centre is to ensure that all students have the best possible chance of achieving their potential by helping them to work through any barriers or problems that they may be experiencing.

 

The top floor of the Centre will be dedicated to community use, for example to provide family support services that residents currently need to travel to Ashford or Folkestone for. Adult education services and local youth groups will also be encouraged to use the Centre, however it will not be hired out for parties or social functions.

 

The new building will feature knapped flint external walls at ground level with a rendered first floor elevation that will match the design of the main new Academy Buildings.

 

Detailed design is well underway and it is hoped that a contractor will be appointed by Christmas, 2011.  Work on site is due to commence by the Spring 2012 and the Centre will be complete and ready for use in the Spring of 2013.

 

Photo: courtesy of Seymour Harris Architects.

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