Portfolio Category: Education

Magdalen College School is an independent day school for boys aged 7-18 years old and girls in the sixth form. It was founded in 1480 as part of Magdalen College and is located in Oxford, England.

The development comprised of the construction of a new 4-storey Sixth Form Centre to provide a social and flexible study space, classrooms, offices and changing accommodation for 360 pupils.

The project commenced with demolition works to the Colin Sanders Building, which the new block connected into and also included the staged, partial demolition of the south end of the 1928 building.

The construction site was accessed from Cowley Place, and shared boundaries with the existing Magdalen College School Buildings and St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

St Edward’s School was founded in 1863 and is located in Oxford, England. It is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13-18 years old.

The development comprised of the construction of a new music school building at St Edwards School. Named in honour of the project’s principal contributor, Hamish Ogston, the new Music School has established itself in its own right at the heart of the local community, welcoming schools, touring musicians and community performances. The new recital and rehearsal space is able to seat up to 120 people. Works included the construction of 20 practice rooms; seven ensemble rooms; a recording studio and rock room as well as a new Sixth Form Music Library.

Specialist sound equipment was subcontracted on this project, special attention was focused on quality in general and in particular to the acoustic details and specifications required to deliver a high-quality music school environment.

Farleigh School was founded in 1953 and is located in Hampshire, England. It is an independent, co-educational Catholic preparatory School for Children aged 3 to 13 years old.

This project comprised of the delivery of a new, separate single storey building, within associated drop-off and pick-up area for the students. The new music school provides recital space and seating for 120 pupils as well as a rock room, recording studio and additional individual teaching and practice rooms.

St Catherine’s School was founded in 1914 and is located in Twickenham, England. It is an independent Catholic Girls School educating approximately 430 Girls aging from prep to senior school.

The scope of works for the project comprised of the refurbishment and extension works to the existing Science Block, including re-cladding, re-roofing and insulating the structures elevations. The upgrade and extension to the Science block comes as part of the Schools development plan to provide top facilities for the students.

Installation of new windows and external doors were completed, as well as new mechanical and electrical services. General enhancements were delivered to the Schools Laboratories.

St George’s School was founded in 1869 and is located in Surrey, England. It is an independent, Roman Catholic co-educational nursery, private day school and 6th form college in Surrey for 3-18 year old boys and girls.

The development consisted of 3 phases of construction works.

Phase 1 – Comprised of site enabling works, as well as the demolition of 2 existing classroom blocks, drainage, plus access widening for Fire Engine access and hard landscaping works.

Phase 2 – Encompassed the construction of new 2-storey teaching block, to provide new classrooms and further teaching areas, as well as associated drainage works and hard & soft landscaping.

Phase 3 – The phase 3 scope included the refurbishment of the existing Nursery building, plus hard landscaping to these areas, which involved a new cross-over to the entrance.

The works were carried out in phases due to the working environment remaining live throughout the duration of the project, to ensure that the daily tasks and activities of the school were not compromised.

Queen Anne’s School was founded in 1894 and situated in Caversham, Reading. It is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 years old.

Works included the design and construction of a 2-storey Sixth Form Centre and Dining Hall providing catering and dining facilities, new offices as well as further social and teaching rooms.Works also included the refurbishment of the accommodation block’s kitchen facilities.

The site was located within the School campus on the site of the old bursary and accommodation block (Moore House), this meant that the site was live throughout the duration of works; therefore Feltham Construction implemented specific policies and procedures to ensure the safety and welfare of pupils, staff and other visitors.

Prior to the success of this project, Feltham completed 2 previous projects with this client, demonstrating our robust demand for repeat business and high rate of customer satisfaction. Feltham have now just completed their 5th scheme with Queens Anne’s School.

Godalming College was founded in 1978 and is located in Godalming, England. It is one of the top performing sixth form Colleges in the country.

Feltham Construction were awarded phase four of the development plan, which included the design and construction of a new two storey detached teaching building including, adaptations to the existing sports hall, drainage and minor hard and soft landscape works, as well as, adaptations to existing parking areas within the College campus.

St Swithuns School was founded 1884 and is located in Winchester, Hampshire. It is a mainstream, independently funded senior school for girls aged 11-18 years old.

The project comprised of creating new build School facilities to accommodate an additional 260 pupils from Nursery, Reception and years 1 to 6. In addition to two classrooms per year group, specialist classrooms were constructed for the teaching of DT/ ICT/ Science/ Art/ Music/ French and the Humanities. The project also delivered a new library, music practice rooms, cloakrooms, staff room, administration offices, a music / performance hall and a gym hall.

The scheme was built in two phases separated by a year’s gap and the duration of the works took place within a live, occupied environment.

The required BREEAM accreditation of VERY GOOD was achieved.

Westbrook Hay Prep School was founded in 1892 and is located in Hemel Hempstead, England. It is a co-educational independent school which educates children from 3 –13 years old.

The scheme at Westbrook Hay School was the delivery of a new assembly hall, the structure provided a new reception, additional teaching rooms and a high-quality, tiered seating theatre to the ground floor. The first floor housed further teaching rooms, conference areas and additional access to the upper tiered seating.

Works initiated with the demolition of the existing building as well as the clearance of the site, before the construction could commence. Access to the site for the duration of the works was via temporary roadways, which was protected with fencing panels and netting, to ensure the upmost safety of all pupils, staff and the general public.

The site is within the centre of the North campus with existing buildings adjacent to each elevation.

Aldro School was founded in 1877 and is located in Shackleford, England. It is a day and boarding school for approximately 200 boys aged between 7 and 13 years old.

Works comprised of the design and construction of a new multi court sports hall and all associated works for facilities including toilets and storage, as well as office space for the staff, plus external works. The construction took place whilst the School was fully operational.

The Value Engineering process was successfully completed on site, as requested.