As part of GDST’s ongoing commitment to provide the best teaching and learning environments, Neilcott was appointed to undertake an extension and refurbishment of the Junior School facilities at Bromley High School.

The school sought to provide enhanced specialist subject teaching facilities within a contemporary, uncluttered building with good daylighting and the ability to reconfigure the rooms to suit teaching requirements as they continue to evolve.

The innovative use of space will enable pupils to benefit fully from the creative curriculum already in place and facilitate the drive to develop girls who are committed, composed, confident and courageous young women in the future.

The scheme includes refurbishment and extension of the reception classrooms, a new extension to provide science lab, digital hub, art, craft, cookery, dance and flexible teaching and learning spaces around a courtyard, along with refurbishment of part of the existing building to create a new library and improved IT classroom and a new visitor entrance to create a welcoming face to the school.
Extensions are single storey steel framed construction, with hollow core floor planks, masonry brick and blockwork walls, extensive curtain-walling and standing seam zinc roof.

Innovative features include a cosy tree-house feature built into the new library, which has really captured the children’s imagination. The library has feature curved timber construction to enhance aesthetic appeal. A living wall has also been installed.

A glass-walled collaborative learning area leads directly onto a beautiful new courtyard which features high-quality external landscaping with permeable surface replicating a river running through the centre.
The dance and drama studio serves both Junior and Senior girls and is a wonderful addition to the school’s performance space with panoramic views of the grounds.