Deer Park Secondary School

Location
Southampton
Client
Kier Construction
Wildern Academy Trust
Value
£20m
Completion
2021
BREEAM Rating
Excellent
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A high-quality, energy-efficient learning environment at the heart of a new community.

Hampshire County Council worked in partnership with Wildern Academy Trust and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (EFSA) to provide a new seven-form entry secondary school as part of the Uplands Farm Estate housing development.

Initial feasibility work was carried out by Hampshire County Council Property Services who then appointed Kier Construction as their Design and Build Contractor. Stride Treglown was engaged by Kier to develop the design of the new school.

The new school consists of two buildings; the main three-storey school building (6573m²) and the two-storey sports hall building (1092m²).

The main three-storey building includes a full-height hall as well as a learning resource centre, ICT-rich classrooms, science labs, art rooms, design and technology facilities and a music and drama department.

Several of the new facilities have the potential to be made available for out-of-hours use by local groups, teams and sports organisations.

Operating at full capacity, the school will provide places for 1050 pupils. However, if demand for pupil places in the area rises in future, the school site masterplan has made provision for the potential expansion of the school by a further two forms of entry.

The school is located at the heart of the new Woodhouse Lane housing development which is being completed after the school. A stream, with an ancient woodland of copses on the banks, runs across the site.

This ancient woodland is designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) and is an important part of the local ecology and conservation plan.

A 20m buffer zone is required from the SINC, influencing the building locations.  The extensive playing fields are located to the south of the stream, with a feature bridge connecting the two zones of the site.

The development used ‘fabric first’ principles, renewable energies and sustainable drainage systems along with other sustainable design features to achieve its BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating, which Eastleigh Borough Council required due to the new school’s size.