A topping out ceremony has marked a major milestone at the new £9.2m school in East Leake which will create vital school places for the village.
Millside Spencer Academy is part of a £14m investment in education in East Leake by Nottinghamshire County Council.
The academy is being delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction, designed, cost-managed and project managed by Arc Partnership, a joint venture between SCAPE and the County Council and run by Spencer Academies Trust.
The two-storey building includes 8 classrooms, a nursery, a library, a food-tech room, a hall and dance studio.
Once the keys to the school are handed over this summer, it will provide 350 primary and 26 nursery places in the heart of the new David Wilson Homes housing development, The Skylarks.
This is the third successful project between the County Council, Arc Partnerships and Morgan Sindall following the successful joint delivery of Bingham Primary School in August 2022 and Rosecliffe Spencer Academy in May 2021.
Sara Williams, head of pre-construction at Arc Partnership, said: “We are proud to be working in collaboration with Nottinghamshire County Council and Morgan Sindall to design and manage the project delivery and bring much-needed school places to the local community.
“Supporting the council’s move towards low carbon solutions, the school has been designed to be Net Carbon Zero in operation. It will have high levels of building fabric insulation, and a range of sustainable features including an all-electric strategy, meaning no fossil fuel will be burnt on site and as the National Grid decarbonises, the carbon emissions associated with the building will reduce.”
Principal Sophia Thorne, at the Spencer Academies Trust, said: “The Millside Spencer community is amazed at the speed that our new school building is progressing. These facilities – alongside our existing on-site Forest School area, dedicated staff team, supportive parents and inspirational children – will continue to make Millside Spencer a happy school where everyone can shine.”
Richard Fielding, area director at Morgan Sindall, said: “We are thrilled to mark the progress at Millside Spencer Academy with a topping out ceremony which highlights another significant project through Arc Partnership. We are delivering a school which will not only create vital pupil places, but also inspiring and modern learning environments. We will continue to engage with the local community through our social value initiatives and work towards our net zero goals as we near completion this summer.”