Further information
Address
Wordsworth Avenue Sheffield South Yorkshire S5 8NH
Contact details
Steve Robinson, headteacher
Location
Suburban housing estate, mainly social rented houses, 4.5 miles north of city centre
Number of pupil places
1050 FTE
Contract value
- Phase 1: 6.2m
- Phase 2: £8.22m
Sources of funding
- Phase 1: DfES New Deal for Schools, Sufficiency and Suitability, NDS Modernisation and Devolved Formula Capital
- Phase 2: DCSF BSF ‘Quick Win’
Procurement type
- Phase 1 : JCT traditional with post contract partnering agreement.
- Phase 2 : NEC option 3 partnering
Construction period
- Phase 1 – commissioned spring 1999; start on site May 2001; completion February 2003.
- Phase 2: start on site May 2005; completed in phases from April 2006 to October 2006.
Project team
Architects, structural engineers and services engineers
Sheffield Design and Project Management, Sheffield City Council
Acoustic engineer
AEC – Andy Turnbull
Commissioning client and key stakeholders
- Children and Young People’s Directorate, Sheffield City Council
- Chaucer School
Planning authority
Sheffield City Council
Lead architect/designer
Sue Williams, Sheffield Design and Project Management
Contractor - Phase 1
Henry Boot
Contractor - Phase 2
Willmott Dixon Construction
Researched by
Andrew Beard Architect Ltd
Further reading
‘Transforming Schools: an inspirational guide to remodelling secondary schools’, Department for Children Schools and Families, 2004, available free from DCSF Publications, Prolog number1140/2004
The school website: www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk
Partnership for Schools press release 21 August 2008 “GCSE results day for BSF schools”
