Future Plans

• Since the devastation caused by the flooding in May it has become very clear that we need to install a perimeter fence to provide security for our staff and children and to protect our facilities. Unfortunately it looks like this will have to take priority over many of our other plans. We estimate the cost will be in the region of £12,000-£13,000. We have already started saving for this – the graphic below shows how we are doing:-

• We have professional plans for the site to allow planning permission for future developments.
• We need to purchase more metal bunk beds. 10 to replace the last of our wooden ones and a further 15 so no one has to sleep on the floor or share.
• To meet new regulations our girls shower and toilets have to be separated into different blocks and fitted with non-slip floors.
• New spacing regulations reduces the capacity of our dormitories.  For example, the boys dormitory has to reduce from 96 to 68. So we need more dorms.
• Increase and improve our fire extinguishers.
• Stabilise the foundations of the girls dorms and replace the temporary structure with a permanent one.
• We will require at least two extra girls dorms and one boys, together with shower and toilet facilities and all the bunks and bedding.
• Build a two storey block for classrooms, the IT suite and the library. We will need more computers
• Build a two storey block for vocational training with workshops on ground floor and textiles & home science on the first floor.
• Add toilet blocks to all existing classroom blocks to meet new requirements.
• Complete the new 3 storey building. Which will incorporate junior classrooms and a girls dorm 
• Build quarters for the teachers who stay on site, an essential requirement when boarding.
• Develop a poultry project. 
• Buy more agricultural land as the increase in school size will need more food to be produced it will also be needed for both compulsory and vocational education stages in the new curriculum. More land will let us grow and store using freezers (now that we have electricity) and possibly have surplus to sell for school funds.
• Buy a further four acres of land for our sports field. 

This is a long list.  It will need to be approached flexibly depending on grants, and donations. 

In addition, Catherine and Daron’s house will eventually be brought into full school use. We are extremely grateful to them for effectively donating their house for school use. The top storey is used as staff accommodation until separate staff accommodation is built. The ground floor is currently Catherine and Daron’s accommodation plus guest bedrooms for visitors to the school. These are used at times on a temporary basis  as dorm facilities by the school.  Catherine and Daron plan to move into another house close to the school. The plan is to have a textile workshop in part of the building to generate income for the school plus dressmaking and other skills for the pupils.