May 2008 - Littleover Community School

New School Buildings – Eventually!
Littleover’s share of the £180,000,000 allocated to Derby for the
Building Schools for the Future programme has been confirmed as
£17,000,000. This will allow us to rebuild a large part of the
premises and totally refurbish the rest, apart from the recently
built Sports and Technology facilities.
Our current plans envisage retaining and refurbishing the main
hall and reception area, whilst demolishing the single storey wings
and temporary buildings on either side and replacing them with
two storey blocks, linked by corridors and social/dining areas
behind the main hall, where the playground is now. New hard play
areas will be built at the front of the school and the drive and road
access will be moved to behind the buildings. The current A and B
blocks will be stripped out and completely refurbished. The whole
site will be equipped with the latest ICT systems.
There is still a lot of planning to do and building will not start until
2011 with a projected finish date of 2013. Some temporary
accommodation will be required during this period and careful
phasing will be needed to ensure continuity of education for all our
pupils. The long and slow bureaucratic process, which is typical of
anything which is government run, means that the only pupils
currently in school who will experience the new school will be
entering Year 13 when it opens.
We are also hoping to add a second phase to the Technology block
with funding from our own capital development allowance together
with money provided by the developers of the new housing on
Rykneld Road. This should more than double the size of the
Technology suite, providing modern, ICT based facilities for this
large faculty. This project should be completed before the main
redevelopment begins in 2011.
We will give you more detail in the next newsletter, including a
drawing of the new school and details of how to access our
planning documents on the LCS website. You will then be invited
to give us your views on our plans.
David Nichols—Headteacher