Building of Year comp - what a fab looking school!

[Hulababy]

Anyone watching this right now? Been flicking and there is a new school on there. All open plan. Light and airy. Looks great. No idea if it has helped the school (was one of the worst ina rea) but looks great.

Oh, there you go. It is now in the top 25% of schools. But doesn't go into why.

shown here

Haven't got a TV . Is it the one built by De Ryke, Marsh and Martin. The oen with the bubble type ceiling in the Hall??

The Gherkin's a school? didn't know that - anyway its what goes on inside thats important but seems to be doing ok if its in the top 25%!

"The Business Academy in Bexley, another Foster and Partners work, is cited as an example of how a building can have an impact on people's lives.

Before its regeneration, the school had among the worst GCSE results in the country. But since its relaunch, and in its new environment, performance has soared, and this year its pass rate had jumped by 18 times. "

It's by Foster and Partners apparantly???

No, it isn't the Gherkin - scroll down. It's the Business Academy.

Oh gotcha! yes it look pretty cool I have to say - and that's really good news when you hear of schools improving like that.

What the bloody hell is that Kunsthaus building - looks like a cow's udder it horrible!

our school won an award for its desogn

The one I teach it hasn't!!! No uprise there.

The Gherkin building one the comp in the end.

The business academy in Bexley got an awful ofsted report. Apparently the school is challenging it. All the year 6 parents I know in our area - bexley/greenwich boroughs are avoiding putting the school on their list of 6 choices. Another school nearby - the Woolwich Polytechic - had a much better ofsted report and is one of the top 300 value added schools in the country.

The classrooms apparently have no doors, so children could wander in and out....hmmmm.

great programme but was disappointed that gerkin won

The classrooms don't have walls as such - just half height clear ones, overlooking the main building. Not sure if the nnoise factor would be a problem though. I think the idea is you, as a teacher, are supposed to make your lessons so stimulating that pupils face the front, not the corridors. Knowing sme of my classes, half the kids would be hanging over the walls or throwing stuff over - thinking of a very particular Y9 class here!