Campus Whitehaven
An innovative co-location new-build of two schools in Whitehaven.
Education campus in Whitehaven, West Cumbria co-located secondary school (St Benedict’s RC High School) and special educational needs school (Mayfield) on one site.
The build includes a hydrotherapy pool, rebound facilities, and community sports provision. The project was awarded funding by Sellafield Ltd to deliver whole community health and well-being.
The investment committed by Sellafield Ltd leveraged a further £23 million of funding to build the state of the art facility.
Sellafield Investment
10,600,000
Timeline
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Funding awarded
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Build finished
Outcome
In 2019 the first Mayfield student successfully achieved a mainstream GCSE by sitting his exam with St Benedicts students.
We know that in the future we’re going to need higher-level skills to progress our clean-up mission. High quality local education provision is essential to deliver that. It will be years before we can record and measure this benefit – but we are confident that it will be attained.
And it will ensure more of our young people benefit from the opportunities created in the local economy in years to come.
In terms of the construction itself, contractor Wates made a commitment to use local suppliers and sub-contractors, spending over £7m with them.
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