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July 2010 - Beverley and Tollesby schools progress

The build is progressing well.

The ground floor concrete slab is now complete and brickwork has now started on both wings.

Within the next month installation of windows will begin along with scaffolding to all areas.

Students from both schools are making regular visits to the site and are enjoying seeing the building process.

July 2010 - Beverley and Tollesby students ‘stay safe’

Willmott Dixon staff have been teaching students the important lesson of how to stay safe on building sites.

Charles Thornton, Community Liaison Manager and Sue Robinson, Beverley-Tollesby Site Secretary attended school assemblies to present certificates and t-shirts to pupils who had filled in a site safety questionnaire.

The questionnaire was devised by the Beverley-Tollesby site team to carry on the theme of “stay safe” which they have been promoting at pupil site visits.


Questions in the survey included ‘What could happen if you climb scaffolding?’ and ‘What would you say if your friends asked you to go into a building site?’

All the students who completed the quiz achieved a 100% pass rate. Charles presented each pupil with a certificate and a t-shirt to the sound of applause from class mates and teachers.

The presentation represented another successful event in the partnership between Willmott Dixon, the schools and the BSF Team.

June 2010 - Beverley and Tollesby schools progress

Construction is progressing well and the building is now really taking shape. By the end of July, the building will be water tight - a major milestone for the scheme.

Students from both schools are making regular visits to the site and are getting more and more excited about their new school. In June, they will be involved in workshops about sustainability and landscaping.

May 2010 - Beverley and Tollesby schools progress

Externally the steel has now been completed to form the shape of the school. The concrete floors are in place and work has begun on the brickwork, the inner metal lining and the roof works.

Students from both schools have been to site for their first visits and are all very excited about seeing their new school being built. Tollesby’s SEAL Squad and Beverley’s BSF Squad will be reporting on site progress throughout - watch this space.

 March 2010 - Progress from Construction site

This month has seen great progress in the erection of the steel structure, providing a great view for the students from their classrooms. The steel to the central area is now complete.

Drainage works are ongoing and the lift shafts have been installed.

The Willmott Dixon site manager has visited the schools to give health and safety advice in assemblies and the site manager has been interviewed for Beverley School newspaper. These are good examples of the students making the most of the building phase.

 March 2010 - Students mark milestone in building of new school

On Friday 19th March students gave their new school building a personal touch when they put their names to its steel structure. The new building will open in April 2011.

Councillor Mike Carr, Executive Member for Children, Families and Learning at Middlesbrough Council, said: “The signing of the steel structure is a great way for the pupils to celebrate the beginnings of what will become a fantastic new shared school building.

“Students have already had a say in how their new school will look and this ceremony is another way to help them take pride in this exciting new establishment.”
Beverley’s Headteacher Nigel Carden said: “Everyone connected with the school has been able to have a say in the design of this transformational building.“ Tollesby’s Headteacher, Kirsten Dinsdale said: “The new building will afford us a fantastic opportunity to help the young people at Tollesby School reach their full potential.”

March 2010 - Progress from the construction site

Construction began on Beverley-Tollesby schools on 20th January 2010, the latest scheme in the BSF programme, and work has got off to a flying start.

In the first month, the site set-up was completed and some of the foundations for the new buildings were poured. As the building site is located to the rear of the existing schools, the hoarding that separates the site and the school has been specially designed to ensure the safety of the students.

In the next month, the steel structure will begin to be erected. To mark this milestone in the schools’ construction, students from Beverley and Tollesby schools will sign their names on the steel at a ceremony on 19th March.

February 2010 - Construction begins on Beverley Tollesby

Beverley and Tollesby schools will be located in a new single building on Saltersgill Avenue. The V-shaped scheme has been designed so that each school has a separate wing with separate entrances. The clever design means that the schools benefit from the economies of a single building but the students can follow separate programmes within the building.

Beverley will feature a new sports hall and teaching spaces designed for children with autism from nursery to post-16. Tollesby’s wing provides a mixture of vocational and standard classrooms with chill-out areas and a two-court sports hall.Outside there will be a new parking and drop-off system, multi-use games area, sensory gardens and various play and activity spaces designed for the needs of different age groups.

Beverley and Tollesby will open in April 2011.

Work to start on new special schools

Work is due to start on an exciting new building for Beverley and Tollesby Schools on Saltersgill Avenue. The two schools will share the building, with each having a separate wing.

The scheme gained planning approval in November and the new schools will open in April 2011.

Beverley’s Headteacher Nigel Carden said: “Everyone connected with the school has been able to have a say in the design of this transformational building.“

Tollesby’s Headteacher, Kirsten Dinsdale said: “The new building will afford us a fantastic opportunity to help the young people at Tollesby School reach their full potential.”

November 2009 – Scheme to seek planning approval

The Council’s Planning Committee will consider the application for Beverley and Tollesby schools at their meeting on 27th November. Beverley and Tollesby schools were originally intended to be refurbished. During the design process, the two schools agreed to share some facilities making a new build possible.

The scheme features separate wings and play areas, allowing the two schools to remain individual. There will be a multi-use games area for use by the community and specially designed parking and drop off areas to improve access to the schools.

August 2009 - Consultation on the plans for Beverley and Tollesby schools

Members of the public are invited to comment on the proposed plans for the new co-located Beverley and Tollesby schools at an event between 2 and 7pm on Monday 3rd August 2009.
The deadline for comments on the plans will be Monday 17th August and the comments received will help inform the planning application for the scheme, due to be submitted at the end of August. For those who are unable to make the event, the plans can be downloaded from the BSF website and comments can be emailed or posted to the BSF Team.

Parents and students have already had the opportunity to view the proposed scheme at two events on 24th June and 15th July. The plans were very well received by parents and students alike.

July 2009 - Second chance to view school plans

On 24th June, the plans for the new Beverley and Tollesby Schools were put on display at Beverley School for parents, staff, students and local residents. The plans show the schools in a single new building on the existing schools’ site.
Anyone interested in seeing the plans is being given a second chance to view them at Tollesby School on Wednesday 15th July from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Representatives from the BSF Team, Aedas architects and Willmott Dixon, the construction company, will be on hand to answer questions.

The plans are also available to download here.

April 2009 - Students have their say on school grounds

Students at Beverley School have had the chance to tell the landscape architects working on their new school what they would like in the grounds of their new school. The students used their imaginations to full capacity and suggested a wide range of things from giant games, sports facilities and interesting seating to a helicopter landing pad!

A similar workshop will be held with students from Tollesby School in May. Ideas from both sets of students will help the landscape architects create a vision for the school grounds that will be loved by students now and in the future.

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