Ock Mill Project Updates
Transforming Lives Together
In 2024, we secured a second site directly opposite our current school. This new site will allow us to double our capacity, accommodating an additional 220 students each year. It will also enable us to offer a post-16 life-skills provision for the first time.
Our phased approach means that construction will continue during out-of-term periods until June 2026, with the goal of reaching full capacity by September 2027.
Scroll down for updates about the project.
Last week our construction added in the stairs as well as doors to our future classrooms.
This week, the team have been plastering the walls and marking out the areas where the desks and pipes will be located in one of our new science labs. This is starting to make everything come to life!
In the last few weeks the team have been working on installing both electrical and data cables. These will be used for the installation of the power and lighting and the installation of the data infastructure.
Work continues on the ground floor classrooms
View across the second floor.
In the last couple of weeks we’ve seen the walls go up in the site. Suddenly we can see our classrooms really start to come to life!
Last week saw further steels being installed to create some of our larger classrooms and an opening in the floor was created in readiness for the installation of a new lift.
Last week the construction team continued to install the structural steelwork to open up the new classrooms
Demolition and strip-down of Ock House have now been completed, and work has begun on the necessary structural alterations. This involves installing timber columns and steel beams to convert the building from hotel bedrooms to classrooms.
Initial enabling works in Ock House (formerly The Premier Inn) are complete and timber structures are now in place to form the structure of the ground floor.