Edgbarrow School Crowthorne

Summer 2022

Secondary Phase

Stuart Matthews, Head Teacher

Edgbarrow School invited Azona Design to help them to refurbish some underused space within the oldest part of the School building fabric in order to release additional dining space elsewhere and provide additional SEN accommodation.

Azona Design carefully specified the project within tight budget and time constraints and assisted with tender negtiations, to successfully deliver the project on time and within budget.

Schools technical advisor

Jenny Okoye whilst working with Atkins

Jenny’s work with schools includes leading a strategic review of the schools estate for the Falkland Islands Government, and acting as Technical Advisor to Bristol City Council for School projects delivered through their LEP partner, Skanska.

Jenny has led numerous strategic reviews, feasibilities and school extensions for both primary and secondary phases.

These include acting as Client technical advisor for the DfE finianced new secondary school ‘Trinity Academy’ for Cathedrals Schools Trust in Lockleaze, where her intervention helped the School to secure a six figure sum in additional funding to adress unresolved site issues.

Jenny is available to act as technical advisor to schools, multi academy trusts and local authorities.

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New Horizons Learning Centre

Primary Phase

Designed by Jenny Okoye whilst working with

South Gloucestershire Council

A new all though EBD special school developed over split sites. The primary phase was constructed on the former site of Courtney Primary School and involved demolition of the substantial 1930s former school building.

The site is very constrained, split over three levels, and was designed with further expansion in mind.

Working closely with the Landscape Architect, the building is conceived as a low impact backdrop enclosing a series of outdoor ‘rooms’.

These outdoor spaces connect the classrooms and therapy suite within, providing an intimate, secure and calmng environment that supports attachment and learning.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School

Primary Phase

Designed by Jenny Okoye whilst working with

Coda Architects

When the fledgling primary school adjacent to Bristol Cathedral needed space to grow, a bold initiative was undertaken through partnership between Bristol Cathedral Schools Trust, Bristol City Council and the Department for Education to repurpose the rather delapidated and under utilised spaces on the lowest two storeys of Charles Holden’s Grade I listed Bristol Central Libray.

Coda Architects worked with Kier Western to develop the scheme from Stage 3 to completion.

Jenny Okoye developed the new build element for the Entrance Pavilion which leads visitors to a first floor gallery overlooking the dramatic double height, top lit space of the new school hall.

The pavilion is constructed of ashlar Bath stone from the Hortham Quarry where the stones for the libray originated. Zinc coated stainless steel cladding steps up from the low canopy, introducing light and views of the impressive original stone mullioned fenestration. The spine wall was prepared to receive a mural.