Kier has completed work on a £4 million extension project for a school in Essex.

The new extension was officially opened at Elsenham CE Primary School on Tuesday 26 March.

The standalone building has been built to respond to the needs of modern education spaces with large windows inviting natural daylight, and a palette of traditional red brick walls and vertical timber cladding – coloured to reflect the school's own house colours. It provides permanent accommodation for 420 pupils.

Further work in the project included upgrades to the kitchen, as well as new office and library space.


Ian Gifford, operations director for Kier Eastern, said: "We are thrilled with the new extension to Elsenham CE Primary School. This project builds on our position as a leading UK provider of educational buildings. We hope the pupils and staff along with the residents of Elsenham and the wider community will enjoy the new teaching facilities."

Headteacher, Linda Reid, added: "We are extremely grateful to Councillor Gooding and Essex County Council for this very significant investment in our community. This wonderful new purpose-built facility helps to ensure that the children of Elsenham will be able to attend their local school for many years to come. As well as building capacity for the future, the new building supports our desire for excellence in education.

"There are superb indoor, and outdoor, learning spaces which provide excellent opportunities to enhance and enrich our curriculum. The children themselves are thrilled with the new facilities the building offers and the development of the outside area has been the icing on the cake. We are very lucky!"

(CM/JG)