PROJECT: Birmingham BSF - Shenley Academy

LOCATION: Birmingham

DATE: 2010 - present

Shenley Academy and sixth form centre is a school for 11 to 18 year olds in Birmingham. Currently on site, the large new-build school for 1150 pupils will replace the existing school building dating from the 1960s.

The new design is organised around six learning centres which will be as flexible and adaptable as possible. At the heart of each of the clusters is a social learning zone which will be open to the general circulation. Here the classrooms will have glazed walls giving a sense of openness that enriches the experience of walking through the Academy.

Shenley Academy will specialise in vocational education; in particular science and drama.