We are pleased to report another successful planning outcome for a local Oxfordshire primary school. Working with Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust and Oxfordshire County Council, Thinking Buildings and our consultant partners have provided a considered scheme to help North Hinksey Primary continue to provide the best care and facilities to their pupils. The scheme includes refurbishment of some of the existing buildings, an extension to provide two new classrooms, and a new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA).

Although a modest site, there have been complexities in developing the scheme. Secondary badger setts on the site and a high ecological baseline value, along with potential archaeological interest, presented challenges in developing a sensitive and ecologically beneficial scheme. Thanks to the expertise of our consultant partners RSK Biocensus, Sylva Consultancy, and Oxford Archaeology, we were pleased with the local authority’s willingness to engage and develop the scheme with us, to achieve a great outcome for the school.

Works to implement the first stages, refurbishment to the existing buildings and construction of the new all weather sports MUGA, are already underway and will start on site this summer, so that the school will see immediate benefits from the beginning of the next academic year.