Coleridge Primary School

Looking to expand this highly successful primary school from two – to four-forms of entry, the local authority purchased the former Hornsey School of Art building across the road and sought to convert and extend it as an infants’ school.

We developed a design and education strategy with the school so that the two sites – infant and junior – could work together, supported by effective ICT provision. The design removed later additions to the original school of art and created two new teaching wings, each containing top-lit clusters of four classrooms forming a year base. Each classroom has access to outside space either directly or with balconies.

The retained building contains the main hall and shared teaching facilities as well as a nursery adjacent to the new reception wing. The proposal was developed to accommodate the slope of the site yet create a completely accessible environment for the children both internally and externally.