Primary School Design, London

This school is a small, multicultural, multiracial one-form entry school housed in a Victorian triple-decker building in near central London. Many of the pupils are from disadvantaged backgrounds and several initiatives have been undertaken by the school aiming to increase the pupils’ readiness to learn through developing their social and emotional well being, enabling them to realize their full potential.

An educational brief was developed in workshops with pupils, teachers and governors. A sample of the school’s ‘Enquiry-based Creative Curriculum’ was studied and the activities they wished to foster were identified based around pedagogical change towards a more collaborative learning environment.