{"id":38112,"date":"2023-06-07T10:32:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=38112"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:32:34","slug":"work-starts-on-academy-expansion-in-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/work-starts-on-academy-expansion-in-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Work starts on academy expansion in Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following a turf-cutting ceremony, BAM Construction has started work on a brand-new school building<\/a> at Sunderland\u2019s Farringdon Community Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u00a335M project will include state-of-the-art classrooms, including those specialised for more vocational qualifications such as engineering, and design and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ground floor will incorporate an open-plan design with a large library facility, main hall and dining area. There will also be a new swimming pool and a specialist learning area adapted for vulnerable children and those with special educational needs and disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farringdon Community Academy Acting Principal, Jordan Bedford said: \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be here at this celebration of the construction<\/a> of our new school. We are working out of a 1960s building at the moment. It has served its purpose, but there is a time that comes when everyone needs a new build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe new building is going to have state-of-the-art technology and we will no longer have to be working on a split site. We are over the moon that we will be able to open this new building for pupils by September 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunderland\u2019s Mayor, Councillor Dorothy Trueman, said: \u201cIt\u2019s very important to have new schools for pupils. As a child, I attended a school which was past its sell-by date and it doesn\u2019t inspire people or give them that ambition and aspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a turf-cutting ceremony, BAM Construction has started work on a brand-new school building at Sunderland\u2019s Farringdon Community Academy. The \u00a335M project will include state-of-the-art classrooms, including those specialised for more vocational qualifications such as engineering, and design and technology. The ground floor will incorporate an open-plan design with a large library facility, main hall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sunderland-academy230608.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WsLP-9UI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38114,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38112\/revisions\/38114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}