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Work starts on £4.5m Solihull School sixth form centre

New development will feature green credentials and provide latest addition to site which has been home to school since 1882

Solihull School headmaster David Lloyd (left) inspects the start of building work on its new £4.5m sixth form centre with (from left) Ian Brinksman of Malcolm Payne Group, Mike Thompson of Rider Levett Bucknall, Solihull bursar Richard Bate and Philip Wright, Tim Burt and Richard Monk, all of Speller Metcalfe.

Work has started on a new £4.5 million sixth form centre for the independent School.

Kingswinford-based contractor Speller Metcalfe is leading the project and joined headmaster David Lloyd and other members of the development team at a sod-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction.

The four-floor building, in Warwick Road, is due to be completed by September 2015 and will include teaching rooms and private study areas incorporating the latest multimedia technology.

The top floor will provide open-plan space for teaching, examinations and social events, along with an external terrace garden with panoramic views.

It will have high levels of natural light and ventilation, low energy lighting and an energy efficient heating system.

The new sixth form centre is being built on vacant land previously occupied by the old Gymnasium and will be surrounded by the Bushell Hall, mathematics and science departments and the sports hall.

The project has been designed by Birmingham architects Malcolm Payne Group and costed by the Birmingham office of quantity surveyors Rider Levett Bucknall which is also acting as employer agent.

The school was founded in 1560 and has occupied its current site since 1882. Developments carried out over recent years include David Turnbull Music School, the George Hill Building with its new classrooms and the Alan Lee Pavilion.