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13:07:2010

First-class facilities for North Lincolnshire college

Brumby Engineering College is the first school in North Lincolnshire to enjoy state-of-the-art facilities provided by the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, which got underway in June 2009.

The £91m BSF scheme is being delivered by Engage North Lincolnshire, a partnership comprising North Lincolnshire Council, May Gurney, MASS Consultants, NPS Consultants and BSF investments.

As well as carrying out the initial construction work, the partnership is responsible for maintaining the schools and their ICT facilities in the future.

The BSF programme will transform secondary education facilities in the region, and Brumby became the first to see the results of this investment at an official opening recently.

Cllr Tony Gosling, cabinet member for children's services at North Lincolnshire Council, said: "It is only a year since construction started at Brumby Engineering College and a lot of work has taken place.

“May Gurney has done an excellent job in working side by side with the school so as not to disturb the students.

"It's a very exciting time for the school and all of us involved in Building Schools for the Future to see the first phase of the transformation complete."

Pupils at the school have a new multi-purpose sports hall as part of the school's £11.6m transformation. Steel supplied by Scunthorpe's Corus plant was used to construct the main frame of the 600 square metre sports centre which accommodates badminton, five-a-side football and facilities for hockey pitches, volleyball, basketball, tennis and cricket.

Headteacher Dr Tom Clark said: "This gives us world class facilities in which to promote world class education.

"This magnificent structure is exactly what our children deserve – it is truly wonderful and will be envied not just in Scunthorpe but anywhere in the country.

"As a school we will continue to grow from strength to strength."

The sports centre will be used by the wider community on evenings and at weekends and contains a fitness suite and new changing rooms.

Dr Clark added: "I used to be an Ofsted inspector and in all the schools I visited throughout that time I am yet to see a better sporting facility than this."

Head girl Leanne Dean said the facility would encourage more youngsters to take part in sport and extra curricular activities. "The new sports hall is absolutely fantastic. The venue is really colourful and a lot bigger which means our PE lessons will be a lot more varied," she said.

Head boy Tom Revell added: "I think the designers have done a brilliant job and cannot wait for my first PE lesson."

Brumby Engineering College is one of six North Lincolnshire schools benefiting from the BSF scheme.