‘Exciting time’ for Horsham school as £13.5m building project reaches half-way stage

By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Jul 2014, 07:30 BST
Elizabeth Barnes, Chair of Governors; Leon Nettley, Headteacher; and Willmott Dixon's John Waterman celebrate with Millais School pupilsElizabeth Barnes, Chair of Governors; Leon Nettley, Headteacher; and Willmott Dixon's John Waterman celebrate with Millais School pupils
Elizabeth Barnes, Chair of Governors; Leon Nettley, Headteacher; and Willmott Dixon's John Waterman celebrate with Millais School pupils
Construction of a new £13.5m state of the art three-storey teaching block for Horsham’s Millais School has reached the half-way stage.

Funded through West Sussex County Council’s School Capital Building Programme, the works will see a new teaching block to house specialist facilities for art, music and technology and new suites for maths and modern languages.

Work started in October last year, and Willmott Dixon is currently on track to finish the second phase of works by November this year. Work is currently in the second of four phases and the team are working toward ultimate completion in November 2015.

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Headteacher Leon Nettley, chair of governors Liz Barnes, Willmott Dixon’s local managing director John Waterman, and project manager Matt Dubber, attended the event with several Millais students to mark the construction milestone last week.

Mr Nettley said: “This is an exciting time for us as a school.

“We are delighted with the work that Willmott Dixon is undertaking and are looking forward to the new building opening later in the autumn term.