York’s Portakabin Group completes £5.3m school project for Barking and Dagenham

York-based Portakabin Group has completed its sixth project for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council (LBBD), a £5.3m school building constructed using a Yorkon off-site solution.

The contract was the second phase of a primary school facility built by the Portakabin Group in 2013.

The new scheme has expanded the existing facility. Both buildings are now occupied by a free school and accommodate more than 500 primary, secondary and special needs children. It will then be converted into a five-form entry primary school.

Facilities in the two-storey building include 16 classrooms, a library and ICT suite, two specialist teaching rooms, dining room, new school entrance and reception lobby, and a PE store room.

Roger Leighton, chief executive of Partnership Learning, said: “We have been really impressed with the performance of the Portakabin Group on this project and the advancements in off-site technology.

“The quality of the finished buildings is great and the speed of construction delivered the project on time despite a tight timescale, to help us meet the urgent demand for places in Barking and Dagenham.

“The project represents good value and we believe it has delivered more teaching accommodation for our budget, which includes larger than average classroom sizes. Staff and pupils are really happy with their new facilities.”

The Portakabin Group’s seventh project for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is now under construction – a new £44m three-school campus which is the largest ever off-site contract in the education sector.

Want your business, product or service to be seen regionally and nationally? Bdaily helps you get your story in front of the right audience, every day. Find out how Bdaily can help →

Join more than 55,000 subscribers by signing up to our daily bulletin each morning here.