We are pleased to be able to inform you that contractors Galliford Try are very confident that our new £9.2 million school will be completed and ready to hand over on Monday 19th December. As you are all aware, pupils break up for Christmas a week early this year on Wednesday 14th December.
650 removal crates have arrived in school. Between the 15th and 22nd December all Hacton staff will be working in collaboration with Galliford Try’s removal contractors to move everything from our present school to the new build. Staff will then set everything up ready for pupils to start the spring term in the brand-new building on Wednesday 4th January.
Externally rendering cladding and decoration is now 95% complete. Internally all mechanical, electrical and joinery work is totally complete, as is the school kitchen. Ceilings are 90% finished, furniture, fittings, and equipment installation is 80% complete and carpet/vinyl flooring is 75% complete. Final decoration is 75% complete. Currently, Galliford Try are completing these internal and external finishes as well as constructing the EYFS and infant playgrounds at the rear of the school; all of which will be finished prior to pupils finishing school on 14th December.
Although the new building will be complete, the second phase of the project - the demolition of the current building and the landscaping and development of this area - will commence in January for completion in August 2017. From January to July, the only pedestrian access to the school will be via Goodwood Avenue. I will give you detailed access arrangements for all pupils before the end of term.
We are all very much looking forward to an exciting new chapter in Hacton’s development, commencing on January 4th when the new school opens to your children for the first time.
We are pleased to be able to inform you that contractors Galliford Try are very confident that our new £9.2 million school will be completed and ready to hand over on Monday 19th December. As you are all aware, pupils break up for Christmas a week early this year on Wednesday 14th December. 
