2:30pm Sunday 5th September 2010
By Simon Farr
PUPILS and teachers from Cressex Community School are looking forward for their first full week in their new £31 million building.
The environmentally friendly structure in Holmers Farm Way, High Wycombe, was finally declared ready for use on Friday after five years of planning and construction.
The building, funded under the previous Labour government’s One School Pathfinder programme, features 'ground-source' heating and recycled rainwater for toilet flushing.
Bulldozers moved on to the site last month to demolish the former school building next to the innovative new structure, which education bosses hope will boost performance.
Cllr Steven Adams, Buckinghamshire County Council Cabinet Member for Education, said: “This building is an important community facility that Wycombe can be proud of.
“This is the opportunity and investment that the community deserves and that the County Council has worked so hard to achieve.
“It is also a tremendous achievement for the students and staff of Cressex Community School as they deserve the highest quality education and facilities."
The High Wycombe school, which celebrated its best-ever GCSE results this summer, became the first Co-operative Trust school in Buckinghamshire.
It's students will receive help and support from private schools and high performing grammar schools in a bid to further improve exam results.
Headteacher David Hood said: “This really is a school for the community by the community.
“It's a very exciting and invigorating place to be and we are sure that people of all ages will be inspired to learn and achieve their best here."
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