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Former Rugby star goes back to school to officially open it!
Posted on 24/12/09
Photo Opportunity: A new state-of-the-art sports centre and Year 7 base at Long Field School in Melton will be officially opened by the former England Rugby and Leicester Tigers star Matt Hampson, who was also a pupil at the school. (Photographers are welcome to attend the event, which is taking place at the school, on Wednesday 6th January at 4pm.)
Matt Hampson suffered a serious neck injury in a scrum incident whilst training for the England under 21s in March 2005 which left him paralysed.
The new building at Long Field School, which has been named the Hampson Centre, after the star, comprises:
- An excellent new sports hall with changing rooms and viewing area. These will be used to deliver BTEC and GCSE PE.
- A Year 7 base with up-to-date classrooms and excellent ICT facilities which will have flexible walls that can be moved to suit different activities. There will also be an open space for assemblies, demonstrations and performances with a parents' caf.
- A sports science classroom equipped with a range of exercise equipment with viewing gallery looking over the sports hall.
The new centre is just part of the development at the school which in total will cost 5 million and will also include:
- An exciting new two-floor Learning Resource Centre, with full library facilities, new work stations and a specialist teaching room for media studies
- A new extension dedicated to design and technology, including a special IT hub for pupils to develop their design skills.
- An inclusion area for pupils that need extra support, including dedicated space for teaching small groups.
- An extension to the school's dining room including a cyber-caf area
- A new area for staff development and training.
Long Field is one of the partner schools in the County Councils 45 million re-organisation of education in Melton Mowbray and the Vale of Belvoir. This aims to raise standards of education and achievement, building on current school excellence.
As part of the re-organisation, Long Field will retain pupils until they finish their GCSEs. Work on the rest of the school should be completed by April 2010.
Roger Wilson, Chairman of Leicestershire County Council, said:
"Long Field School has reached a major milestone with the opening of this fantastic new centre. I know that everyone has been eagerly awaiting the new school to be completed. The new facilities at the centre are of a very high standard and will help the school to deliver an excellent standard of education to pupils in this the 21st Century."
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