A £27 million project to transform a Coventry secondary school began this week.
Work at Sidney Stringer School, in Cox Street, Hillfields, started on Monday by Kier Moss after they won the contract to build the school.
The new academy , which will primarily be funded by government grant, is being delivered through the national academy programme.
The main sponsors of the academy, which is due to open in September 2011, are City College, Coventry City Council, supported by Coventry University and Jaguar Cars.
It will boast features such as a large auditorium with retractable seating, new dining facilities, terracing to allow outdoor performances, an ecological area and a variety of gardens.
In addition students at Sidney Stringer Academy will benefit from the latest technical facilities and be open for the community to use.
The main academy building will be linked to a new sports centre housing a four-court sports hall and fitness suite and traversing wall.
The Academy will also have an “Enterprise and Innovation Centre” in Primrose Hill Street for students aged 14 to 19.
Wendy Tomes, Principal Designate of the new Sidney Stringer Academy, said: “It is wonderful to see work now underway in creating a new building with the facilities that young people in this area deserve.”
Sustainability is a key feature with many environmentally friendly measures, such as energy saving heating and lighting, solar control glazing and renewable sources of energy, included in the design.
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