Designs for £10m primary 'world class'

PLANS have been submitted for an environmentally-friendly school building which has been designed to retain heat to keep its running costs and carbon footprint down.

If it gets approval from planners work will start on a new 10m building at Richmond Hill Primary, in Leeds, in January next year.

It will be the first school building in the country to be Passivhaus certified – an approach to construction which uses up to 90 per cent less energy than standard buildings. The plans have been developed by the architectural and urban design company Space Group.

Education Leeds chief executive Chris Edwards said the facilities would be world class. “Not only will the children have access to an outstanding classroom environment and brilliant teaching, the wider community will also be able to use the facilities outside of normal school hours.

“The new school, which will be one of the most advanced school buildings in the world, will provide much needed additional places to meet the demand for primary school places in this part of Leeds.”