58 involved along the journey in a series of consultations since the project ’ s inception .
The school has also undertaken a major fundraising project to provide enhanced facilities at the site to benefit the students and community in Kenilworth .
Sustainability is an important consideration for the school and its pupils . Over the past two years , Kenilworth School and Sixth Form has approached The Woodlands Trust and successfully bid for some saplings to help improve the landscape and to help offset pollution , HS2 and to make the new school site more sustainable and aesthetically-pleasing .
The school ’ s previous bid saw a donation of 315 saplings ranging from cherry trees , dog roses , silver birch and oak trees .
The trees were distributed to all parts of the school community are thriving in homes around Kenilworth and Warwickshire , with some trees being tended by staff so they are ready to take pride of place on the new school site .
Another donation of 420 saplings made up of rowans , dogwood , silver birch , hawthorn , blackthorn , hazel , cherry and crab apple , will be nurtured by the whole school community and transplanted to the new school site to help make the site more eco-friendly .
Hayden Abbott , Executive Head of Kenilworth School & Sixth Form and Multi Academy Trust commented : “ It is an exciting time ahead for the future of young people and the community of Kenilworth . This represents years of hard work and successful partnership working and I would like to pay tribute to the contribution of many external partners , especially Warwick District Council , who have supported us to achieve our vision .
“ The new school will provide modern educational facilities to accommodate the changing needs of the school community over the coming decades . Younger students in our local feeder schools can look forward to enhanced opportunities in the new build .
“ Students from our partner secondary school within KMAT , The Westwood Academy , will also benefit from this new facility by being able to access post-16 courses at the new site ”.
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