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8 April 2013
Science
The Master Plan
Plans for Abingdon’s new Science Centre
are part of the School’s master plan, its
strategic blueprint for future investment
in its facilities. The new Science Centre
will address what the plan identified as
the School’s two most pressing needs –
for more science laboratories and more
standard classrooms. By September
2015, 4,250 square metres will have come
into use for the teaching of science, nearly
three times the amount that was previously
available. This will free up the 1,560 square
metres of the old Science Block
for other subjects.
The Future for Science
Science is a very popular subject at
Abingdon: half of last year’s Lower Sixth
took Physics AS level and more than half
took Chemistry. This means that we have
outgrown our old facilities, which were
based round the original 1950 Science
Block, extended in 1957, 1969 and
1991. In 2011 we hired two temporary
laboratories in a rented modular building
and in 2012 we had to hire two more. The
time has come for a purpose built Science
Centre – practical, efficient, spacious – one
that will meet the School’s needs not just
for the present but into the future too.
Abingdon’s New Science Centre
A place to discover science through learning, study, mentoring,
collaboration and personal reflection
The Science Centre will
be built in the north-west
corner of Waste Court Field.
Projected
visual image of
the Science Centre
From Faringdon Road