St. John Fisher Catholic High School

Client - The Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia

Location - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Key Fact - Winner of the International Green Apple Award

St. John Fisher Catholic High School

Client - The Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia

Location - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Key Fact - BREEAM Very Good

We were commissioned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia to completely remodel and extend the St. John Fisher Catholic High School, a co-educational secondary school, in Peterborough.

The scheme features many sustainable building techniques, such as ground source heat pumps, solar hot water collectors and a wind turbine. New facilities include new classrooms, a library, sports hall and an all-weather pitch, with music, drama and ICT rooms placed around a courtyard garden.

Two of the large new buildings of the development were constructed from cross-laminated timber panels, which not only resulted in dramatic reductions in construction timescales, but also achieved significant financial savings. The shells of both buildings were erected in just six weeks; a saving of 14 weeks compared with traditional construction methods.

Winner of the International Green Apple Award for the Built Environment, the project has also achieved a BREEAM rating of Very Good.