Testimonials

Dr Gill Eatough, Principal, commented on the first day of operation of the secondary school: “You create a mental image of something and all the way through this you’ve been thinking, ‘What will it feel like when the children are here and they’re sitting working and eating in this place we’ve designed?’… and it’s happening, and they love it, apparently, they really love it.

“What’s amazing is that there’s been virtually no glitch in the building. You’d think that, with all these children in, there’d be something major that might not work, but the building’s worked perfectly and beautifully and the children have been fantastic.”

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Chris Edwards, Chief Executive of Education Leeds, said: "I'm delighted we've been able to select such a strong, creative and flexible partner for the BSF programme. E4L understand our priorities and their innovative, flexible designs will provide an excellent platform to transform secondary learning in Leeds.

“We want to transform learning outcomes for our children and young people and ensure that they are happy, healthy, safe and increasingly successful. We know the impact of inspiring places and this building programme is giving Leeds some of the most advanced and innovative learning environments in the country... places where we can achieve truly world class outcomes!"

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Roger Pope, Principal, Kingsbridge Community College, said: "We are absolutely delighted that the project has been completed on time and to budget and furthermore that it has so magnificently fulfilled the vision we had at the very beginning of the project.”

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Dr Graham L Thomas, Director of Biomedical Research Resources, University of Edinburgh, said: “This was a highly complex project which covered multiple types of end-design… subject to the most intensive scrutiny by legislative bodies e.g. Health and Safety Executive and the Home Office… Interserve’s ‘can do’ attitude was I believe, the major contributing factor leading to the success of the project.”

The Considerate Constructors Monitors Report read: “A great pleasure to look around this site which is obviously managed by a dedicated and enthusiastic team. Good emphasis on planning and it shows! Very well done, keep it up.”

Head Teacher, Danuta Tomasz, said: “The temporary building is a proper school, it is just moved into a different place. It makes a safer happier place for students.”

View the Vermuyden School, Goole case study

David Gurney, headteacher at Cockburn College of Arts, said: “Striving for the best - for its pupils, staff and the community - is one of the mainsprings of the school’s existence. These impressive new facilities will enable Cockburn to continue to improve results, develop the skills of the next generation and fulfil its central role within the local community. Our pupils are very impressed with the modern school buildings they are now learning in and are already benefiting from using from them."

Senior Assistant Head Teacher, Brian Martin, said: "I know the children are really excited about the new school. The building is fantastic. Everybody I have brought here for a visit agrees that it has a real 'wow' factor."

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Andy Betty from HBG, our main contractor, said, “An excellent service and product, I would be happy to work with Interserve again.”

View the Matthew Boulton College, Birmingham case study

Sandy Gourlay, Head Teacher commented, “Throughout the project I have been impressed with the way in which Interserve communicated with the school. As a result the business of the school was left to run unaffected. This was a project run in a thoroughly professional manner, both in terms of the overall strategy and the day to day operations. Well done and thank you… I might also mention the excellent health and safety presentation, which was given prior to the start of the project. I am happy to say there were no accidents on site during the building work.”

The success of the project was summed up at a recent open day, “This is a wonderful new school, I’m sure all the children will benefit greatly.”