Every child deserves…

… an excellent education, wherever they live.
What about a highstreet school that’s always open?

This guide to future schools confronts the problems faced by poorly performing schools in major urban areas.

By envisaging what new schools might be like, it gives a practical and inspirational framework through which the design, construction and management of City Academies can evolve.

In September 2000, CABAL were asked by the DfEE to produce a draft design guide for City Academies, also to be seen as a prospective design document for all future secondary schools. Arranged in five sections entitled; Ethos, Resources, Siting, Accommodation and Structures of Care, the guide addresses the demanding conditions of manifold constituencies, showing people what these new schools might be like.

These drawings go to show a neighbourhood across the day, describing how the school, its constituency and infrastructure could develop from various kinds of co-operation.

This informal message allows the ethos, resources, siting, accommodation and structures of care, to influence the successful composition of future schools.