Haughton Education Village and it's Sporting Facilities

'Haughton Community School' is soon to become part of the 'Education Village' which along with Harrowgate Hill Primary School gives Darlington 36 million pounds worth of brand new high quality education infrastructure. The Village will be the first in the country to be built under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and when completed will teach over 1,400 pupils from the age of 0 to 19.

Some of the main features of the Village will be the inclusion of children from Springfield Primary School and children with special education needs from Beaumont Hill Technology College. As well as integrating children of different educational needs, there are also plans to work with social services, the health authority and higher education to encourage family learning on the site.

With Beaumont Hill's special technology status and Haughton's arts college accreditation, pupils from all schools and the wider community will be able to enjoy the improved facilities.

Extensive sporting facilities
When the Village is opened in January 2006 it will provide extensive sporting facilities, including 7 - 9 football pitches with similar drainage as at Chelsea football club! A multi use games area, a large performance hall, a 4 court sports hall, 4 further smaller halls, a performing arts studio, a dance studio and two swimming pools; one a 25 metre pool and the other a hydrotherapy pool.

Community use outside of school hours
The school users of the Village will have use of the building from 7.30am to 6.30pm during term time. Outside of these times, Kajima, the contractor building the Village will be encouraging as much community use as possible and if you would like to know more about community use, you may want to contact Ben Smith on 0191 404 7117 or e-mail ben.smith@kajima.co.uk

For detailed and up-to-date information about the progression of the development of Education Village please visit the Darlington Borough Council's website at: Haughton Education Village