Longvernal Primary School, part of the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership, has benefited from an investment in the region of £800,000 from Bath & North East Somerset Council to re-design the internal footprint of the building to provide 21st century facilities.

Following a year of building work, every class now enjoys spacious, light, airy classrooms with art areas, dedicated reading corners, and updated interactive technology to support learning.

Additionally, the school now boasts a designated room for supporting pupils with special educational needs for interventions, therapies or meetings, gender-neutral toilets, two toilets equipped for people with disabilities and a hygiene room.

The building was designed by BBA Architects of Bath, and the main contractor was Bath’s H. Mealing and Sons. The former library is now a fully-equipped computer suite, so the school has additionally invested in a brand new ‘Hobbit House’ for reading, poetry and story-telling, stocked with a range of brand new books part-funded by pupils’ own fundraising efforts.

Karen Bazeley, Headteacher, said: “The children were amazing during the upheaval of the building work last year – they were not distracted from their learning. The children are loving the extra space afforded from the enlarged classrooms and the new reading house is proving to be a particular hit.”