Graham Construction has been selected to deliver a £24 million sports centre at a school in Northamptonshire.

The facility will be developed at Oundle School and completion is scheduled in the 2019/20 academic year.

Designed by Saunders Boston Architects with landscaping by PRP, the sports centre will include a 50-metre swimming pool, an eight court sports hall offering adaptable playing space for a range of sports, as well as the opportunity for whole school assemblies through use of retractable seating.

In addition, a separate fitness suite with up to 70 stations will be built, including a dedicated dance studio and three further multipurpose studios.

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The centre is part of a wider Sports MasterPlan which also includes a new athletics track, eight additional tennis courts, two new AstroTurf pitches and six additional netball courts. The facilities will complement the award-winning JM Mills Cricket Pavilion which opened in 2015.

Dom Toriati, Bursar at Oundle School, said: "Graham Construction clearly demonstrated their experience and capability in the delivery of state-of-the-art sports facilities within schools and universities and this was a hugely important factor in our decision to select them as our contractor for the centre-piece of the School’s Sports MasterPlan."

John Maguire, Regional Business Development Director for Graham's Birmingham office, said: "Sport is an enormous part of school life at Oundle and this new centre will offer pupils and the local community modern facilities for a wide range of sports and activities, replacing the current 1970s building. For us, this is a highly-rewarding project to be working on and we look forward to collaborating with the wider team on delivering these new and enhanced facilities for the pupils’ use and enjoyment."

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