Hillingdon Council has announced that work on the first phase to expand Meadow High School is now complete.

A new two-storey building has been developed at the school’s Royal Lane site in Uxbridge.

Construction work on a new satellite school in Northwood Road, Harefield, is also underway.

Cllr Susan O’Brien, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education, and Cllr Jonathan Bianco, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Property, visited both sites yesterday, 16 October. 

New classrooms and specialist teaching spaces, including science, music, food technology, fitness, sensory, hygiene, therapy, medical and quiet study rooms, replace the previous temporary modular classrooms at Royal Lane.  

This part of the expansion has delivered eight new places and reprovided 82, with work completed in time for the start of the current new school year.  

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The second phase of the expansion project is the creation of the school’s new teaching building and satellite school at Northwood Road, which replaces an unused residential block.  

The new build will provide 90 additional places and increase the council’s ability to accommodate growing numbers of students with SEND.  

The school will feature six classrooms, including science, food technology, art, independent living, and speech and language rooms, as well as a library/common room.  

There will also be a space for physiotherapy sessions, a fitness room, hygiene rooms, medical facilities, kitchen and dining areas, a conference room, staff area, breakout spaces, storage, administration facilities and toilets.  

Additional features include an eco-roof and solar panels to provide renewable energy, a new multi-use games area, car parking and cycle parking spaces and revised vehicle access. Where possible, materials from the former site will be reused or recycled as part of the council’s commitment to being carbon neutral by 2030.  

Cllr Susan O'Brien, Hillingdon Council's Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education, said: "We continue to deliver on our pledge to provide children in Hillingdon with a high quality and fully inclusive education. This includes creating more school places for children with SEND, helping them to reach their full potential in a supportive learning environment."