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Kingswood College (Hull)
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Kingswood College of Arts formely Perronet Thompson School was a state secondary mixed school on the northern fringe of the Bransholme
housing estate in Kingston upon Hull
, England
.
In 1999 the school closed due to poor performance, and was later renamed Kingswood High School, and received funding under a government programme to specialise as an Arts College.
In 2011 Hull City Council
decided to demolish and rebuild the school, as part of the Building Schools for the Future
programme.
Bransholme
Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north-eastern side of Kingston upon Hull, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow ....
housing estate in Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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History and design
Perronet Thompson School was built in 1988. The building is unusual in the fact it has very few windows on the exterior walls, instead taking light from a large barrelled glass roof stretching the length of the building.In 1999 the school closed due to poor performance, and was later renamed Kingswood High School, and received funding under a government programme to specialise as an Arts College.
In 2011 Hull City Council
Hull City Council
Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation....
decided to demolish and rebuild the school, as part of the Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
programme.