The new state - of - the - art facilities will include specialist teaching areas, sensory rooms,
3G sports pitches, a library, fitness centre as well as multi-use games areas and an agricultural outdoor space complete with chickens.
Not exact matches
The
3G pitch, which was made possible thanks to a Football Foundation grant of # 229,136, sits less than a mile from Wembley Stadium and will assist with the delivery of ARK Academy's commitment to provide an extensive range of curriculum
sports, help cater for after school programmes and facilitate a comprehensive community use timetable.
Its six thousand residents have just gained from an unusual joint venture between its town council and the governors of Winchcombe School, which has resulted in the construction of a new # 1.2 m
sports hub development including a full size floodlit
3G artificial
pitch, new changing rooms, performing arts studio, and lecture rooms for both community and school use.
In the decade - and - a-half since the charity was conceived, schools have benefited directly from the Foundation's investment, with floodlit third generation (
3G) artificial grass
pitches (AGPs) and modern changing rooms becoming the catalyst for significant increases in participation and enthusiasm for
sport within the academic sector.
Football Focus presenter
pitches up with a surprise for pupils in Sheffield Local school children in Sheffield had a day to remember when BBC One's Football Focus presenter, Dan Walker, visited Wisewood
Sports Centre to join in their morning PE lesson on the centre's new third generation (
3G) artificial grass
pitch (AGP).
Schools are among the many beneficiaries of the Foundation's investment, with floodlit third generation (
3G) artificial grass
pitches (AGPs) and modern changing rooms, often being praised as invigorators for the participation and enthusiasm for
sports in the academic sphere.
More young people are getting involved in
sport and can now play for longer into the evening on a floodlit
3G AGP, which sustains play for 90 hours a week compared to just five on a natural grass
pitch in the winter.
Granting a chance to play
sport Investment in schools» facilities, specifically third - generation (
3G) artificial grass
pitches (AGPs), elicits huge rises in participation because poor facilities are the main barrier to playing football.