Bouygues UK has been appointed to deliver the £64 million rebuild and refurbishment of Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School in Crawley.
The contractor was selected by the Department for Education (DfE) through the government’s School Rebuilding Programme. Construction was due to start in August 2026 and is expected to finish in late 2029, according to Bouygues.
Designed by Jestico + Whiles, the project will be delivered while the school remains operational. Pupils and staff will stay on campus throughout the works, with construction phased to minimise disruption.
Bouygues will build a three-storey school covering around 9,300 square metres on the southern part of the existing campus.
Once the new building is complete, the school will move into it before the existing facilities are demolished.
The contractor will also refurbish around 1,500 square metres of the Young Building and create five multi-use games areas. The scheme will include a landscaped recreation area and a dedicated school car park.
Holy Trinity currently has around 1,410 pupils, including 300 sixth-form students. The redevelopment will increase capacity to 1,500 pupils as the local authority works towards making the school an eight-form entry secondary.
The main building will include an assembly hall with bleacher seating and performance lighting. It will also provide a dedicated sixth-form social and study area.
Other facilities will include a library resource centre and specialist spaces such as a darkroom, kiln and ceramics studio.
The project is targeting a BREEAM Excellent rating. Sustainability measures will include roof-mounted photovoltaic panels, a ground-source heat pump and wind catchers to provide passive ventilation on the upper floor.
Bouygues UK managing director Mark Cesenek said: “Holy Trinity is exactly the kind of project we do best – complex, phased, delivered on a live site.”
He said the contractor would focus on maintaining operations for pupils and staff throughout the programme.
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School executive head teacher Rev Chrissie Millwood said Bouygues had worked with staff and pupils during the design stage.
She said the proposals reflected the school’s requirements and would provide upgraded learning facilities.
The project forms part of the DfE’s School Rebuilding Programme, which targets schools where buildings have been identified as being in poor condition.
Meanwhile, in nearby Burgess Hill, Homes England has started preliminary market engagement for a £20 million primary school at its 3,500-home Brookleigh development.
The school is expected to start on site in January 2028, with construction planned to take 19 months. Homes England expects the new school to open for the autumn term in September 2029.
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