Member for Davidson Jonathan O’Dea has confirmed that the first students will attend Lindfield Learning Village from the start of Term 1 next year. This follows the awarding of the construction contract to begin work on the new school.
The project will see the former University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Ku-ring-gai site, located in a beautiful bushland setting, refurbished into a new K-12 school.
When complete, the project will provide new classrooms, an upgrade to the existing theatre and sports hall, an onsite childcare facility and high-quality technical spaces for science, engineering, hospitality, visual and performing arts, music and film.
Jonathan O’Dea said the Lindfield Learning Village project has taken a further step in the right direction, with the first enrolments to take students across years K-10.
“The entire community will benefit from the delivery of the new facilities, which make excellent use of a vacant building. I know there are many parents keen to enrol their children in what will be an exciting new school,” Mr O’Dea said.
The first stage of the project will see the school open in Term 1, 2019, with 13 new classrooms designed for flexible and interactive learning which will initially accommodate up to 350 students.
Stage 2 of the project to be completed for Term 1, 2020 will provide an additional 39 classrooms. The final project works will create further administration facilities and additional capacity to be completed by early 2021. The finished project will offer around 78 classrooms and other specialist learning spaces.
Education Minister Rob Stokes said the NSW Government’s unprecedented school building program is making a difference for communities like Lindfield.
“We are looking forward to seeing these repurposed buildings come to life. This will be a great school located in a building of real architectural merit. Our vision is to deliver outstanding learning and teaching facilities for every child across NSW,” Mr Stokes said.
The NSW Government is spending $6 billion over four years to deliver more than 170 new and upgraded schools across the State. This is the biggest investment in public school infrastructure in the history of NSW.
