As chair of governors I spent a lot of time progressing the new building project which was completed on time in September 2009. Together with Martin Kearsey, Fiona Oastler, our bursar, Sophia Barnes and site manager, Jason Bettis, I attended many meetings discussing the project with representatives from the London Borough of Sutton, the architect (HOCA) and construction contractors Durtnell. New classrooms were built onto the Junior building and a new classroom created in the Infant building.

For more detail, see the School site plan to view drawings of the completed building and view a copy of HOCA's BREEAM Assessment document.

See photos of the preparatory site work, the erection of the steelwork, the roofing and flooring stage and the creation of a new Infant classroom. See also further photos of the fitting out up to June 2009, fitting out from June 2009, the final fixings up to the beginning of August, hut demolition and internal completion.

You can also see a video of the demolition, with sound effects!

The project was funded by the London Borough of Sutton.

In the longer term, the plan is to further improve facilities at the School and I aim to keep Devonshire on the list of schools to be allocated funding for new building projects.