Magherafelt Primary School

Client:

North Eastern Education & Library Board

Overview:

Location: Magherafelt

Magherafelt Primary School is a 10 Class Base school with 3 Resource Areas, 1 Multi–Purpose Hall, Dining Room and a School Meals Kitchen. The primary school was sited to the rear of the site, affording the best outlook and as far from the busy Castledawson Road. The nursery school is sited separately at the eastern side of the site to allow it to retain its own identity as a separate nursery school and not a nursery unit of the primary school. A large grass play area links the primary and nursery school with the potential for shared use. All classrooms have direct access to dedicated play space through their respective cloakrooms. The classrooms are arranged in clusters around Resource Areas which are naturally lit and ventilated, creating bright & open teaching environments. In Dec 2015 Samuel Stevenson & Sons won the William Keown Trust Award for Accessibility for this project in recognition of its contribution to an accessible, user–friendly environment.