Kettering Buccleuch Academy cuts turf

Nicholas Hare Architects attended the official turf cutting ceremony of the Kettering Buccleuch Academy. KBA is an all-through academy, with an intake of children ranging in age from 4 to 19. The new building will allow the whole academy to be located together on the same site for the first time and as such it was fitting that the ceremony was attended by student representatives from all three of the academy's phases.

Following an address by Sir Ewan Harper (chief executive of sponsors United Learning Trust), the Academy President the Duke of Buccleuch cut the turf assisted by some of the youngest pupils.

The students then buried of a time capsule containing all sorts of current information about the school and life in Kettering society.
Read more about the project here