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Dec 30, 2020
THE school building at Les Varendes has been identified as needing millions of pounds of refurbishment work to bring it up to modern standards.
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The Grammar School. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 29057062)
Roofs, windows and services such as plumbing and heating within the original building require upgrades, a report says.
The Grammar School was opened 35 years ago and many of its systems are deemed to be at the end of their useful life.
In 2013, a request for nearly £17m. was submitted to the capital prioritisation process, and since then a total of £2.1m. has been spent on the site.
Dec 29, 2020
A POSSIBLE compromise model has emerged in the review of Guernsey’s secondary schools, with a ‘co-located’ sixth form college at Les Varendes which would be on the same site as an 11-16 school, but it would be considered separate.
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Could this sign there today be as relevant in the future? One of the secondary school models suggests a sixth form college on the same site as an 11-16 school, with Les Varendes considered the best site. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 29057054)
Les Beaucamps and St Sampson’s would stay as 11-16 schools, and La Mare de Carteret High School would close.