All articles by Philip Watson – Page 2

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A revolution with results

2013-10-10T06:00:00Z

With vastly improved GCSE marks and a steady community use, Barnsley’s Horizon College makes the case for school investment

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Schools for our times

2013-09-06T10:54:00Z

It’s possible to design a good school on a tiny budget – it may not win the Stirling prize, but who cares?

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Standardised school designs: It ain't what you do, it's the way you do it

2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing intrinsically bad about standardised school designs - it’s whether they can be made to work

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Setting the bar high

2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

Is standardising design the way forward for schools? Yes, says Philip Watson, but only if ‘standardisation’ means ‘best practice’ and we consider the individual needs of the school

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It happened in Hertfordshire

2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

Back in the fifties, one council changed the way everybody built schools. And the buildings it created can now be born again as models of sustainability