We design kind, clever places to help people learn and grow.
Work with us to:
Scale up sustainably as a multi-site education group.
Ongoing projects
St Christopher's School
Masterplan
Engagement-led masterplan for a girls school in Hampstead.
Kinderzimmer Group
Nursery roll-out
Bringing one of Germany’s leading education providers to London, and helping them scale to a multi-site group.
N Family Club
Nursery roll-out
Helping a start-up establish their design identity and strategy to grow from 1 - 30 sites and be awarded best quality group operator.
Westminster Under School - Chapter House
Interior Identity
Interior identity & fit-out to help drive the wider transformation of Westminster into a modern twenty-first century co-education school.
St Christopher’s Pre-Prep
New-Build Classrooms
The first phase of our ten-year masterplan for St Christopher’s School.
St David's School
New-Build Classroom Block
Strategic masterplan and architectural development for a growing school in South London.
Chelmsford Nursery
New-Build Nursery
Innovative timber outbuilding and colourful fit-out for an expanding nursery group.
In The Making
We believe design should be inclusive, accessible and engaging, so we’ve set up a number of initiatives and partnerships to help make our industry more equitable.
Nina Kingsmill Moore
Headteacher, Glendower Prep School
Sandrine Paillesse
Headteacher, St Christopher’s School
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Our vision is a world where the design of every school sparks courage, compassion and curiosity.
If this gets you fired up, we invite you to book your complimentary workshop with the design team.
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Of the 5 or 6 architectural firms that we have worked with in the last 5 years, Kennedy Woods are amongst the very best and I have no hesitation in recommending them to other educational providers.
Mark Dingle
Operations Director
Wishford Education
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We found Chris, Tom and the team to be full of ideas, keep well to the brief, respond to critique constructively and importantly to fit well with our way of thinking and doing things.
Vicky Garner
Director
Living Villages Cook School
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I highly recommend their services to any school seeking innovative and thoughtful architectural solutions.
Paul Neagle
Bursar
St Christopher’s Hampstead
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For a group of franchise CEO’s who rarely have the opportunity to come together, we were a hard group to please. Tom and the team exceeded all expectations.
Emily Vermont
Director
School of Social Entrepreneurs
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I would recommend them to other clients looking for a practice who can apply fresh thinking and dedication to a project.
Neil Kirby
Head of Regeneration
Southwark Council
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Finding architects who understand school needs are rare and I despaired - until I met Tom and Chris. From the beginning, they listened to us and guided us as we created our forward-thinking masterplan and rolled out its first phase.
Sandrine Pailasse
Headteacher
St Christopher’s Hampstead
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Chris and the team are commercially minded and easy to work with - their focus on delivery, fast turnaround times, and willingness to adapt made them a great architecture and design partner for our first 30 sites.
Pete Spencer
Project Manager
N Family Club