We're an Architecture practice helping schools deliver best-in-class educational environments.
The way we educate children is changing.
Work with us to:
Optimise and improve your existing school facilities to become best-in-class.
Design new school facilities to stay competitive in an evolving market.
Develop a strategic masterplan for the future of your school estate.
Expand sustainably, to become a multi-site education provider.
Involve your school community in the design process, and draw on a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
Align your senior team around a clear and coherent vision for the future of your school.
Consider the environmental impact of development, and work in a way that is sustainable.
Kennedy Woods mapped out the process in detail and have held our hands through it all the way. No stone unturned.
Emilie Holmes, Good and Proper
Footage from an In The Making workshop.
Hosted in partnership with Peckham Festival at Kennedy Woods’ studio. Watch the full film.
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How our process works:
Footage from Creative Encounters workshop.
Hosted in partnership with B-Lab London at Kennedy Woods’ studio. Watch the full film.
Ongoing projects
SOUTHGATE ROAD SCHOOL
A new-build, Low-carbon school for a constrained backland site in De Beauvoir.
KINDERZIMMER
Bringing one of Germany’s leading education providers to London, and helping them scale to a multi-site roll-out.
Design education should be inclusive, engaging and accessible to all, so we’ve set up In The Making, our educational programme aiming to make our industry more equitable.
Workshops
We run design workshops at local schools and organisations, with participants earning In The Making medals and certificates.
School visits and career days
We host local schools at the Kennedy Woods studio in Peckham with visitors learning about careers in design and architecture.
Placements
We offer paid holiday placements for students at the studio, allowing them to gain industry experience.
We’ve partnered with many of the UK’s leading educational and cultural institutions.
The culture was welcoming and supportive, and I was instantly made to feel like an integral part of the team.
Carla Edwards
Design placement student
We are continuing to expand our educational programme this year.
Speak to us to book a school visit, design workshop or paid placement.
Footage from Kennedy Woods’ studio, Peckham.
Studio news
N Family Club named number one.
In four years, we’ve helped N Family Club go from a single site, to opening 19 schools and topping the Nursery Chains Ofsted Leaderboard.
Read our case-study to see how our design strategy continues to support their growth.
Wallpaper* celebrates B Corp studios.
In a recent article about the B Corp architecture studios dedicated to positive change, Wallpaper* Magazine wrote:
“Kennedy Woods was the first UK-based architecture practice to be fully B Corp accredited and has been leading the way for other firms to follow ever since.”
The story goes on to quote Tom Woods:
“The B Corp badge is a third-party gold standard for ethical business practice and a constant reminder for us to keep striving to improve our practice.”
Learn more about our studio ethos
Designs developed for Canary Wharf school.
On the boards is a primary school in Canary Wharf whose design supports the client's Personalised Learning approach, which enables children to decide how they learn.
Characterful, dynamic spaces establish a strong identity that encourages creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and SEL. The flexible layout, with STEAM labs at the center of each floor, enables teachers and students to freely expand out, and find ways of learning that suit them.
We are proud to be the UK’s first Architecture B Corporation.
BCorps are a global community of like-minded people using businesses as a force for good, balancing people, planet and profit.