St Christopher’s is an all-girls prep school on a tightly bounded urban site in Hampstead.
We were appointed to help the new leadership take a fresh look at their estate and develop a 10-year strategic masterplan to coincide with the school’s 150th anniversary.
St Christopher’s School
Masterplan
We created a programme of engagement activities with staff, pupils and parents to deep dive into the school’s culture, ethos and operations, and coupled this with a forensic analysis of their site.
Engaging their whole community helped us learn what was important to the school and develop an imaginative, phased masterplan that focuses on getting more from what they currently have.
As part of our mission to make design education more inclusive, accessible and engaging, we welcomed fifty pupils from St Christopher’s to our Peckham studio for an all-day workshop with the team.
Sandrine Paillasse
Headteacher
Carla Boxell
Head of Design and Technology
Let’s work together
Book a free 30-minute workshop with our design team to learn more about our services, using the form below.
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
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
I highly recommend their services to any school seeking innovative and thoughtful architectural solutions.
Paul Neagle
Bursar
St Christopher’s Hampstead
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
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
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
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