{"id":35033,"date":"2026-04-14T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/willmott-dixon-lands-61m-merseyside-school-rebuild\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:36:13","slug":"willmott-dixon-lands-61m-merseyside-school-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/willmott-dixon-lands-61m-merseyside-school-rebuild\/","title":{"rendered":"Willmott Dixon lands \u00a361m Merseyside school rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-507465\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The project was secured through the DfE Construction Framework High Value Band Lot 1 &amp; 2 and reflects Willmott Dixon\u2019s strong track record in education delivery, with \u00a3700m secured to date on the current DfE framework.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-acre scheme, designed by Ellis Williams Architects, will deliver a new three-storey secondary school for 1,500 pupils. Existing buildings will be demolished once the replacement campus is complete in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Plans include modern teaching space focused on science, technology, engineering, art and maths, alongside two sports halls, a replacement all-weather pitch, multi-use games area, car parking and cycle storage.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-16.57.19.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-16.57.19.png\" alt=\"-\" width=\"1348\" height=\"868\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-507467\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The campus is being designed to net zero carbon in operation, with photovoltaic panels, air and ground source heat pumps included.<\/p>\n<p>Willmott Dixon said the project will support 20 T-Level students and deliver more than 200 apprenticeship weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Mike Poole-Sutherland said: \u201cWe are delighted to be working in partnership with the DfE and The Mosslands School on this landmark new school.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/04\/14\/willmott-dixon-lands-61m-merseyside-school-rebuild\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The project was secured through the DfE Construction Framework High Value Band Lot 1 &amp; 2 and reflects Willmott &#8230; <a title=\"Willmott Dixon lands \u00a361m Merseyside school rebuild\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/willmott-dixon-lands-61m-merseyside-school-rebuild\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Willmott Dixon lands \u00a361m Merseyside school rebuild\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}