£4m fully inclusive sports centre launches at prep school

A £4m inclusive multi sports centre has opened at a co-educational independent preparatory school to deliver inclusive sport.

Developed in consultation with the disability sports charity, SportsAble, to ensure facilities meet disability access regulations and are fit for purpose to host competition standard Wheelchair Basketball and Boccia, the centre at St Andrew’s School in Berkshire will provide sporting amenities for the school’s 300 students as well as community groups.

The development, designed by Mancon Project Management and developed by Amiri Construction includes a sports hall fully marked to accommodate a range of sports including badminton, basketball, netball, hockey, football, cricket and wheelchair basketball; a 25m, four-lane swimming pool, complete with hoist and ambulant disabled stairs; wet and dry changing areas; a group exercise and dance studio; a 9m, four channel climbing wall and viewing galleries overlooking the pool and sports hall which includes a kitchen area.

 

St Andrew’s has engaged SportsAble as its official disability sports partner to advise on the delivery of inclusive sport.

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