All articles by Philip Watson – Page 2

  • Philip Watson
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    A revolution with results

    2013-10-10T06:00:00Z

    With vastly improved GCSE marks and a steady community use, Barnsley’s Horizon College makes the case for school investment

  • Philip Watson
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    Schools for our times

    2013-09-06T10:54:00Z

    It’s possible to design a good school on a tiny budget – it may not win the Stirling prize, but who cares?

  • Philip Watson
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    Standardised school designs: It ain't what you do, it's the way you do it

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    There’s nothing intrinsically bad about standardised school designs - it’s whether they can be made to work

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    Setting the bar high

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Is standardising design the way forward for schools? Yes, says Philip Watson, but only if ‘standardisation’ means ‘best practice’ and we consider the individual needs of the school

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    It happened in Hertfordshire

    2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Back in the fifties, one council changed the way everybody built schools. And the buildings it created can now be born again as models of sustainability