Royal Greenwich Trust School reaching new heights...

Topping out ceremony to celebrate the new extension

Royal Greenwich Trust School (RGTS) has celebrated a major milestone towards completion of its £13.4 million extension and refurbishments project, funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Built by construction firm Willmott Dixon on behalf of University Schools Trust East London, the BREEAM Very Good rated, 3,485 square metre, three-storey extension features brand new classrooms, including science laboratories, a dance and drama studio, lecture theatre with retractable seating, food technology room, sixth form study area, a large multi-purpose atrium and four-court sports hall.

Construction of the state-of-the-art extension started in 2019 and is due to be completed in June 2020. The new accommodation will allow for an additional 450 students, taking RGTS’s pupil quote to 1,050.

During the event, which took place on Wednesday 22nd January 2020, guests from RGTS, Willmott Dixon, architect astudio Limited, Mott MacDonald, Skelly & Couch, Lyons O’Neill and Gleeds were given a tour of the building. This was followed by speeches from Professor Peter Heathcote (Chair of University Schools Trust), Cllr Mick Hayes (Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich) and Adam Worrall (Director of Willmott Dixon London & South).

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