The Academy comprises the former Wilderness School and Bradbourne School and previously operated from a split campus on the sites of each former school. The decision was taken to consolidate teaching provision on the Bradbourne site (known as Knole West).
The school is located within the Green Belt and therefore Very Special Circumstances were required to be demonstrated to justify the development.
DHA worked with Willmott Dixon, Studio E and Hunters Architects to secure full planning consent for the erection of new school buildings and associated facilities including: