A temporary secondary school is being built to accommodate students of Kensington Aldridge Academy, a school next to Grenfell Tower, which has been shut ever since the devastating fire last month.
UK company Portakabin is using its modular construction system to build the school just over a mile away, next to Wormwood Scrubs ? an open space in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Including a dance studio, art rooms and science labs, the structure will temporarily replace the Aldridge Foundation-sponsored school, which specialises in performing and creative arts.
Kensington Aldridge Academy (KAA) first opened three years ago, but has been closed since the catastrophic fire last month and is expected to remain shut until April next year while forensic examinations continue at the scene. Its distinctive green-panel-clad buildings were designed by London Studio E Architects ? the same firm that oversaw the £8.7 million refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. These buildings still need to have ventilation systems checked and be cleared of debris.
Kensington Aldridge Academy principal David Benson has released some basic images showing what the temporary school will look like
During the final few weeks of term, KAA students have been taking lessons at the nearby Burlington Danes Academy and at Latymer Upper school.
David Benson, KAA's principal, wrote to all parents last week to give details of the "fairly fast moving project", which is being built ove...