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We are pleased to report that the first spade has entered the ground and work has begun to convert St Andrew\u2019s Church into an academic hub for the pupils at Bradfield College. Several years in the making, this transformational teaching and learning project will provide pupils with space in which they can work individually or collaboratively to discuss, iterate, debate and share ideas as they prepare to study and work in the 21st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n Our contractors Feltham Construction arrived on site this week and have started removing the hedge stumps, steps and brick wall alongside Gray School on the College side of the building. All of this has taken place under the watchful eye of an ecologist who has been on hand to provide guidance for the careful rehousing of some protected wildlife species, including grass snakes and slowworms, which were known to be in the area.<\/p>\n Over the next week the contractor will continue with setting up their site and will put protective measures in place for the significant and historic features within the church.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe last service happened in this church on St Andrew\u2019s Day in 2014 before I started working here at the College. Here we are, eight years later, about to do something incredibly exciting with it and I can\u2019t wait to see the results.\u201d<\/p>\n