New College Leicester is one of the participating schools in a ground-breaking industry engagement programme designed to bring education and industry closer together and to teach children about the built environment. The Leicester-based school has high expectations and aspirations for its students, which comprises a culturally diverse mix of some 900 young people aged 11-18 […]

Stephen George + Partners recently organised and hosted a high-level industry leadership debate in Leicester to tackle some of the big questions currently facing education and the UK public estate. In the first of a series of articles resulting from the debate, we look at some of the challenges and opportunities for public-private engagement in […]

Having worked together on previous projects, Overbury appointed Stephen George + Partners (SGP) as delivery architects on the original phase of the Worsley Building refurbishment, and re-appointed them in the same role for the refurbishment of the School of Dentistry. Starting by dealing with the planning conditions on the original approval, SGP worked closely with […]

Mark Smith joined Stephen George + Partners in August 2016 as a Director to focus on growing our success within the education sector. Coming from a corporate background Mark has held Senior Director and Project Director positions in both multi-disciplinary companies and private practices. Mark has experience and expertise in developing both the private and […]

The new hall, sixth form area and classrooms for Redborne School were completed in July 2015. The building is planned around a ‘street’ with clusters of spaces arranged along it. This allows the project to be phased without impinging on the use of the building. The ‘street’ is lit at the top with a continuous […]

Stephen George & Partners’ Leicester office has a long-running relationship with De Montfort University. Our involvement includes the employment support of students, external examiner roles, guest lecturing and part-time teaching staff. With this established local connection, we have given support to a new course, which is designed to help students develop the skills they require […]

Loughborough Grammar School Physics Building has won the Small Scheme of the Year Award at the ProCon Leicestershire Property and Construction Awards 2012. The award was presented to Stephen George & Partners at the annual ceremony, which was attended by around six hundred people associated with the construction industry in Leicestershire. The award recognises the […]

SusCon, a sustainable construction training and research centre in Dartford has been awarded a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating with a score of 88.85% following a recent BREEAM Education 2008 design stage assessment. This is the highest BREEAM score ever achieved for an education building. SusCon, which was designed by Stephen George & Partners for a public/private […]