Pupils have been involved in the design process.
How the new library could look. Image: Oswestry School.
Oswestry School’s major capital project will see the Long Room at the Upper Brook Street site in the town, made into a space which will be used for independent study, reading and debate Pupils have been involved in the design process as part of the school’s consultation team, sharing their ideas with specialists Taskspace."It will encourage independent thinking, creativity, discourse, and debate and blend contemporary design with nods to our ancient heritage and promises to be an inspiring environment for learning,” he said.
The space will include comfortable places for reading and a seating area designed to allow university-style seminar teaching and learning.The new library will benefit from a major restocking of non-fiction and fictions books as well as having a dedicated space for teachers. Work on the new library will be completed in December, ready for when pupils return to school for the start of the Lent term in January.