We were blessed with a fine day for cutting the turf of the new Kettering Buccleuch Academy. Our President, the Duke of Buccleuch came specially from London to conduct the ceremony. He was assisted by the Head Boy , Winner Lawal and Head Girl, Emma Plummer. A number of other distinguished guests cut the turf aided by the students. It was a genuine day of celebration when the whole community came together to welcome the construction of a brand new school building.
It will bring together the three components of the school and has been designed to support flexible, modern education. The soil has already been excavated and we are looking forward to the building being completed in 18 months.
One excitement was the burial of a time capsule with all sorts of current information about the school and life in Kettering society.
We have buried these in almost all of our Academies and it is fascinating to imagine future what future generations of students will make of a selection of today’s ephemera when they dig it up.
This sort of occasion brings the best out of everybody and we were able to thank the county and borough councils for the very original land swop they had undertaken to enable the school to have an unencumbered site. It was good to see many friends from the Councils who have helped achieve this along with the Mayor of Kettering, the Vice Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff with us, together with local primary heads and other well wishers.
Truly a magnificent day to celebrate our academy, Sir Ewan. That coupled with the appointment of Dawn to Principal will enable us to grow stronger and move forward to our goals more swiftly.